Think The Best (Then Leave The Rest)

‘Think the best then leave the rest’

Humanness is prone to assume

But we should try kindness instead

And remember the Golden Rule

‘Think the best and leave the rest’

Life’s stumble-slip-and-slide affair

Needs shoulders to lean on, my friend,

Not finger-pointing, pious stare

Thus, lest by slander's stab we scar

The tender student of life’s test

We should remember who we are

And, 'think the best then leave the rest’

© Janet Martin

We were, on more than one occasion, gently chided by Grandmother

if we jumped to obvious, but unproven and unkind conclusions!

'think the best, then just leave the rest because we don't know the whole story'

she would remind us.

I value her influence still when I am prone to assume…