"Make you the world a bit better or more beautiful
because you have lived in it."
- Edward Bok
By trade, Edward Bok was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of Ladies' Home Journal from 1889-1919. In character and spirit, he was a man who heard the words above from his grandmother, took them to heart, lived by them, and repeated them to others.
A dreamer too, he is responsible for Bok Tower and Gardens, a place where throngs of people go to relax and be renewed by beauty.
May we reflect on the guiding words from Edward Bok's grandmother, allow them to strengthen our dreams to make the world a better place, and encourage the little ones in our lives in this direction:
Make you the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it.
Truly,
Charlene
THE SECOND GIFT IS BEAUTY.
May your deeds reflect its depth.
- from The Twelve Gifts of Birth
