Written by: Phyllis Ann Doros
Copyright � January 17, 1956
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You'll Be Safe With Me

Louise, Phyllis, Chris + Marty -1972

        You can�t judge a person by what he has or what he�s done.
You have to judge a person by what he is!

        A time, out of sheer instinct or momentary lack of doubt,
he may have preformed one great duty�  One single, temporary,
sublime act of better-than-human behavior..  One motion, one
lonely, unfamiliar showing of strength or wisdom.

        A time, he may have fallen to evil depths, where out of
blind desperation, unreasoning panic�  he committed an act
of cowardice or shame.

        No, you can�t judge a person by what he has or what he�s
done.  His true personality lies in what he is!

        For most of us can occasionally rise to undreamed of
heights and also sink to that black, hopeless pit of inhuman
deeds.

        We must look between the two extremes, to the real
character and when we look carefully enough, we will find
something good in what a man is.

        We can think:
        � I know you have accomplished these several noble efforts
and I am proud of your spirit�  I know you have committed
a terrible wrong, which I cannot forget but which I can forgive
for I done wrong, too�  and I know how it feels.  I may
not understand you�  for I cannot even understand myself,
but I accept you�  I accept you as you are, without restrictions,
without pretense, without shrinking from you or looking down
on you, without the slightest attempt to please you by acting
as though you are my superior�.

        And I promise you this�..  I promise to find something
in the person you are, that I like!�

        For who am I to sit in judgment of my fellow human beings?
How can anyone dare to measure the inner workings of his fellow
man?

Instead, we should raise our eyes to them calling:
        �Come, neighbor, join me and rest awhile..  You�ll be safe
with me�  for we are of the same pride, the same humility,
the same good and the same bad�.
        If we would only be honest enough to admit it!

Phyllis, Ryan + Jenny -1986


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