If you keep looking for the bad in people?
You will inexorably find it won't you?
So why not look for good instead?
Seek to find the better things that life brings!
Will you find that too? Of course you say!
So why go about in abject misery
Knowing you will be brought undone
Why not seek to edify: to up-lift us all?
Seek to find the good in all: there must be
Some small good in us all: even if it's very small?
Then once you find that little glimmer
Can't you not just forgive the sinner?
We are sinners all: yes each and every one!
So search for goodness: search for love
Under these beautiful heavens up above
I'd much rather seek out the good heart
Much rather find sweetness under the sun
Much rather find something worth finding
Something worth praising than hating
Yes: look for kindness: find some hope
Enjoy the beauty that is found: love the sounds
Listen to people's laughter: hear their joy
Bring a little light to all you meet in the street
Wear a smile upon your dial: give it a trial!
Show God's love and understanding
Show God's mercy to all: know it comes back
When it is your turn to feel the whip
Keep a civil tongue within your lips
For if you forgive another remember God forgives too
Even when we least deserve it: yes it's true
Then the dear Lord will happily forgive you too!
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