LOVE this

Firstly, know that I did NOT write this.
It came in a Christmas card from a dear friend.
The author is unknown.
I completely adored it, so I am sharing.
Please enjoy.

I have a list of folks I know, all written in a book
and every year at Christmas time, I go and take a look
and that is when I realize that these names are a part
not of the book they're written in, but of my very heart.
For each name stands for someone who has crossed my path sometime
and in that meeting they've become the 'rhythm of the rhyme"
and while it sounds fantastic for me to make this claim
I really feel I am composed of each remembered name.
And while you may not be aware of any special link,
just meeting you has shaped my life, more than you can think.
For once you've met somebody, the years cannot erase
the memory of a pleasant word or of a friendly face.
So never think my Christmas card is just a mere routine,
of names upon a Christmas list, forgotten in between.
For when I send a Christmas card that is addressed to you,
It's because you're on the list of folks that I'm indebted to.
For you're part of the total of the many folks I've met
and you happen to be one of those I prefer not to forget.
And whether I have known you, for many years or few,
In some way you have had a part in shaping things I do.
Every year when Christmas comes, I realize anew
the biggest gift that life can give is meeting folks like you!