Auld Lang Syne
Can you believe it is 1999 already?! Time sure does go by, doesn't it? The past year has bestowed many, many blessings upon our family, but we have also had our share of sorrows, too. So many memories for only 365 days past. So many, many prayers have been answered, and yes, thank God for unanswered prayer as well.
This will be a year of anticipation, no doubt, as we all approach the new millenium. Will everyone survive the Y2K computer glich? If there are no updates here at Rainbow's End after December 31, 1999, you'll know ours didn't! *giggle* What will the new millenium hold for us? I'm sure the media will be constantly updating us on that one! I, myself, am not all that excited about the new millenium. A lot can change in a matter of hours let alone 365 days, so I will continue to travel down the path I'm used to - taking each day as God sees fit to give them to me.
Any New Year's Resolutions, my friend? As in past years, I will continue to strive for patience and try to control my "redheaded temper". I will also strive to keep the Spirit of Christmas in my heart all 365 days of 1999, strive to walk in the Light, strive to help those who have not, and to be a friend to the friendless. And most importantly, I will continue to pray for worldwide peace in my lifetime.
For you, my friend . . .
I do not wish you wealth ~
only a contented mind
Peace, competence, and health;
Fond friends to love thee dearly,
Honest ones to chide.
Faithful ones to leave to thee
Whatever may betide.
~ Francis P. Sullivan
New Year's Resolutions
Just for today, I will live through this day only, and not set far-reaching goals to try to overcome all my problems at once. I know I can do something for 24 hours that would overwhelm me if I thought I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
Just for today, I will be happy. Abraham Lincoln said, "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be". He was right. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. I will chase them out of my mind and replace them with happy thoughts.
Just for today, I will adjust myself to what is. I will face reality. I will correct those things that I can correct and accept those I cannot.
Just for today, I will improve my mind. I will not be a mental loafer. I will force myself to read something that requires effort, thought, and concentration.
Just for today, I will do something positive to improve my health. If I'm a smoker, I'll make an honest effort to quit. If I'm overweight, I'll eat nothing I know to be fattening. And I will force myself to exercise ~ even if it's only walking around the block or using the stairs instead of the elevator.
Just for today, I will make a conscious effort to be agreeable. I will look as good as I can, dress becomingly, speak softly, act courteously, and not interrupt when someone else is talking. Just for today, I'll try not to improve anybody except myself.
We know so much more about nutrition and how much exercise and sensible living can extend life and make it more enjoyable; so just for today, I'll take good care of my body so I can celebrate many more happy new years.
Just for today, I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it, thereby saving myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
Just for today, I will gather the courage to do what is right and take the responsibility for my own actions.
there will be beauty in the character.
If there be beauty in the character,
there will be harmony at home.
If there is harmony in the home,
there will be order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation
There will be peace in the world.
God Bless ~
The Scott Family
Roger, Laurie, Corey, Lady, Samson, Buddie, and Little Mister
A few friends who understand me
and yet remain my friends
A work to do which has real value,
without which the world
would feel the poorer . . .
A mind unafraid to travel,
even though the trail be not blazed
An understanding heart . . .
A sense of humor.
Time for quiet, silent meditation.
A feeling of the presence of God.
And the patience to wait
for the coming of these things,
with the wisdom to know them
when they come.
~ W.R. Hunt
So far today I have done all right.
I have not gossiped.
I have not lost my temper.
I have not been greedy,
grumpy, nasty, selfish,
proud or overindulgent.
I am very thankful for that....
But in a few minutes, God, I am going to get out of bed.
~ Author Unknown
Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I would taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store it was less a walk than a lumber.
I remembered the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rare,
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "None for me, please."
As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt---
I said to myself, as only I can
"You can't spend another winter disguised as a man!"
So -- away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won't have a cookie -- not even a lick.
I'll chew only on long celery sticks.
I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, life's no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!
~ Author Unknown
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