THE GREEN ANGEL

I dreamed I went to Heaven
And saw among the dead
An angel dressed in green
A halo round her head.
And she looked kind of funny
Midst all the glaring white.
The Others asked her jealously
What gave her such a right.
"I'm a Girl Scout Leader
And I lay not hold to fame,
But being such a person
Means more than just a name.
My jobs on earth were many;
Praises and thanks were few,
I did more work in one day
Then ten people ought to do.
I was a tin can cooker
A hiker, a pathfinder,
I've also been an artist,
A sailor, a bookbinder.
I was a ready helper,
the best Home Nurse to be found
I became an expert Discoverer
and a whiz at Art in the Round
I walked the streets"till my feet
felt like a tone of bricks,
Helping sell Girl Scout cookies "till
the mere thought made me sick.
But still it was a lot of fun;
Life was never a bore.
See...this role isn't new to me...
"I'VE BEEN AN ANGEL BEFORE."

ANGEL IN GREEN

Having left mortal earth I passed through Heaven's gate
And while anxiously awaiting the outcome of my fate
I walked among the angels all robed in purest white
Whereupon I saw one figure that cast a greenish light.

She sat upon a misty cloud, a harp held to her breast,
In a flowing, blowing gown of green, unlike all the rest;
I asked what great deed she'd done to earn the special hue
That gave her color where others had none, or maybe just a few.

She said" On earth I sought no fame, fortune was not my goal
I shunned the power of politics and worked without a toll;
I spent time with children, helping them to grow
For as you reap in life, so must you learn to sow."

"You See" she said, " the dividends while growing up I'd share
I repaid where many others were too self involved to care;
Girl Scouting was my choice of roads to follow in my quest
For among the girls I found a love deeper than the rest. "

" A teacher was I, my work was hard, I had no diploma or pay
But where family and institutions failed I helped them find the way;
The lessons I taught were obscure and difficult to see
For they didn't have names like spelling or math or geometry."

"They were lessons in life delivered through guided experience
And they taught such things as character, spirit, and confidence;
Though on earth my life was blessed, its even moreso today
For when I look down I see my work as my girls show others the way."

" On earth Girl Scouting taught me to leave things better then before
And the same applies to that mortal place where life never was a bore
Now having lived by the Girl Scout rule in every earthly endeavor
I have become an Angel in Green and shall be a Girl Scout forever."

LIVING ANGELS
by: Piney Jordan

There is a group of living angels,
Who give and give each year
These incredibly gifted people
Are known as volunteers.

Some ask "Why do you do it?"
"You mean it doesn’t pay a dime?"
"Why, you’d have to be crazy
To give away all that time!"

But volunteers know without a doubt
That kids need to know we care
So if for no other reason
They come--and give--and share.

For the living angels
Practice what they believe
They know its’ always better
To give -- than it is to receive.

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