If You Believe

If You Believe

If you believe, it’s possible
for dreams to come true
to find a rainbow without rain
if you just believe in you

If you believe . . . it’s possible
to rise above any fear
to find the best in life
and to find a friend who cares

If you believe . . . it’s for certain
that you will find anew each day
the sun shinning so brightly
and friends will venture your way

If you believe, it just might happen
that true love will find your heart
and dwell in you forever
and never from you depart

If you believe that you are special
a unique child from God above
and share that gift with others
You will dwell in so much love.

If you believe that others care
about your pain and your sorrows
take hold the hand of a friend
and you will see a brighter tomorrow.

If you believe in new beginnings
and start each day with a prayer
you will find peace and happiness
that you never thought was even there.

If you believe in yourself
then others will believe in you
and you will never have to wonder
what it is that you should do

If you take the risk of believing
that there’s a better life in store for you
and put your faith in The Master
then life will not subdue you

If you believe that you can accomplish
and hold that belief in high esteem
then any goal that you reach for
won’t just linger as a dream

If you believe you have a purpose
and firmly held in God's caring hands
your heart will love without relenting
if you just believe you can

@ Steve A. Politte

I Wonder ?

I Wonder ???

Can a house be called a home
When no love is within it's walls
Can a rose display it's full beauty
If it receives no care at all?

Can freedoms prevail in a land
If morals of it's people decline
Can a woman truly love a man
If he belittles her all the time?

Can a ship ride out a raging storm
If it's captain isn't properly qualified
Can young people be successful
If lawful rules they don't abide?

Can world civilization survive
In a world filled with hate
Will evil surrender to good
Before it's too late?

I Wonder ???

Ralph L. Clark

A Little Walk Around Yourself

A Little Walk Around Yourself

When you're criticizing others
And are finding here and there
A fault or two to speak of
Or a weakness you can't bear.
When you're blaming someone's weakness
Or accusing some of self...
It's time that you went out
To walk around yourself.

There are lots of human failures
In the average of us all.
And lots of grave shortcomings.
In the short ones and the tall.
But when we think of evils
Men should lay upon the shelves,
It's time we all went out
To take a walk around ourselves.

We need so often in this life
This balancing of scales.
This seeing how much in us wins,
And how much in us fails.
But before you judge another
Just to lay him on the shelf...
It would be a splendid plan
To take a walk around yourself.

--Author Unknown

Mothers And Daughters

Mothers And Daughters

You can see it in their eyes,
In tender hugs and long good-byes,
A love that only moms and daughters know.

You can see it in their smiles,
Through passing years and changing styles,
A friendship that continually seems to grow.

You can see it in their lives,
The joy each one of them derives,
In just knowing that the other one is there...

To care and to understand,
Lend an ear or hold a hand,
And to celebrate the memories they share.

~~Unknown

Reflections of A Mother

Reflections of A Mother

Faith Is Stronger Than My Fears

Faith Is Stronger Than My Fears

Sometimes my cross is hard to bear
For there is darkness everywhere,
And troubles pile around my door
Like autumn leaves forevermore.

The morning light seems far away,
Like I am stuck in yesterday.
My heart is beating like a drum -
I try to pray, but words won't come.

But then the sun begins to rise
And hope is born within my eyes.
A rainbow forms among my tears
For faith is stronger than my fears!

-- Clay Harrison

Faith

Faith

Faith isn't anything you can see;
It isn't anything you can touch.
But you can feel it in your heart.
Faith is what keeps you trying
When others would have given up.
It keeps you believing in
The goodness of others,
And helps you find it.

Faith is trusting in a power
Greater than yourself,
And knowing that whatever happens,
This power will carry you through anything. It is believing in yourself,
And having courage
To stand up for what you believe in.

Faith is: Peace in the midst of a storm,
Determination in the midst of adversity,
And safety in the midst of trouble.
For nothing can touch a soul
That is protected by faith.

-- Unknown

What Is A Dad?

What Is A Dad?

A Dad is a person
who is loving and kind,
And often he knows
what you have on your mind.

He's someone who listens,
suggests, and defends ~
A dad can be one
of your very best friends!

He's proud of your triumphs,
but when things go wrong,
A dad can be patient
and helpful and strong.

In all that you do,
a dad's love plays a part ~
There's always a place for him
deep in your heart.

And each year that passes,
you're even more glad,
More grateful and proud
just to call him your dad!

Thank you, Dad ...
for listening and caring,
for giving and sharing,
but, especially, for just being you!

Author Unknown

Choices

Choices

Some people sit, some people try;
Some people laugh, some people cry;
Some people will, some people won't;
Some people do, some people don't.

Some people believe, and develop a plan;
Some people doubt, never think that they can;
Some people face hurdles and give it their best;
Some people back down when faced with a test.

Some people complain of their miserable lot;
Some people are thankful for all that they've got;
And when it's all over, when it comes to an end;
Some people lose out, and some people win.

We all have a choice, we all have a say;
We are spectators in life, or we get in and play;
Whichever we choose, how we handle life's game;
The choices are ours, no one else is to blame.

~~unknown

Childhood Doesn't Wait

Childhood Doesn't Wait

I was sitting on a bench
while in a nearby mall,
When I noticed a young mother
with two children who were small.

The youngest one was whining,
"Pick me up," I heard him beg
but the mother's face grew angry
as the child clung to her leg.

"Don't hang on to me," she shouted
as she pushed his hands away,
I wish I'd had the courage
to go up to her and say...

"The time will come too quickly
when those little arms that tug,
Won't ask for you to hold them
or won't freely give a hug.

"The day will sneak up subtly
just as it did with me,
When you can't recall the last time
that your child sat on your knee.

"Like those sacred, pre-dawn feedings
when we cherished time alone
Our babies grow and leave behind
those special times we've known.

"So when your child comes to you
with a book that you can share,
Or asks that you would tuck him in
and help him say his prayer...

"When he comes to sit and chat
or would like to take a walk,
Before you answer that you can't
`cause there's no time to talk.

"Remember what all parents learn
so many times too late,
That years go by too quickly
and that childhood doesn't wait.

"Take every opportunity,
if one should slip away
Reach hard to get it back again,
don't wait another day."

I watched that mother walk away
her children followed near,
I hope she'll pick them up
before her chances disappear...

--Unknown

Never Quit

Never Quit

The only way to lose is to quit.
As long as you continue to make the effort,
you have not lost.

Everyone experiences setbacks.
However, winners experience the most setbacks because winners persist as long as it takes to win.

Does it ever seem that you are blocked in every direction? That's the time to get creative, become more flexible, and open yourself to the possibilities that are most certainly there.

Sometimes when you get stuck in a rut, the rut can suddenly and unexpectedly run out.

And what a great opportunity that can be for you to climb out of that rut, look around, and see all the valuable things you've been missing.

Never quit.

Use each setback, each disappointment as a cue to push on ahead with more determination than ever before.

Never quit, and you will always be a winner.

~~Ralph Marston

Don't Quit

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When 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 its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out.
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

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 afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

Author Unknown

Way To Happiness

Way To Happiness


Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry.
Live simply, expect little, give much.
Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine.
Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by.

Its the way to happiness.
Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

~~unknown~~

Peace

P E A C E

We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together, or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.
– Eleanor Roosevelt

"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another."
-- Winston Churchill

"And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
-- Isaiah 2:4

"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures."
-- John F. Kennedy


"Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will be as one."
-- John Lennon

"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."
-- Peace Pilgrim.


"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us -
- Avarice, Ambition, Envy, Anger, and Pride;
if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."
-- Petrarch (14th century)


"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations.
Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
-- George Washington


"Peace is our gift to each other."
-- Elie Wiesel


"Man invents war.
Man discovers peace.
He invents war from without.
He discovers peace from within.
War man throws.
Peace man sows.
The smile of war is the flood of human blood.
The smile of peace is the love, below, above."
From the book: WAR AND PEACE

Peace I leave with you, Peace my peace I give unto you:
not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.

Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved

Courage

Courage

It is difficult to possess.

Very few people have it.

Courage

It is standing up for yourself.

It is standing up to conventional means.

Courage

It is allowing yourself to be yourself.

It is doing what is right.

Courage

It is being strong emotionally.

It is being optimistic.

Courage

Is what you possess.

That's why you are my star!

Strength in the Fruits of Spirit

Strength in the Fruits of Spirit

There's a strength in love, and a loving person is strong
because he is able to overcome his selfishness.

There's a strength in joy, and a joyful person is strong
because he has never been defeated by challenges and temptations.

There's a strength in peace, and a person who owns peace is strong
because he has never been in doubt.

There's a strength in patient endurance, and a patient person is strong
because he is able to bear everything and he has never felt hurt.

There's a strength in generosity, and a generous person is strong
because he has never held his words and hands to do good deeds.

There's a strength in kindness, and a kind person is strong
because he is always able to do good things for everyone.

There's a strength in faith, and a faithful person is strong
because he is able to defeat his worldliness by his faith to God and other
people.

There's a strength in mildness, and a mild person is strong
because he is able to restrain himself from revenge.

There's a strength in chastity, and a chaste person is strong
because he is able to control his lust.

Attitude

Excellence Can Be Attained

Excellence Can Be Attained

Failure

Failure

As I Walk Through Life

As I Walk Through Life

I've learned-
that you can do something in an instant
that will give you heartache for life.

I've learned-
that you should always leave
loved ones with loving words.
It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned-
that you can keep going long after you can't.

I've learned-
that we are responsible for what we do,
no matter how we feel.

I've learned-
that either you control your
attitude or it controls you.

I've learned-
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I've learned-
that my best friend and I can do anything
or nothing and have the best time.

I've learned-
that sometimes when I'm angry
I have the right to be
angry, but that doesn't give me
the right to be cruel.

I've learned-
that just because someone doesn't love you the
way you want them to doesn't mean they
don't love you with all they have.

I've learned-
that no matter how good a friend is,
they're going to hurt you every once
in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned-
that it isn't always enough to
be forgiven by others,
Sometimes you have to learn
to forgive yourself.

I've learned-
that just because two people argue, it doesn't
mean they don't love each other.

I've learned-
that two people can look at
the exact same thing
and see something totally different.

Attitude

Attitude is everything.

Be kinder than necessary,
For everyone you meet is

fighting some kind of battle.

Live simply,

Love generously,

Care deeply,

Speak kindly.

Leave the rest to God.
Life isn't about waiting

for the storm to pass...

It's about learning to

dance in the rain.

I've Learned...

that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.



that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

that you can keep going long after you can't. I've learned- that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.



that either you control your attitude or it controls you.



that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.



that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.



that money is a lousy way of keeping score.



that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.



that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.



that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.



that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.



that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.



that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.



that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.



that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.



that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others, Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.



that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.



that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.



that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.



that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret, It could change your life forever.



that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.



that your life can be changed in a matter of minutes, by people who don't even know you.



that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.



that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.



that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.