There is a wonderful poem written by a 12 year old girl in today's Dear Abby column. It's called "Don't Judge" by Lealia Xiong from Guilford, Conn. The poem can be read in it's entirety online here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20080229/lf_ucda/girlspoemurges...
I hope that link works, but I would like to quote the last lines of it:
Take the time to get to know people.
Walk with them.
Run with them.
Share their triumphs and their sorrows.
Maybe they don't dance through life
As you thought.
Don't judge.
What a smart girl this is, I hope I'm that smart when I grow up.
Karen J.
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From the mouths of 'babes'
What an insightful young lady - she's wise beyond her years; I hope people are listening...
He conquers who endures. ~ Persius
A girl after my own heart :)
Read my sig. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
:)
Got it!
Happiness and success are neither necessarily contemporaneous nor connected.
~ Gordon Sumner, quote from a radio interview I heard around 1990
He conquers who endures. ~ Persius