If

If you stop judging everyone,

maybe you would understand them.

 

If you stop looking for everyone’s faults,

maybe you would see their strengths.

 

If you stop speaking of everyone’s slip-ups,

maybe you would hear their successes.

 

If you stop thinking about everyone’s problems,

maybe you would think about their reasons.

 

I know I’m not everything,

but I’m not nothing.

You aren’t nothing either,

you mean something to somebody.

Don’t give up.

If I gave up all those years ago,

I wouldn’t have had all these great things happen to me.

If you give up,

you won’t see great things happen to you.

Think about what good things could happen,

if you don’t give in.

Next time something good happens to you,

be grateful that you didn’t give in.

And for the people,

the people that push others to even think about ending their life,

You have the power to stop.

If you stop bullying,

maybe the next person will stop.

If that person stops,

maybe the next will.

If everyone stopped bullying,

maybe then it will finally stop and there won’t be anymore “if”.

This poem is about: 
Our world

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