Be Thoughtful of Others


Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by 
the seeds that you plant.        ~ Robert Louis Stevenson


When sowing in a fallow field
A bumper crop you'll hope to yield
For many folks, do a good deed
Think of others when planting seed

Share your harvest and you will find
Daily blessings for being kind
Don't desire avarice or greed
Think of others when planting seed

Do not have a bad attitude
For everything show gratitude
Tomorrow you just might succeed
Think of others when planting seed

May your garden be filled with sprouts
And your days not be plagued by doubts
Do not allow contempt to breed
Think of others when planting seed

Your days will bear sweet ripened fruit
And grow when love has taken root
Keep your field free of tangled weeds
Think of others when planting seeds

encouraginginspirationalperspectivekyrielle

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 8/15/2024 9:40:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your lovely write. Great Ending. Yes, "Think of others when planting seeds." A wonderful quote you have here. FAV for me... Have a blessed day writing away..................

thriveni c mysore

Date: 8/14/2024 8:10:00 PM

'Do not allow contempt to breed' that is a nice message. beautiful thoughts. happy writing.

John Lawless

Date: 8/14/2024 4:51:00 AM

if we reap what we sow we sow what we reap or do we sow what we reap and reap what we sow. This is a sow-so....poem. Nicely done Lin. I too shall FAVE it as well for it got the old muse murmuring....

Lin Lane
Date: 8/14/2024 4:59:00 AM

Ha, John. I suppose a sow so poem is better than a 'so so' one. Thanks for your humor and the fave. If this one tickled your muse tell her/him to get busy.