Drop a Pebble in the Water
DROP A PEBBLE in the water: just a splash,
and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling
on and on and on,
Spreading, spreading from the center,
flowing on out to the sea.
And there is no way of telling where
the end is going to be.
Drop a pebble in the water: in a minute
you forget,
But there's little waves a-flowing,
and there's ripples circling yet,
And those little waves a-flowing to
a great big wave have grown;
You've disturbed a mighty river just
by dropping in a stone.
Drop an unkind word, or careless: in
a minute it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling
on and on and on.
They keep spreading, spreading, spreading
from the center as they go,
And there is no way to stop them, once
you've started them to flow.
Drop an unkind word, or careless: in
a minute you forget;
But there's little waves a-flowing,
and there's ripples circling yet,
And perhaps in some sad heart a mighty
wave of tears you've stirred,
And disturbed a life was happy ere you
dropped that unkind word.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: just
a flash and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling
on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort on
each splashing, dashing wave
Till you wouldn't believe the volume
of the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in
a minute you forget;
But there's gladness still a-swelling,
and there's joy circling yet,
And you've rolled a wave of comfort
whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water just by
dropping one kind word.
Author James William Foley
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