Better to make someone smile
Rather than make them cry
Better to feed someone happiness
Rather than feed their misery
Better to always give
Rather than always take
Better to dance in the rain
Rather than weep under the sun
Better to pay a compliment
Rather than criticise
Better to be humble
Rather than be arrogant
Better to kiss someone
Rather than slap them in the face
Better to take care of wildlife
Rather than let it perish
Better to see beauty
Rather than see ugliness
Better to forgive
Rather than hold grudges
Better to catch the arrows
Rather than release them
Better to feed the land
Rather than let it become barren
Better to help those in need
Rather than turn away
Better to be thoughtful
Rather than be thoughtless
Better to celebrate life
Rather than complain
Better to see your glass as half full
Rather than as half empty
Better to look up to the stars
Rather than look down into the mud
BETTER TO LOVE
RATHER THAN TO HATE
Valerie Dohren
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/better-to-rather-than/
