I am very careful not to think badly of others…

I am very careful not to think badly of others…
I may be throwing blame on the blameless…
How do I know that my judgment is in the right direction?
My long nose stuck in something I do not understand.

Instead, I ask them to tell my what’s going on…
Why are you cold, or tired, or wet?
I listen to hear their history…
And discover that gossip is seldom true.

Judging someone is like misspelling a person’s name on purpose…
A game where no one ever wins…
Isn’t it better to have compassion and love…
And let love rise and fall in its natural rhythm.

Inside each of us is an undiscovered mine of gold…
Shouldn’t we be helping each other find it?
It is somewhere in a field of yellow and blue flowers (mostly yellow…)
Underneath a bed of purple grass.

So, if you have to judge, use tender judgments…
Life is all about your attitude toward your neighbor…
We are all the main characters in our own story…
We are not the main characters is someone else’s.

I love you,

Annie