The second verse starts with:
We know that tomorrow there'll be joys and there'll be sorrows But turn around today is yesterday
Then your verse "We hope that you are with us for the strength that you can give us. Life is what you make of everyday."
This show was on after school each day which turned into something we all would comment on in school just like any other show that was on TV or shows you hear are the hit of the water cooler in offices. It was to my generation like Leave it to Beaver was to the older generation. Would it have been so if it was on prime time, not at all, it just happened to be on when we all got home and we started to follow it each day (everyday).
They probably would have done better to address the time slot crowd better, then maybe it had a chance to be on longer. We all know it was something to fill in the schedule with so at least one age group found it very entertaining. Better than Bonanza which was on at the same time.