"Outwitted" by Edwin Markham

"When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them." So said transgender civil rights activist Pauli Murray. That quotation from Murray reminded me of the inspirational poem below.


OUTWITTED
by Edwin Markham

He drew a circle that shut me out --
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!

Edwin Markham

To read about him, click here.

"The Golden Rule": A Poem of Jesus Christ

Here is a poem of Jesus Christ about the Golden Rule, a rule of ethical conduct referring to Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31. As Edwin Markham wrote, "We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; now let us commit it to life."

THE GOLDEN RULE

A Poem of Jesus Christ

from the Bible, New International Version (2011)

In everything, do to others

What you would have them do to you,

For this sums up the Law

And the Prophets. Do to others

As you would have them do to you.