What Is Success Can Anybody Tell Me Poem by Francis Duggan

What is success can anybody tell me since few on what it means seems to agree
The person you look on as successful may not be a successful one to me
Through different eyes we see things very different and your ideas of life different to mine
On what is success we do not see eye to eye on but that you have your own opinions on it suits me fine
All compassionate people to me are successful they sow their seeds of good Karma every day
To help people who are in need of helping they are willing for to go out of their way
And yet they do not seek recognition for their kindness they perform their good deeds without reward or pay
Their acts of kindness seem to go unnoticed for them there never is a hip hooray
Your idea of success to mine is very different to you the successful one is a billionaire
Though he or she are known to be quite selfish and for those in need do not have money or time to spare
To you compassionate and kind people are misguided and in your opinion are not a success
The sort of people that you do look up to are the sort so many do seem to impress
Suppose in our thinking we are very different your idea of success different to mine
And though you and i in our thinking very different you have your opinions and with me this is fine.