Brighten the Corner Where You Are is a poem written by Helen Steiner Rice, who is pictured above.

Recently our Department of Patient Experience and Culture used a musical version of this poem to help encourage our staff to project and practice being pleasant and welcoming to everyone we encounter at the hospital.

This link is to a YouTube video of Ella Fitzgerald singing the poem. As you listen to it, you can’t help but smile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5I4ZRHVpEo

I hope Ella’s rendition will inspire you to “brighten the corner where you are”!!