I read something recently that blessed me and inspired me, and I hope it will you too.  It is entitled:

THE WORLD NEEDS MEN...[AND I MIGHT ADD WOMEN]

Who cannot be bought;
whose word is their bond;
who put character above wealth;
who possess opinions and a will;
who are larger than their vocation;
who do not hesitate to take chances;
who will not lose their individuality
in a crowd;
who will be as honest in small things
as in great things;
who will make no compromise with wrong;
whose ambitions are not confined to                                
their own selfish desires;
who will not say they do it "because
everybody else does it";
who are true to their friends through
good report and evil report,
in adversity as well as in prosperity;
who do not believe that shrewdness,
cunning, and ha…