The Truth About True Greatness
The truth about true greatness
Is not well understood
The evidence we need to know
For choosing something good
There are two kinds of people
The first are those who try
To aim for good and righteousness
And hate to tell a lie
The second kind of person
Just does the way they feel
They only see what profits them
And miss the bigger deal
When you believe in goodliness
In everything you do
You draw a righteous power
That works a change in you
You see the inner person
In everyone you meet
The stranger that we see as bad
You see as incomplete
This gift of love will guide you
In righteous ways of judging
With kindliness and caring too
With inner strength unbudging
This power brings a helpful sense
Of some impending harm
It warns you of the danger there
By sounding an alarm
The opposite of what I speak
Is manifestly strange
The evidence of those who grow
But never seem to change
We look to those who lead us well
Who always choose the right
Who recognize the good from bad
The darkness from the light
The sweeter fruits of happiness
Are not the roots of vice
They come to us by living well
By love and sacrifice
The power that I speak about
Exists to make us whole
To build our true humanity
By lifting every soul
The difference in the ones who try
And those who never do
Is manifest in greatness
By the light that shines in you!
Copyright © Bryan Norton | Year Posted 2021
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