If We Only Understood
There is need of kinder treatment to be given by us all,
There is need that we remember when some may err and fall.
That within the hidden motive lies the ill, or lies the good,
We would treat each kinder if we only understood.
If we knew the cares of others, and the heartaches, and the strain,
Under which they may be living, knew their losses, knew their pain.
We would treat each kinder, I am sure that each one could,
We would treat each other kinder, If we only understood.