Only Kindness Matters

[Excerpts from a song written and performed by Jewel]

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we’re all OK
And not to worry ‘cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these.

I won’t be made useless
I won’t be idle in despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear.

My hands are small, I know
But they’re not yours, they are my own
But they’re not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken.

Poverty stole your golden shoes
It didn’t steal your laughter
And headache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn’t ever after.

We’ll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what’s right
‘Cause where there’s a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing.

In the end, only kindness matters
In the end, only kindness matters.

I will get down on my knees and pray…

…We are God’s eyes
We are God’s hands
We are God’s heart.

…And I am never broken
We are never broken.

-submitted by Lynn Cunningham