Baden Powell

Message from BP

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell, 1857-1941 Dear Scouts and Guides,

I believe God put us in this jolly world to be happy and to enjoy life. Happiness does not come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, not by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are boy, so that you can be useful and to enjoy when you are a man.

Natural study will show you how beautiful and wonderful things. God has make the world to you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have and make the best out of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

But the real path towards happiness is by giving our happiness to other people. Try and leave the world a better place than before you have found it. So, when is your turn to die, perhaps you die feeling happy for you not wasted time but you have done the very best for yourself and to the world.

"Be Prepare" in the way to live happy and to die happy. Stick to your scout a guide promise always even after you have ceased to be a boy. And God will always help you in everything you do.

Your friend,