We
cannot all be famous
Or be
listed in “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 its
not the big celebrity
In a
world of fame and praise,
But it’s
doing unpretentiously
In
undistinguished ways
The work
that God assigned to us,
Unimportant
as it seems,
That
makes 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 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.
From Someone cares
The Collected Poems of
Helen Steiner Rice