A nice poem

On my first job, I had posted a couple of lines on a poem that would remind me to do my work diligently, and not skirt or procrastinate my duties:

It isn't the thing you do; Its the thing you leave undone;
That gives you a bit of a heartache; At setting of the sun.
Much later in life, I found the entire poem to which those lines belonged. Here it is for you.

The Sin of Omission
by: Margaret E. Sangster

It isn't the thing you do, dear,
Its the thing you leave undone
That gives you a bit of a heartache
At setting of the sun.
The tender work forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flowers you did not send, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts at night.

The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brother's way;
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say;
The loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle, winning tone
Which you had no time nor thought for
With troubles enough of your own.

Thoes little acts of kindness
So easily out of mind,
Thoes chances to be angels
Which we poor mortals find~
They come in night and silence,
Each sad, reproachful wraith,
When hope is faint and flagging,
And a chill has fallen on faith.

For life is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all to great,
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late:
And it isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun

Beautiful Fall

I spent this weekend taking pictures of fall colours. I shot close to two hundred pictures. Fall is past its peak in Bellevue, but it is still very beautiful. I will post some of the pics over here soon.