Day Well Spent

"If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard -
One glance most kind,
That fell like sunshine where it went -
Then you may count that day well spent."

~George Elliot

illustration courtesy of www.allposters.com
"Evening Sun" by M. Dipnall