Have I done any good?

Woke up this morning..after a really long night.  I have been sleeping on the futon mattress that we keep for S's sleep over's..on the floor in the living room.  It all started for one simple reason, the baby was sick.  He couldn't sleep next to M and I, so I slept with him on the futon mattress an entire week..got peed on, pooped on, and thrown up on.  Happy times...and then S got sick the next week, repeat some of the week for E, mainly the throw up and again I was sleeping on the futon..and last week I slept on the dang thing because our two little boys love to kick, hit, pull hair and keep their daddy awake all night if they sleep in our bed. And M needs his rest..he is a happier man if he gets his sleep.  It was just easier to sleep on the futon..and now I am paying for it! That really isn't the reason why I am posting this morning.  One of my really good friends is having a hard time, she and I were talking last night.  I invaded her home, because I needed a short break from mine..we began talking.  And realizing things.  After last night, I would just assume that my day today would be filled with thoughts that would bring me down, or keep me in my melancholy state that I have been in...and then I woke this morning, just ten minutes ago.  A hymn was making itself known in  my some what still sleepy brain...Have I done any good in the world today?  I don't think it's a coincidence this song is in my head right now.  I haven't ever really enjoyed that song..but it's stuck in my head, and I keep hearing the lines, "then wake up and do something more , then dream of your mansion above, doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure, a blessing of duty and love"  I always thought this meant work..but it isn't work.  It's doing good for others, because when we forget ourselves, bask in the work of love towards our fellow men, then we are building a stronger foundation.  It's so easy to get caught up in the have not's..it's so easy to forget the good in our lives.  (see my post about the refiner's fire) We are each striving to do our best.  Sometimes, we are doing GREAT, other times, we are struggling.  That is why we have each other...our brothers and sisters in this world. To help build each other up.  Have I done any good in the world today? Have I helped anyone in need? I have cheered up the SAD, made someone feel GLAD? Has anyone's burden been lighter today, because I was willing to share? Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way? When they needed my help was I there? I think I am going to strive to do this more often..to ask that question of myself, each day...Have I done any good in the world today?  Try it with me. Let's see what happens!!