A wise man once said “Whatever came to me, I looked on as God’s gift for some special purpose, if it was a difficulty, I knew he gave it to me to struggle with, to strengthen my mind and my faith.” That idea has sweetened and helped me all of my life. Anonymous. **************************************************** The [...]
It takes a strong person to deal with tough times and difficult choices. But you are a strong person. It takes courage but you possess the inner courage to see you through. It takes being an active participant in your life. But you are in the driving seat and you can determine the direction you [...]
Faith isn’t anything you can see; it isn’t anything you can touch But yo 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 yourselfand [...]
Depression can hit any one of us at any time. We tend to shy away from admitting we are depressed because often it’s not an illness that is obvious. People can see a broken bone or a cut or operation scar but we tend to try to put on a brave face to hide depression [...]
I remember the day that my daughter told me that she was pregnant. I was to be a grandmother again but this was her first child. I went straight out and bought some baby items to start preparing fr the new arrival . I fussed over Kymm (my Daughter) all though her pregnancy. She developed [...]
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Matilda tolld such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch ones eyes; Her Aunt, who, from her earliest youth, had kept a strict regard of thruth, Attempted to believe Matilda: The effort very nearly killed her, And would have done so, had not she dicovered this infirmity. For once, toward the close of day, [...]
I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before;- How long ago I may not know: But just when at the swallow’s soar Your neck turned so, Some [...]
Look in my face; my name is Might- have- been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell; Unto thine ear I hold the dead- sea shell Cast up thy life’s foam-fretted feet between; Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen Which had life’s form and Love’s, but by my spell Is now a [...]
“There is no God,” the wicked saith, “and truly it’s a blessing, For what he might have done with us it’s better only guessing.” “There is no God.” a youngster thinks, “or really if there may be, He surely didn’t mean a man, always to be a baby.” “There is no God, or if there [...]
Just a line to say I’m living, that I’m not among the dead. Though I’m getting more forgetful and more mixed up in my head. Sometimes I cannot remember, when I stand at the foot of the stair; if I’m going up for something, or I’ve just come down from there. As I gaze into [...]
