Inside is blank for your own message.
Outside reads:
"On Retirement
Teach me to slow my pace, to leave behind
The frantic bustle. Help me to unwind.
Past history now, the need to toil and strive,
But grant, Lord, that I do not lose the drive
For self-improvement. Help me still to find
Some useful way to exercise my mind.
Give me some heights to scale,
new skills to learn,
New friends to make,
fresh causes for concern.
Grant that I may enjoy the sweet delights
Of grandchildren, without the sleepless nights.
Help me to help where needed, otherwise
Let me resist the temptation to advise.
Teach me to find the time, Lord, to be still,
But let me not have too much time to kill,
And if old age and I come face to face,
Help me to greet it kindly, with good grace."
© Mavis Clark