ACT OF KINDNESS LEADS TO SATISFACTION
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th century was an American author and poet.
She has written a beautiful poem, which goes thus:
“It isn’t the thing you do;
It’s the thing you leave undone, which gives you a bit of heartache…
… at the setting of the sun.
>> The tender word forgotten, the letter you did not write, the flower you might have sent, are your haunting ghosts tonight.
>> The stone you might have lifted, out of a brother’s way.
>> The little acts of kindness, so easily out of mind.
>> Those chances to be helpful, which everyone may find.
No, it’s not the things you do,
>> It’s the thing you leave undone, which gives you the bit of heartache…
… at the setting of the sun!”