The moral values of the

Modern day world

Differ from values of yore

When a handshake sufficed

For a signature,

Never needed was anything more.

A man’s reputation was an

Object of pride,

A man was as good as his word.

No strings were attached

To the lending of hands,

No refusal to help ever heard.

Family life values

Were taught in the home,

And the word of a parent was law.

But that was when families

Were largely intact

With sources from which

They could draw.

We can dream of re-living

Those long bygone days,

But reality, alas, must be faced.

For not by wishful thinking or dreams

Can our living styles now be replaced.

Just what is the key for

Reversing the trend

As away from true values we roam?

It’s beyond our solution,

But perhaps we should ask

That God fill the void in the home.

Author Unknown

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