Helping

Walk that waif-thin line between the helping

of a fellow soul, and fixing her or him (attempting
to, at least) and things will almost always end
far differently than what you had in mind
when starting out. But still.
Even if you have wrong motives, less than
perfect altruism, bigger jewels in your crown the
inspiration, or simple recognition, even just a thank you
(and good luck with that, I've found),
I think that if you do a deed that's good,
then good is done. Great or small, beside the point.
Appreciated or manipulated, maybe you got conned
or scammed or taken for a ride or didn't want
to do the deed at all but did because you thought
you should, a little good is better than no good at all.
And if you did right for wrong reasons, lighten up.
The soul you helped, was helped, a smile on karma's face,
tiny triumph in the universe, a shift
in balance on the side of grace,
.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014