BE A ‘HEART-STEALER’

Adorn yourself with Modesty and Propriety,

For they would earn you honour and admiration.

Sport the Banner of Truth on your forehead,

For the Truth alone will gift you liberty and confidence.

Bedeck your eyes with Images of Light and not of darkness,

For the eyes are the lamps of the body.

Bejewel your ears with Music that builds,

For idle gossip and mindless squabble spread venom throughout the body.

Season your lips with gentle words of Peace, Love, Understanding and Comfort,

For words have the power to build up lives or destroy them.

Wrap around your arms deeds of Mercy and Love,

For what you do unto others, the same would be done unto you.

Shroud yourself with the garment of Holiness,

For that will give you the courage to stand before people and authority.

If you adhere to the prescriptions of beauty mentioned above,

Charming in heart and Beautiful in mind you shall be,

And thus steal the hearts of countless many!

— Rajnandini Sahu