John Oxenham

"To every man there openeth a way and ways and a way

and the high souls tread the highway and the low souls grope the low.

And in between on the misty flats the rest drift to and fro.

But to every man there openeth a highway and a low,

and every man decideth the way his soul should go." 

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Life moves quickly, doesn't it? You always hear that as a kid, but it isn't until you're at the point of looking back that you realize you won't have endless amounts of time. I hope you live as if it matters, because it does. Not just now, but for eternity.

Poem by William Dunkerley (John Oxenham)

(from Wikipedia)
William Arthur Dunkerley (November 12, 1852 - January 23, 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as deacon and teacher at the Ealing Congregational Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.

He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

He had two sons and four daughters, of whom the eldest, and eldest child, Elsie Jeanette, became well known as a children's writer, particularly through her Abbey Series of girls' school stories. Another daughter, Erica, also used the Oxenham pen-name. The elder son, Roderic Dunkerley, had several titles published under his own name.