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I recieved a special birthday card from my step-grandmother many years ago. She was ailing at the time and I'm not sure that she was able to select the card on her own, or if my stepsister picked it out on her behalf....but the card meant so to me at a time when I was introverted and dealing with a difficult family situation that often left me feeling lonely (no longer introverted or lonely  ). This poem made a difference in my life and on occasion I feel compelled to share it with someone who has done a small deed that has gone "unnoticed". Here is the poem in full and I'm also attaching the birthday card, which is a shortened version that I occasionally share.We cannot all be famous or be listed in "Who's Who," But every person great or small, Has important work to do. For seldom do we realize the importance of small deeds, Or to what degree of greatness Unnoticed kindness leads. For it's not the big celebrity in a world of fame and praise, But it's doing unpretentiously In an undistinguished way. It is the work that we're assigned, unimportant as it seems, That makes our task outstanding, And brings reality to dreams. So do not sit and idly wish for wider new dimensions Where you can fantasize about Your many good intentions. But at the spot you are right now begin at once to do Little things to brighten up The lives surrounding you. If everybody brightened up the spot where they are standing, By being more considerate, And a little less demanding, This dark old world would very soon eclipse the evening star, If everybody brightened up The corner where they are! Brighten up your corner today! ~ Helen Steiner Rice
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