Just the Little Things

In my last post, I recounted how I got sidetracked while searching for a particular poem, and I ended up sharing some thought-provoking tidbits from a 1920s salesmanship paper instead. Well, today I am sharing that poem–before I get sidetracked and lured down yet another rabbit trail.

Oh, it’s just the little homely things,
The unobtrusive, friendly things,
The “won’t-you-let-me-help-you” things
That make our pathway light.
And it’s just the jolly, joking things,
The “never-mind-the-trouble” things
The “laugh-with-me-it’s-funny” things
That make the world seem bright.
For all the countless famous things,
The wondrous, record-breaking things,
Those “never-can-be-equaled” things
That all the papers cite,
Are not like little human things,
The everyday-encountered things,
The “just-because-I-like-you” things
That make us happy quite.
So here’s to all the little things,
The “done-and-then-forgotten” things,
Those “oh-it’s-simply-nothing” things,
That make life worth the fight.

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