The year was 1906…it was yesteryear in paradise
when a sad young girl came to her dad…and he gave her some advice.
She didn’t think herself a beauty…as far as beauties go
and the other girls in school back then were quick to tell her so.
Her father asked what was bothering her…noticing remnants of the tears she shed…
(How is it parents can read sadness even in our silence…
when not a word is said?)
She told him…and he sat her down as the wind in the treetops twirled…
“Let me tell you, ” he told her then, “how to become the most beautiful woman in the world.”
This little girl whose self esteem was low…perked up both her ears….
How to become beautiful…why that’s just what she wanted to hear.
“All you have to do is be kind, ” he said, “kindness is not only beautiful…but right.
Never say a hurtful word to anyone…always be helpful and polite.”
“Treat others as you would like to be treated…there’s beauty in that too
And you will find that kindness…and its beauty…will be returned to you.”
Is there beauty in kindness? Of course there is…for that’s what kindness does…
and from that day forward everyone remarked…how beautiful she was.
And as she grew up and grew older…until the day her life was finished….
Her kindness was unmistakable…and her beauty never diminished.
Be kind an you’ll be beautiful…It is still such wonderful advice
As good today as the day it was given…yesteryear in paradise.
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