1. If you turn away from a shining light,
The light is not tarnished by your disdain.

2. And if you forget the truth once spoken,
Such obliviousness is but a flaw in you.

3. To break a promise betrays only weakness,
And obstacles that seemed unbreachable

4. Are overcome. So do not be quick to think ill,
Even if your own eyes invite distrust.

5. For charcoal can ignite to glowing embers
While some rock will remain unyielding.

6. The home all people share is praised
When people's praise adorns it.

7. Do not reject them lest you lose
The hope they place in you - a debt yet unpaid.

8. The rigid branch is the one that breaks;
The supple boughs are those we love.