It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so; <br />You never need to suffer, save the griefs that all must know; <br />If you'll stay upon the level and will 'do the best you can <br />You will never lack the friendship of a kindly fellow man. <br /> <br />Life's an easy road to travel if you'll only walk it straight; <br />There are many here to help you in your little bouts with fate; <br />When the clouds begin to gather and your hopes begin to fade, <br />If you've only toiled in honor you won't have to call for aid. <br /> <br />But if you've bartered friendship and the faith on which it rests <br />For a temporary winning; if you've cheated in the tests, <br />If with promises you've broken, you have chilled the hearts of men ; <br />It is vain to look for friendship for it will not come again. <br /> <br />Oh, the world is full of kindness, thronged with men who want to be <br />Of some service to their neighbors and they'll run to you or me <br />When we're needing their assistance if we've lived upon the square, <br />But they'll spurn us in our trouble if we've always been unfair. <br /> <br />It's an easy world to live in; all you really need to do <br />Is the decent thing and proper and then friends will flock to you; <br />But let dishonor trail you and some stormy day you'll find <br />To your heart's supremest sorrow that you've made the world unkind.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-easy-world/
