Smile Today Friend!

Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too.


I passed around the corner
and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realized,
I'd passed it on to him.

     

I thought about that smile
then I realized its worth.
A single smile, just like mine
could travel round the earth.


So, if you feel a smile begin,
don't leave it undetected.
Let's start an epidemic quick,
and get the world infected!



           

Keep the smile going by
sending this on to a friend.
Everyone needs a smile!!!

 


 

 

 

I Believe

I believe, for every drop of rain
that falls, A flower grows...
I believe that somewhere in the
darkest night, A candle glows...
 
I believe for everyone who
goes astray, Someone will come,
to show the way, I believe,
I believe...
 
I believe, above the storm the
smallest prayer,
Will still be heard...
I believe, that someone
in that great somewhere,
Hears every word...
 
Everytime I hear a newborn
baby cry,
Or touch a leaf, or see the sky,
Then I know why, I believe!
 
Everytime I hear a newborn baby cry,
Or touch a leaf, or see the sky,
Then I know why, I believe!

 

 


Hello God


Hello God, I called tonight,
To talk a little while.
I need a friend who'll listen
To my anxiety and trial.

You see, I can't quite make it
Through a day just on my own,
I need your love to guide me,
So I'll never feel alone.

I want to ask you please to keep,
My family safe and sound
Come and fill their lives with confidence,
For whatever fate they're bound.

Give me faith, dear God, to face,
Each hour throughout the day
And not to worry over things,
I can't change in any way.

I thank you God, for being home,
And listening to my call
For giving me such good advice
When I stumble and fall.

Your number, God, is the only one
That answers every time
I never get a busy signal,
And never had to pay a dime.

So thank you, God, for listening
To my troubles and my sorrow
Good night, God. I love You, too,
And I'll call again tomorrow!

 


 

Patience

Patience is a virtue
which I have little of,
but when I feel it slipping
I just call on God.
I'm trying hard to master it,
I really need it now.

The devil's got me cornered.
My life is full of thunder clouds.
He's throwing every thing at me
trying to pull me down.
He's not sure my faith is strong
enough for God to bring me out.
I've got news for him,
I never will give up.
My faith is stronger than he thinks
and God is with me now.

God knows I'm not perfect
but He also knows my heart.
He knows I'm really trying
and we will never part.
He's promised to be with me
and He'll never let me down.
I haven't earned His help,
it's only through His grace.
He has a plan for me
which the devil can not change.
He'll see me through to victory,
and take me home some day.
He'll do the same for you,
just believe and trust Him too.

by Reatha Crow

 
 
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose.  Dr. Seuss
 
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.   Dr. Seuss
 
"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."
~ Aldous Huxley
 
"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away.""
~ Abraham Lincoln
 
"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."
 
Don't waste your life in doubts and fears: spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction.
Henry Ward Beecher
 
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.
 
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra
 
 
   
Five Rose Petals
Each rose petal details a special virtue
that may answer questions of our life.
It is not how much we have, but how much
we enjoy, that makes happiness.

May we all be able to share a smile with each other daily.
Faith in the One above will sustain you.

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."
- Helen Keller

f anyone desires a wish to come true,
they must capture a butterfly and whisper
that wish to it.

Our spirit defines "Goodness."

A Symbol of Hope
A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.

If we have Comfort, Faith,
Goodness, and Hope
in our lives, we will always experience Joy.
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,
 if the simple things of nature have a message
that you understand,
rejoice, for your soul is alive."

Joy is a flower that blooms when we do!

 


Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Lation Family Website - 2008