“They are such little, simple things to do,–
To sweep a room, to bake a loaf of bread,
Kiss a hurt finger; tie a baby’s shoe,
To mend a crying schoolboy’s broke sled,–
“Such little, simple things! But they above
Who on our little world attendant wait,
And joyful wait, note only if through love
The deed is done to count the work as great.”
Some persons are not accustomed to think of pleasing others as a duty. We have been trained to think of what is right and just in our relations to others, without reference to the effect our words or conduct may have upon them. But there is no reason why we should not do the things that are right, and at the same time seek to please those with whom we are dealing.
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