At church today one of the speakers shared this poem. I hunted him down after sacrament meeting to get it. It spoke to me...not so much the eloquence, but the meaning. I wish I could say that I am more "successful" as defined in the poem. Nonetheless, they are great goals.
Success is speaking words of praise,
In cheering other people's ways,
In doing just the best you can
With every task and every plan.
It's silence when your speech would hurt,
Politeness when your neighbor's curt.
It's deafness when the scandal flows
And sympathy with others' woes.
It's loyalty when duty calls.
It's courage when disaster falls.
It's patience when the hours are long.
It's found in laughter and in song.
It's in the silent time of prayer,
In happiness and in despair.
In all of life and nothing less,
We find the thing we call success.
(Author Unknown)
4 comments:
Very profound. That anonymous guy was pretty talented. And I think we all could ponder our "success" in these ways. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful and thought provoking. I love a good poem that speaks to the soul. Thanks for sharing!
very good. thanks for sharing...
What a wonderful poem. Words to live by; the world would be a better place.
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