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It is not so much the things I do that cause me to regret;
It’s the little things I leave undone, the things that I forget: 
It’s the words I fail to utter, the songs I fail to sing,
The letters I forget to write, that comfort they may bring. 
It’s the little acts of kindness, the joy I fail to give.
The smiles I fail to scatter, as day-by-day I live.
It’s the sick I fail to visit, the flowers I fail to send,
It’s the hand I fail to offer unto a fallen friend.
It’s not so much the little things I do that cause me to regret,
It’s the little things I leave undone, the things that I forget.