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August 03
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SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down, Don't dance so fast.
Time is short, The music won't last.....
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores Running through your head?
You'd better slow down, Don't dance so fast.
Time is short, The music won't last......
Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste, Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, Let a good friendship die.
Cause you never had time to call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down, Don't dance so fast.
Time is short. The music won't last....
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift.... Thrown away.
Life is not a race .....Do take it slower
Hear the music .... Before the song is over.
| June 24
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“Why Women Cry”
A little boy asked his mother,
'Why are you crying?'
'Because I'm a woman,' she told him,
'I don't understand,' he said,
His Mom just hugged him and said,
'And you never will,'
Later the little boy asked his father,
'Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?'
'All women cry for no reason,'
was all his dad could say,
The little boy grew
up and became a man,
still wondering why women cry,
Finally he put in a call to God,
When God got on the phone, he asked,
'God, why do women cry so easily?'
God said: 'When I made the woman
she had to be special, I made her
shoulders strong enough to carry the
weight of the world, yet gentle
enough to give comfort,
I gave her an inner strength to endure
childbirth and the rejection that many
times comes from her children, I gave her
a hardness that allows her to keep going
when everyone else gives up, and take
care of her family through sickness and
fatigue without complaining, I gave her the
sensitivity to love her children under any
and all circumstances, even when her
child has hurt her very badly,
I gave her strength to carry her husband
through his faults and fashioned her
from his rib to protect his heart, I gave
her wisdom to know that a good husband
never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests
her strengths and her resolve to stand
beside him unfalteringly,
And finally, I gave her a tear to shed,
This is hers exclusively to use
whenever it is needed,'
'You see my son,' said God,
'the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes
she wears, the figure that she carries,
or the way she combs her hair, The beauty
of a woman must be seen in her eyes,
because that is the doorway to her heart
- the place where love resides,'
| May 27
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One day a young lady was driving along with her father.
They came upon a storm. The young lady asked her father what
should she do, he said "keep driving". Cars began to pull over to the side,
the storm was getting worse. What should I do the young lady asked,
"keep driving" her father replied. On up a few feet she noticed
eighteen wheelers was pulling over also. She told her dad,
I must pull over I can barely see ahead. It is terrible out here everyone
is pulling over. Her father told her not to give up just keep driving.
Now the storm was terrible but she never stopped driving
and soon she could see a little clearer. After a couple
of miles she was on dry land and the sun was out. Her father
said now pull over and get out.
She said "but why now?" He said "get out look back,
at all the people that gave up and is still in the storm".
You never gave up and now your storm is over.
Just because everyone else, even the ones that
appear to be the largest and strongest gives up. You don't have to,
because if you keep going, on up ahead your storm will soon be over and the
sun will shine upon your face again. God will always
be there for you no matter how strong the storm,
no matter how scared you are God will be there with you to keep
you moving and keep you strong.
| May 09
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Everyone Needs Someone
People need people and friends need friends
And we all need love for a full life depends
Not on vast riches or great acclaim,
Not on success or on worldly fame,
But just in knowing that someone cares
And holds us close in their thoughts and prayers-
For only the knowledge that we're understood
Makes everyday living feel wonderfully good,
And we rob ourselves of life's greatest need
When we "lock up our hearts" and fail to heed
The outstretched hand reaching to find
A kindred spirit whose heart and mind
Are lonely and longing to somehow share
Our joys and sorrows and to make us aware
That life's completeness and richness depends
On the things we share with our loved ones and friends.
-Helen Steiner Rice
 
Remember These Simple
Guidelines For Happiness
1. Free your heart from Hate
2. Free your mind from Worry
3. Live Simple
4. Give More
5. Expect Less
6. Leave the rest to God
Live for today
Learn from yesterday
And look to tomorrow
Oh, the summer night
Has a smile of light
And she sits on a sapphire throne.
 Today I heard a robin sing
And my joyous heart took wing.
Spring has lavishly arrived
As Mother Earth comes alive.
Dogwood trees reach for the skies,
Tulips bloom before my eyes.
Birds wing to and fro,
Sing the sweetest songs they know.
Hills and valleys are revived,
Buttercups and bluebells thrive,
Woodland babes fill cozy nooks.
Little children romp and tease,
Butterflies glide on the breeze.
I smell the fragrance of the rose,
Feel velvet grass between my toes.
I thank our gracious God above
For His precious gifts of love,
Expressed in effervescent Spring
And every vibrant living thing.
Just as we cannot have
human and animal life without water and plants,
neither can we have lasting peace
without love and compassion.
 The Secret 
One day, one friend asked another,
"How is it that you are always so happy?
You have so much energy,
and you never seem to get down."
With her eyes smiling, she said,
"I know the Secret!"
"What secret is that?"
To which she replied,
"I'll tell you all about it,
but you have to promise to
share the Secret with others."
"The Secret is this:
I have learned there is little I can do
in my life that will make me truly happy.
I must depend on God to make
me happy and to meet my needs.
When a need arises in my life,
I have to trust God to supply
according to HIS riches.
I have learned most of the time
I don't need half of what I think I do.
He has never let me down.
Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."
The questioner's first thought was,
"That's too simple!"
But upon reflecting over his own life
he recalled how he thought a bigger house
would make him happy, but it didn't!
He thought a better paying job
would make him happy, but it hadn't.
When did he realize his greatest happiness?
Sitting on the floor with his grandchildren,
playing games, eating pizza or reading a story,
a simple gift from God.
We can't depend on people to make us happy.
Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that.
LOVE IS LIKE MAGIC
AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE.
FOR LOVE STILL REMAINS
LIFE'S SWEET MYSTERY
LOVE WORKS IN WAYS
THAT ARE WONDROUS AND STRANGE
AND THERE'S NOTHING IN LIFE
THAT LOVE CANNOT CHANGE
LOVE CAN TRANSFORM
THE MOST COMMON PLACE
INTO BEAUTY AND SPLENDOR
AND SWEETNESS AND GRACE
LOVE IS UNSELFISH,
UNDERSTANDING AND KIND,
FOR IT SEES WITH ITS HEART
AND NOT WITH ITS MIND
LOVE IS THE ANSWER
THAT EVERYONE SEEKS
LOVE IS THE LANGUAGE,
THAT EVERY HEART SPEAKS
LOVE CAN'T BE BOUGHT,
IT IS PRICELESS AND FREE
LOVE, LIKE PURE MAGIC,
IS LIFE'S SWEET MYSTERY
 To make a wish come true
Whisper it to a butterfly.
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March 30
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I asked for wisdom...
I asked for wisdom...
And God gave me problems to solve.
I asked for prosperity...
And God gave me brains
and the strength to work.
I asked for courage...
And God gave me danger to overcome.
I asked for love...
And God gave me
troubled people to help.
I asked for favors...
And God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed.
My Prayer has been answered
Native American wisdom;
We do not inherit it;
we borrow the Earth
from our children:
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother,
he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him,
That he who loveth God love his brother also.”
1 John 4:20-21
What do we live for,
if it is not to make
life less difficult
for each other .
Before I Die
By Brittany Livengood
Before I die and leave this place.......
Before I go to see his grace..
I want to fly where the eagles soar...........
I want to stand on the ocean floor.....
I want to run with the buffalo...
Knowing not where I go........
I want to ride a rainbow, to see where it ends.......
To see how long it takes to get to the rainbows bend...
Before I die and leave this place...
Before I go and see his grace............
I want to see a beating heart..
To see where the beginning
of love might start...
…..I want to know how it might feel...
To trust the one you know is real....
I want to feel a peaceful sigh...
No longer have to ask why.....
Before I die and leave this place...
Before I go and see his grace...
I want to look into the night. .
Knowing what's wrong..
Seeing what's right..
I want to stand on a mountain top....
Feeling the wind, never stop......
I want to see a volcano spout...
Wiping away every ounce of doubt...
Before I die and leave this place...
I want to tell you of his amazing grace....
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March 02
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ASKED THE LORD TO BLESS YOU
I asked the Lord to bless you
as I prayed for you today
To guide you and protect you
as you go along your way.
His love is always with you,
His promises are true,
And when we give Him all our cares
you know He’ll see us through
So when the road you’re traveling on
seems difficult at best
Just remember I’m here praying
and God will do the rest.
Today is the day when daffodils bloom,
Which children pick to fill the room,
Today is the day when grasses green,
When leaves burst forth for spring to be seen.
Robert McCracken
Blue-Sky Morning
It's a blue-sky morning
With a wind that blowing fair.
It's a blossom-blowing morning.
There are springbuds in the air.
It's a gold-sky morning
With a sun that's blazing bright.
It's an eye-blinking morning.
There's a blaring brilliant light
By: Adelaide B. Shaw
Summer
That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Broken Dreams
As children bring their broken toys
with tears for us to mend
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He is my friend.
But then, instead of leaving Him
In peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
with ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and cried
"How could you be so slow?!?"
"My child," he said. "What could I do?
You never did let go."
Author Unknown
Beautiful gift from Anita
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January 10
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Having someone who understands
is a great blessing for ourselves.
Being someone who understands
i s a great blessing to others .
unknown author
As I live each day,
may I do my part,
To make a difference and
touch one heart.
Each day it is my goal,
To bring smiles and laughter into one soul.
unknown author
Each friend represents
a world in us,
a world possibly not born
until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting
that a new world is born.
Keep your eyes upon me,
keep me in your sight,
Help me don the crooked road,
lead me to the light.
The road I'm on is dark,
I'm not sure if I know the way,
Yet with you right beside me,
I'm certain I won't stray.
Protect me from the world,
I know we'll make it through,
Give me all the strength I need.....
Let me lean on you.
Written by Lisa Barker
We are all angels with only one wing...
we can fly only embracing each other.
Most people come into our
lives and quickly leave.
It is the special few that
come in and leave a
footprint in our hearts
and we are forever changed.
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
smiles when sadness intrudes,
rainbows to follow the clouds,
laughter to kiss your lips,
sunsets to warm your heart,
hugs when spirits sag,
beauty for your eyes to see,
friendships to brighten your being,
faith so that you can believe,
confidence for when you doubt,
courage to know yourself,
patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
author unknown
A friend is a hand that
is always holding yours,
no matter how close or
far apart you may be.
A friend is someone who
is always there and will
always, always care.
A friend is a feeling of
forever in the heart.
unknown author
The love of God enfolds me,
The power of God protects me,
And the presence of God watches over me;
Wherever I am, God is.
A true friend
Warms you with their presence
Trust you with their secrets
Remembers you in their prayers.
The love of God
is like the ocean,
you can see its beginnings
but not its end.
Life is short- forgive quickly,
kiss slowly, love truly,
laugh uncontrollably
and never regret anything
which made you smile.
Unknow Author
A friend is someone we turn to
When out spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
For our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
With beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole would we live in
a better and happier place.
by: Jean Kyler McManus
This morning when the
Lord opened a window
to Heaven, he saw me,
and he asked: My child,
what is your greatest wish for today?
I responded: 'Lord please,
take care of the person
who is reading this message,
their family and their
special friends.
They deserve it and
I love them very much'.
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Kathys CommentsDecember 04
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A LITTLE FAITH CAN WORK
BIG MIRACLES
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Happiness is like a butterfly
the more you chase it
the more it will elude you
but if you turn your attention
to other things
it will come and sit
softly on your shoulder
by - Henry David Thoreau
Man can live forty days without food,
three days without water,
eight minutes without air
but only one second without hope.
author unknown
Far away there in the sunshine
are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them but I can look
up and see their beauty, believe in them,
and try to follow them.
by: Louisa May Alcott
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When you say a situation or a person is hopeless,
you're slamming the door in the face of God.
Hope never abandons you,
you abandon it.
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To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To hope is to risk pain.
To try is to risk failure,
but risk must be taken because
the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Unknown author
'Love one another and you will be happy'
It's as simple and as difficult as that.
There is no other way.
by: Michael Leunig
The natural flights of the
human mind are not from
pleasure to pleasure
but from hope to hope.
By: Johnson, Samuel
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson
 
Friends are quiet angels who lift
us to our feet
when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.
- Author Unknown -
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If you can dream it,
you can make it so
Love, like a river will make a new path
whenever it meets an obstacle.
C. Middlemas
Keep your face to the sunshine
and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller
People take different roads
seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they’re not on your road
doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
Love never dies a natural death.
It dies because we don’t know
how to replenish Its source.
It dies of blindness and errors and
betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it
dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing.
On your walk today,
did you leave a trail of kindness.
Guardian Angels
Guardian angels are a gift from God,
A treasure of immeasurable worth.
Sent to guard and protect His children
While they are still on Earth!
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Tagged your it. Two-ferr
Two names I go by: Mom and grandma.
Two things you are wearing right now: Sweat pants & Sweat shirt.
Two things you want or have in a relationship: Love and respect.
Two of your favorite things to do: Travel and read.
Two things you did last night: Cooked dinner and went and saw my dad.
Two people you last talked to: My two daughters.
Two things you are doing tomorrow:
Shopping and taking my father out for dinner, he is 82 years old.
Two longest car rides: Cincinnati to Las Vegas, Las Vegas to
Yellowstone then back to Cincinnati.
Two favorite drinks: nonalcoholic: Milk and Tea.
alcoholic: Never acquired a taste for it.
Two things about me you may not know:
I don‘t hear well, read lips some,
I was married at 17 years old,
and have been married for 38 years to the same man.
Two jobs I have had in my life: Assistant Manager of Huntington Bank, Teller.
Two movies I watch over & over: Dirty dancing (granddaughters love it) and Phantom of the Opera.
Two of my favorite foods: Potato soup and fried chicken.
Two places I would rather be right now: In the desert or Yellowstone National Park.
All my blog friends if you haven't be tagged yet, you have been now. You're it.
I have been nominated. Thank you Nita
I am so honored to have been nominated by Nina.
Nita thank you very much for this gift and your beautiful comments.
I also see that many of my friends had already been nominated.
I want to congratulate them. Now for my nominations:
1. Catonya ~ A wonderful friend with a beautiful heart.
Catonya's space has many encouraging words,
comments and scriptures.
She is such a special person. My Sister.
2. Trine ~ Trine is a beautiful person with a beautiful soul.
She is one of my oldest space friends.
Her space is as special as she is.
3. Sparkling Crystal ~ Christine is such
a beautiful person. She is also a very sweet young woman
with a beautiful space.
4. Tom ~ Tom has a quote on his space
that has always meant a lot to me.
"Strangers are friends we have not met yet !"
Tom is a wonderful man with a special space.
5. Sus ~ A special friend who always leaves
wonderful messages. Sus always
has encouraging words to help
make life easier. Thanks Sus.
6. Anita ~ A very special friend.
Anita has such a beautiful spirit.
She also has a beautiful space.
Her graphics are beautiful.
7. Jane ~ was one of my first friends in blog land,
Jane is a very beautiful person.
Her blogs and comments are amazing.
8. Garry ~ A wonderful father.
A single dad who loves spending time
with his daughter more than anything else.
His space is very inspirational.
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