The Quiet Achiever

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