brightenthecornerwhereyouare

We cannot all be famous
or be listed in the "Who's Who's"
But every person great or small
has important work to do,
For seldom do we realize
the importance of small deeds
Or to what degree of greatness
unnoticed kindness leads

For it's not the big celebrity
in a world of fame and praise,
But it's doing unpretentiously
in undetinguished ways
The work that God assigned to us,
unimpartant as it seems,
That make our task outstanding
and brings reality to dreams

So do not sit and idly wish
for wider, new dimensions
Where you can put in practice
your many "good intentions"
But at the spot God placed you
begin at once to do
Little things to brighten up
the lives surrounding you,

For if everybody brightened up
the spot on which they're standing
By being more considerate
and a little less demanding,
This dark old world would very soon
eclipse the "Evening Star"
If everybody brightened up
the corner where they are!

Helen Steiner Rice