If one poor burdened toiler o’er life’s road, <br /> Who meets us by the way, <br />Goes on less conscious of his galling load, <br /> Then life, indeed, does pay. <br /> <br />If we can show the troubled heart the gain <br /> That lies always in loss, <br />Why, then, we too are paid for all the pain <br /> Of bearing life’s hard cross. <br /> <br />If some despondent soul to hope is stirred, <br /> Some sad lip made to smile, <br />By any act of ours, or any word, <br /> Then, life has been worth while.<br /><br />Ella Wheeler Wilcox<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/does-it-pay/
