Life is queer with it's
twists and turns
as everyone of us
sometimes learns
and many a person
turns about
When they might have won
had they stuck it out
Don't give up
though the pace seem slow,
you may succeed
with another blow!


Often the struggler
has given up
When he might have
captured the Victor's cup
and he learned to late
when the night came down
how close he was to
the Golden Crown!
 
Success is failure
turned inside out
So stick to the fight
when you are hardest hit
It is when things seems worst.

"YOU MUST NOT QUIT!

HOPE

It's magic and it's free
It's not in a prescription
It's not in an IV.

It punctuates out laughter,
It sparkles in our tears,
It simmers under sorrows,
And dissipates our fears.

Do you know what Hope is?
It's reaching past today,
It's dreaming of tomorrow,
It's trying a new way,

It's pushing past impossible
It's pounding on the door,
It's questioning the Answers,
It's always seeking more,

It's rumors of a breakthrough,
It's whispers of a cure,
A rollercoaster ride
Of remedies, unsure.

Do you know what Hope is?
It's candy for the soul,
It's perfume for the spirit,
To share it, makes you Whole.

Saturday Walk

I am nothing. I walk my
fleshy shell along the street,
seeing the squirrels at play and
hearing the early spring birds.


No, I am not invisible yet.
This body has size and mass
and cruises well on automatic pilot.
Any bird that cares can see me.


But the breeze whistles in my ears
as if I were hollow, and that's how
I feel--ecstatically hollow--
here for now, but empty of place.


I am the neighborhood today--
I am the sidewalk, the bare but
budding trees. I am the children
on bicycles and skateboards.


No iota in me stops
or diverts the fresh flowing of life.
The sun shines straight through me,
and I like the cool feeling inside.


Monday in the office
I will be something again.
I will have a title and a salary
and a desk and a boss.


Mondays must perhaps be.
Deadlines, crises,
meetings, phone calls--
all these may have their place.


But walking now outdoors,
I drift along free and empty.
Nothing can touch me
when I am nothing.

Alan Harris

Serenity
If I open my eyes, can you see...
Dismay can block your sight.
If I hold out my hand, can you take strength...
Fear can leave one weak.
If I open my heart, can you take love...
Seclusion makes one empty.
If I give you the sun, can you see the light...
Darkness will swallow you whole.
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CalzGirl

CalzGirl@aol.com

If Tomorrow Never Comes

"So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes..."

by G. Brooks

A STATE OF MIND


If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you'd like to win but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost;
For out in the world you'll find
Success begins with a person's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

Life's battles don't always seem to go
To the strongest or fastest man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can.
Anonymous

Let's concentrate on a worthwhile goal

That no child be unwanted,
that no person go unloved.
And let's not stop smiling at
whomever we meet,
especially when it's hard to smile."

"It is easy to love those who are far away.
It isn't always easy to love those who are right next to us.
It is easier to offer a dish of rice to satisfy the hunger
of a poor person, than to fill up the loneliness and suffering
of someone lacking love in our own family."

"How can you love God whom you do not see,
if you don't love the neighbor whom you do see-
-the neighbor you know and live with every day?"

The fruit of Silence is Prayer.
The fruit of Prayer is Faith.
The fruit of Faith is Love.
The fruit of Love is Service.
The fruit of Service is Peace.

The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes,
in our touch, in what we write,
in what we say, in the way we walk,
the way we receive, the way we need.
That is the fullness of our heart
expressing itself in many different ways.

Mother Teresa

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