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28 October 2005

We cannot all be famous or be listed in Who's Who,
But every person great and small has important work to do,

For seldom do we realise the importance of small deeds,
Or to what degree of greatness unnoticed kindness leads,

For it's not the big celebrity in a world of fame and praise,
But it's doing unpretentiously in undistinguished ways,

The work that's been assigned to us, unimportant as it seems,
That makes our task outstanding and brings reality to dreams,

So we do not sit and idly wish for wider, new dimensions,
Where we can put in practice our many 'good intentions',

But at the spot they placed us, begin at once to do,
Little things to brighten up the lives surrounding you,

For if everybody brightened up the spot on which they're standing,
By being more considerate and a little less demanding,

The dark old world would very soon eclipse the 'Evening Star',
If everybody brightened up the corner where they are.