I set out one fine day
Along life's endless highway
Where I plainly thought that
I could travel on it my way

Until the day I ran into
A beggar who I thought I knew
Who carried with him a special gift
One he was willing to let loose

He gave to me the gift to try
No need to ask or question why
Take it with you, you're bound to find
How it changes others lives

The only condition he said to me
Is that I give it out freely
To those with no hope along the road
To all the lost and needy

There and then I soon found out
As I went from town to town
The special gift he'd given me
Was the one of self

I gave to those who did not earn
A lesson I was soon to learn
It's best to give and to mean it
When there's nothing in return

This gift I found helped those around
And most of all I did find out
I can not lie to my surprise
It mainly helped myself