A friend just asked me what poem the following phrase came from:
"You must believe that those you love, love you." Does anyone know the answer to that? Thanks

this is from a small book - published circa 1970 ( illust by Robert Laessig):
Live Each Day to the Fullest
S.H. Payer


Be yourself, but be your best self.
Dare to be different and to follow your own star…
and don’t be afraid to be happy.

Enjoy what is beautiful.
Love with all your heart and soul.

Believe that those you love, love you

When you are faced with a decision,
Make that decision as wisely as possible-
Then forget it.
The moment of absolute certainty never arrives.

Above all, remember that God helps those who help themselves.
Act as if everything depended upon you,
And pray as if everything depended upon God.

There's more to this poem than quoted. I purchased it 35 years ago in a drug store and have lived and taught my children by it. The first stanza is:

Live each day to the fullest. Get the most from each hour, each day and each age of your life. Then you can look forward with confidence, and back without regrets.

The next stanza missing comes after Believe that those you love, love you and goes:

Forget what you have done for your friends and remember what they have done for you. Disregard what the world owes you, and concentrate on what you owe the world.


I just wish I knew more about S H Payer and could thank him for these few words that have guided my life.

You bought poetry in a drugstore? That's great !

I tried buying drugs in a poetry store once, they threw me out !

just kidding...