The measure...

The true measure of a person...
Is not in the great feats they master...
Or in the following they have...
Nor the amount of money they make.
It can't be found in their title...or their schooling...
It can't be gauged by the accolades they acquire...
Nor the amount of people that look to them...as a leader...
It's not in their abilities...or in their deficiencies...
It's not something that you can acquire...or learn...or come to believe...
It's not in the size of their estate...or the number of associates that scramble at their feet...
It's not in the accomplishments they have made...at all...
The measure of a person...is always revealed in the heart...of that person...
It is seen in how they're willing to "go to bat" for that one that is being ridiculed?
It is seen in the person that rises to the challenge of defending those that can't defend themselves...
It is seen in the person that hurts for those those around them...that hurt...
It is seen in the person that is willing to defend those that are in need...
And those that have been abused...those left broken...and used.
Defending those that have stood alone...but can now...no longer stand...on their own...
Rescuing those that no longer have the strength to stand...against their accusers...
It is seen in the person that goes without...all...so that someone else can have...some...
It is seen in the person that chooses be a voice...for those that no longer can find their own...
It is seen in the one that holds the spoon to the mouth...of the one that no longer can hold the spoon...
It is seen in the person...that continuously sacrifices self...without thought of recoupment...
It is seen in the person that has a heart for others...
I would rather be the person...or associate with the person...that is moved to do the right thing...because in their heart...even though maybe they, themselves can't fully explain it...
They are just moved...to do so...to always place others first...
That...is the measure of a person.

Kristy Turnage
5/12/2011