At Set of Sun

We are in a season of electioneering and campaign rhetoric ad nauseam. I find myself wanting to hear some report, some testimonial of any act of caring, generous, and selfless involvement by any candidate for public service. There seem to be countless methods of evaluation and analysis for selection of a person worthy of a vote… all based on political blarney and self-serving resume building. Here I offer a simple and direct method of evaluation that we can all reflect on… At Set of Sun.

At Set of Sun

If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went…
Then you may count that day well spent.

But if, through all the livelong day,
You’ve cheered no heart, by yea or nay…
If, through it all
You’ve nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face…
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost…
Then count that day as worse than lost.

GEORGE ELIOT

If, based on this methodology, you find your day “well spent”… you get my vote!… for Human BEing of Worth and Merit. Serve happily.


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