Posted by Rachel (216.46.198.218) on April 30, 2001 at 22:18:24:
I found this in one of my books and I hope some of you will like it.
Count That Day Lost
by George Eliot
If you sit down at the set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went-
Then you may count that day well spent.
But if, through all the livelong day,
You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay-
If, through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face-
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost-
then count that day as worse than lost.
Thanks! I hope everyone can end the day on a good note - with a smile on their lips and joy in their heart! Take care.