MEASURING SUCCESS
It depends what you measure success by
to see if you succeeded,
Some things I have done in some eyes
may go quite unheeded,
For to many people who dwell on earth
in these greedy days,
It is measured by money and fortune and
and fame in many ways.
Yet if by a few words of simple poetry
I made someone smile,
Or given another the strength to go on
for that hard extra mile.
Brightened a day that to someone was
all dull and grey,
I have been successful if not in some great
monetary get rich way.
If a child has been helped by someone’s
unknown kindly deed,
Dropped a few coins in a cup to help
a hungry soul to feed,
Success is there, it hidden from the
public’s bold view,
It is this success that counts when it’s
just between God and yhou.
(Millicent) Ann Margetson February 3, 2003