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!