If you don't judge and can accept other people <br />Irrespective of their creed or of their race <br />And help out others without expecting reward <br />Then you can make this world a better place. <br /> <br />What does it matter if you are low in the social order <br />If to the higher principles you live true <br />If you can only help and never hinder <br />Then others have a role model in you. <br /> <br />The world is better for you living in it <br />Though you may never make the news headlines <br />You go through life one of the quiet achievers <br />And in your heart the light of goodness shines <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The billionaire sits in his sunlit garden <br />But he looks sad and he's not free of care <br />Perhaps his billion would make him quite happy <br />If he could only learn how to share. <br /> <br />You help the poor old woman on a pension <br />You mow her grass and you paint her garden gate <br />And you only charge her what she can afford to pay you <br />For one so humble you are truly great. <br /> <br />You go through life the humble quiet achiever <br />And you sow the seeds of kindness on your way <br />And in helping others you reap your own karma <br />And all good things will come to you one day.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-quiet-achiever/
