No Beauty Shines Brighter

Erica said, “Life and death,”

Two little words with a whole lot left.

Every word we speak, every choice we make,

Can build somebody up or help a heart break.

You can’t take back every road you’ve been on,

But you can choose what happens from here on.

Yesterday may tell you how you got this far,

But tomorrow starts with what’s inside your heart.

You don’t have to fix your whole life tonight,

Just get your heart right

And take the next step right.

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

Not a perfect past,

Not a perfect start.

Not what they call you,

Not the things that left a scar.

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

April said, “Philanthropy and magic,”

Maybe giving hope is where the magic happens.

When you know what hurt feels like down in your bones,

You can notice the one who feels all alone.

You don’t need money to give something away,

Give somebody kindness, give somebody grace.

Sometimes the thing that changes somebody’s road

Is one good heart saying, “You’re not alone.”

You don’t have to save the whole world tonight,

Just get your heart right

And do the next thing right.

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

Not a perfect past,

Not a perfect start.

Not what they call you,

Not the things that left a scar.

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

Samantha smiled, “It’s not rocket science,”

Sometimes doing right is quiet defiance.

That old voice says, “Girl, you’ll never change,”

But you don’t have to keep walking the same old way.

Pause before anger gets hold of the wheel,

Tell yourself the truth about what you really feel.

You don’t need every answer before you begin—

Just stop, get right, and choose right again.

Destiny said, “Pain, children, faith, embarrassment,”

Four heavy words in one little sentence.

Pain says run.

Embarrassment says hide.

Faith says, “Stand up—there’s still life inside.”

And children remember more than what we say,

They watch how we get back up after a bad day.

Maybe the greatest thing they’ll ever see

Is somebody they love choosing who she wants to be.

Then Candice took a torn piece of paper,

Wrote down something we could carry out later:

Not your face.

Not your clothes.

Not your money.

Not your scars.

The prettiest thing a person can carry

Is what’s living in their heart.

You can own what you did

Without letting it own you.

You can tell the truth

And let the truth change you.

You can’t rewrite yesterday,

But today is still your part—

Get right on the inside,

Then do right from the heart.

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

Not a perfect past,

Not a perfect start.

Life and death,

Giving hope,

Faith when life gets hard—

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

No beauty shines brighter

Than that of a good heart.

Five women.

Five voices.

Five pieces of a brand-new start.

You don’t have to walk out perfect.

Just walk out guarding your heart.