I Am A Child

I am a child,
All the world waits for my coming
All the earth watches with interest
To see what I shall become.
The future hands in the balance,
For what I am
The world of tomorrow will be.
I am a child,
I have come into your world
about which I know nothing.
Why I came I know not.
How I came I know not.
I am curious
I am interested.
I am a child,
You hold in your hand my destiny.
You determine, largely,
whether I shall succeed or fail.
Give me, I pray you,
Those things that make for happiness.
Train me, I beg you,
That I may be a blessing to the world.

Given to me by Mary Deluney.
Appears at the entrance to the Guideposts Kindergarten in Hong Kong