Count your blessings, not your troubles... You'll make it
through whatever comes along...... Within you are so many answers
Understand, have courage, be strong
Don't put limits on yourself.... So many dreams are waiting to be realized.... Decisions are too important to leave to chance Reach for your peak, your goal, your prize
Nothing wastes more energy than worrying..... The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it gets.... Don't take things too seriously...... Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets
Remember that a little love goes a long way..... Remember that a
lot goes forever.... Remember that friendship is a wise
investment
Life's treasures are people...together
Realize that it's never too late.... Do ordinary things in an
extraordinary way..... Have health and hope and happiness
Take the time to wish upon a star......
And don't ever forget...for even a day.......
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My child, I accept you,
I accept you just as you are
You don't need to change yourself.
I'll do the changing when you are ready.
I love you just as you are.
Believe this, for I assure you it is true.
My child, I care about you.
I care about every big and little thing which happens to you.
I care enough to do something about it.
Remember this,
I will help you when you need me. Ask me.
I love you, I accept you, I care about you.
My child, I forgive you.
I forgive you and my forgiveness is complete.
It is not like that of humans who forgive but cannot forget.
I love you and my arms are open with love that asks
please come here!
Come here to me.
I forgive you
Do not carry your guilt another moment.
I carried it all for you.
Believe this. It is true.
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I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
And God said, "No."
He said her spirit is whole.
Her body is only temporary.
I asked God to grant me patience,
And God said, "No."
He said patience is a by-product of tribulation.
It isn't granted, it is earned.
I asked God to give me happiness,
And God said, "No."
He said He gives blessings,
Happiness is up to me.
I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, "No."
He said, "Suffering draws you apart from
Worldly cares and brings you closer to Me."
I asked God to make my spirit grow,
And God said, "No."
He said I must grow on my own,
But he will prune me to make it fruitful.
I asked God if He loved me,
And God said, "Yes."
He gave me His only son, who died for me.
And I will be in Heaven someday
Because... I believe.
I asked God to help me love others
As much as He loves me,
And God said,
"Ah finally, you have the idea."
By Claudia Minden Welsz
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He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life." "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: He left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live. "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply... I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz
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But then instead of leaving Him
In peace to work alone,
I hung around and tired to help
With ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and cried,
"How can You be so slow"-
"My child," He said,
"What could I do? You never did let go."
Author Unknown
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So plant your own garden,
And decorate your own soul,
And stop waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure--
That you really are strong, and you really do have worth.
And you learn, and you learn...........
With every good-bye.......You Learn.
Author Unknown
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I know I did the right thing, Mom, I know you are always right.
Now the party is finally ending, Mom, as everyone is driving out of sight.
As I got into my car, Mom, I knew I'd get home in one piece.
Because of the
way you raised me, so responsible and sweet.
I started to drive away, Mom, but as I pulled out into the road,
the other
car didn't see me, Mom, and hit me like a load.
As I lay there on the pavement, Mom, I hear the policeman say,
the other
guy is drunk, Mom, and now I'm the one who will pay.
I'm lying here dying, Mom. I wish you'd get here soon.
How could this happen to me, Mom? My life just burst like a balloon.
There
is blood all around me, Mom, and most of it is mine.
I hear the medic say, Mom, I'll die in a short time.
I just wanted to tell you, Mom, I swear I didn't drink.
It was the others,
Mom. The others didn't think.
He was probably at the same party as I.
The only difference is, he drank and I will die.
Why do people drink, Mom? It can ruin your whole life.
I'm feeling sharp
pains now. Pains just like a knife.
The guy who hit me is walking, Mom, and I don't think it's fair.
I'm lying
here dying and all he can do is stare.
Tell my brother not to cry, Mom. Tell Daddy to be brave.
And when I go to
heaven, Mom, put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave.
Someone should have told him,
Mom, not to drink and drive.
If only they had told him, Mom, I would still
be alive.
My breath is getting shorter, Mom. I'm becoming very scared.
Please don't cry for me, Mom. When I needed you, you were always there.
I have one last question, Mom, before I say good bye.
I didn't drink and drive, so why am I the one to die?
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
-Anonymous
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When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must but don't you quit.
Life is queer with it's twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about,
When you might have won had you stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far.
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Author Unknown
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Drop a pebble in the water: in a minute you forget,
But there's little waves a-flowing, and there's ripples circling yet.
And those little waves a-flowing to a great big wave have grown;
You've disturbed a mighty river just by dropping in a stone.
Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on.
They keep spreading, spreading, spreading from the center as they go.
And there is no way to stop them, once you've started them to flow.
Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute you forget;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on.
And perhaps in some sad heart a mighty wave of tears you've stirred.
And disturbed a life was happy ere you dropped that unkind word.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: just a flash and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on.
Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave.
Till you wouldn't believe the volume of the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget;
But there's gladness still a-swelling, and there's joy a-circling yet.
And you've rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word.
James W. Foley
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When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."
The Lord replied,"My son, My precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."
Author Unknown
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My soul was weary, and my pride
Was wounded deep; to Heaven I cried,
"God grant me peace or I must die,"
The dumb stars glittered no reply.
Broken at last, I bowed my head,
Forgetting all myself, and said,
"Whatever comes, His will be done;"
And in that moment peace was won.
Henry Van Dyke
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Naturally, Michael carefully considered wishes about immense wealth, power, perfect health, and so forth. The truth was that Michael was an honest and caring man. So, he finally decided that his true happiness lay close to his heart and that perfect love was his first wish. Unable to divorce in his country, he wished that his nagging wife would die peacefully in her sleep and be carried off by a sweet angel who would love her in heaven. He would then be free to make his second wish for that perfect love to appear.
After his wife died, his children were inconsolable. They wept for days, especially the baby who needed her mother and his son who adored her. He was able to see what he cound not see before. His wife had been precious in het own way. He came to realize that while he had hated her nagging and all of her faults, he missed her too. So, he wished for her return from heaven.
For months and months, Michael was unable to decide what to wish for last. He asked his friends, the village priest, and his parents for advice. He consulted oracles and gypsy fortune tellers and was still distraught. He needed money to provide for his family, he longed for a perfect and healthy body, and he wished his children to be happy all of their lives.
Finally, in great dispair, he came across an old man sitting quietly in the sun. When asked why he looked so miserable, he sat and told his story to the ancient one. "Ah," smiled the old man gently, "The only way out of your dilemma is to wish for acceptance. That you will be content and recognize all of the things in your life as a gift, no matter what."
Author Unknown
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the color of your skin didn't matter.........
all the people of the world were truly free........
the children of today could breathe clean air tomorrow...
there was a cure for aids.....
people disagreed with words not fists.....
there was a warm bed for everyone.........
we all could treat a stranger as a friend.....
every child had a smile.......
a good education was there for all......
war was a word found only in history books.......
everyone spoke the language of peace.......
the world was really like this.......
Now..........Imagine THAT!!!!!
Author Unknown
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Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.
Edgar A. Guest
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To let go is not to cut myself off,
it is the realization that I can't control another.
To let go is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
which means that outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for,
but to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging outcomes,
but to allow others to effect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective,
it is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and to cherish the moment.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
TO LET GO IS TO FEAR LESS AND LOVE MORE.
(Unknown)
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