The payoff

is not always

obvious

from the

outside,

yet is is always

there,

lurking just under

the surface,

its scaly alligator

body, stealthily hidden.

Mother Theresa 

I am not,

although this

supposedly saintly woman

has had to

deal with some

less than

stellar reviews too, it seems.

See, I’m a helper,

to be of service,

is a key component 

of my life purpose,

and therefor

my everyday

being.

And this trait is also

where the 

challenge lies,

often misconstrued 

and definitely misunderstood, 

for there’s a 

thinly veiled dopamine hit

in every kind gesture,

and a beautiful logical

symmetry in doing the right thing…

One really does catch more 

flies

with honey,

and boy,

do I luxuriate 

in communing

with them flies.

~Lu