After Failure
The careful, unremitting work I did has not availed. I gave my best to one large task, And now I know I failed. Today I’ll do the little things, The things I can do best. I’ll do the little, easy things And give my heart a rest. A dozen little things, well done, Will lighten […]
The One-Talent Man
A trusting eager child, he was derided, Made shrinkingly aware of lack of worth When one he loved rejected work he prided Himself on, and he hid it in the earth. So later, entrusted with one precious thing, He his it lest he lost it, for he fearer. He bears his punishment; and time will […]
Helpers
Nothing could ever please my father more Than having all his grandfolk tag along To help him in the doing of each chore. His work was done much better with a throng Of little people dashing here and there And everywhere, each clamoring for a turn At everything from riding Kate, the mare, To turning […]