WE HEAR OF GREAT FEATS AS WE TRAVEL THE ROAD.
WE SEE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND VICTORIES UNTOLD.
IT ALL SEEMS SO NATURAL FOR MANY, WE SEE.
AND OTHERS GO UNNOTICED FOR THE LESSER OF DEEDS.
BUT JUST WHAT MAKES GREATNESS? DOES IT ALWAYS APPEAR?
IS IT OFTEN QUITE HIDDEN FROM THE CROWD THAT'S SO NEAR?
ARE THE THINGS WE CALL GREAT, MERELY PASSING ON BY?
AS LESSER DEEDS OF KINDNESS PLEASE THE ONE ON HIGH.
THAT GREAT ATHLETIC FEAT-THE RACE THAT WAS WON.
YES, IT'S VERY EXCITING, WHEN ALL'S SAID AND DONE.
BUT THE SOUL THAT WAS LIFTED BY KINDNESS AND LOVE.
IS SO MUCH THE GREATER IN THE EYES FROM ABOVE.
THAT GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE ONE SO IN NEED.
WAS GIVEN IN KINDNESS-JUST SOWING THE SEED.
GREAT ACTS CAN'T MATCH IT, NOR PUBLIC DISPLAY.
IT'S THE ACTS SO UNNOTICED THAT ARE PAVING THE WAY.
THE GENTLE ENCOURAGEMENT ONE GIVES WITH A SMILE.
IS SOMETIMES LIFE-CHANGING, GOING THE EXTRA MILE.
TO HELP A DEAR SOUL TO BEAR THINGS TODAY.
IS SOMETIMES SO PRECIOUS, THAT CAN NEVER REPAY.
SO CHEER FOR THE GREAT THINGS AND NOTICE THEM ALL.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WINNERS AND HASTEN TO THE CALL.
BUT HONOR THE KIND HEARTS-THAT MAKE THINGS SO BRIGHT.
THEY'RE LIFE'S PRECIOUS MOMENTS, WALKING IN THE LIGHT.
GARY W. HILL
JUNE 2007