Lifters and Leaners

There are two kinds of people on earth today Just two kinds of people, no more I say. Not the good or the bad, for ’tis well understood That good are half bad and the bad are half good. Not the rich or the poor, for to know a man’s wealth You must first know the state of his conscience and health, Not the happy or sad, for the swift flying years Bring to each man his gladness and to each man his tears. No, the two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean, And wherever you go, you will find the world’s masses Are always divided into just these two classes; And oddly enough you will find too, I ween There is only one lifter to twenty who lean, In which class are you – are you easing the load Of the toilsome toiler who toils down the road, Or are you a leaner, who makes others bear Your share of the labor and worry and care? ~ Author Unknown