This could be a better world …
• if we would imagine walking in the other person’s shoes for a mile before drawing conclusions.
• if we walked a mile more often.
• if we shared our potato chips with our dogs.
• if we ate potatoes instead of deep-frying them into salted chips.
• if we listened before throwing stones.
• if we made our own decisions.
• if we lived within our means, spending some and saving for harder times.
• if we all hugged more.
• if we honored vows and kept commitments.
• if we thought with our brains and not with other anatomical parts.
• if we spent more time with nature.
• if we turned off the electronics.
• if we made music more.
• if we shouted less.
• if we accepted responsibility.
• if we all became the change we want to see.
• if we gave each other space to be.
• if we knew what Billy Joe McAllister threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
• if we loved God as much as we say we do and listened for His call.
• if we smiled on our brothers and sisters and tried to love one another right now.
• if we played like children.
• if we worked at making this a better world.
• if I worked on making me a better person.
• if dogs could talk.
• if we stopped trying to make political points.
• if we stopped looking for a free lunch.
• if our noblest “ifs” became “whens.”
• if we hate the sin but love the sinner.
• if we worried about our own sins and let the other sinners worry about theirs.
• if we extend a helping hand whenever we can.
• if we give more than we take.
• if we give more than was asked.
