A Poem from Napoleon Hills' Think and Grow Rich

I bargained with Life for a penny

And life would pay no more.

However I begged at evening

When I counted my scanty store.

For Life is just an employer, 

He gives you what you ask, 

But once you have set the wages,

Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire, 

Only to learn, dismayed,

That any wage I had asked for Life,

Life would have willingly paid.

So remember:  "No more effort is required to aim high in life to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty."

Napoleon Hill