So think as if your every thought
were to be etched in fire upon the sky
for all and everything to see.
For so, in truth, it is.

So speak as if the world entire
were but a single ear
intent on hearing what you say.
And so, in truth, it is.

So do as if your every deed
were to recoil upon your heads.
And so, in truth, it does.

So wish as if you were the wish.
And so, in truth, you are.

So live as if your God Himself
had need of you His life to live.
And so, in truth, He does.

~ Mikhail Naimy