I know something good about you

Wouldn't this old world be better,
If the folks we meet would say,
I know something good about you.
And then just treat us that way?

Wouldn't it be fine and dandy
If each hand clasp warm and true,
Carried with it this assurance,
I know something good about you?

Wouldn't thing here be more pleasant,
If the good that's in us all,
Were the only thing about us,
That folks bothered to recall?

Wouldn't it be nice to practice,
This fine way of thinking too,
You know something good about me,
I know something good about you?
     - unknown