Quotes/Poems
"Take every day as it is and make the best with what you have."
"Always have hope for a brighter day."
"Tomorrow isn't promised to anyone, young or old alike"
"Never fear those mountains in the distance"
"Good Timber
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil
To gain and farm his patch of soil,
Who never had to win his share
Of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man
But lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow with ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
The further sky, the greater length,
The more the storm the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife.
This is the common law of life.
^by Douglas Malloch"
"How can you know the strength of a tree's roots and branches if it has never been through a storm.
How can you know the strength of anything if it has never been through a storm."
"I Asked God.........
-Author Unknown
I asked God to take away my pain.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away,
but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
Her spirit was whole,
her body was only temporary.
I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No
Patience is a by-product of tribulations,
it isn't granted, it is earned.
I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings, Happiness is up to you.
I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
and brings you closer to me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own,
but I will prune you to make you fruitful.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life so that
you may enjoy all things.
I ask God to help me LOVE others,
as much as he loves me.
God said... Ahhhh,
finally you have the idea."
"This roller-coaster has crashed through doors and walls leaving debris all around. It broke through the edges of some hearts. It took things away as it passed, and dropped other things in place of that which it took, whether good or bad. It doesn't turn around - all we can do is look back from time to time and remember what we left behind. Sometimes we reach our hands out to catch things as we pass, hoping those things won't slip out of our grasp or fall out of our hands."
"Life is irony in a box of drama. Ironically it's not always that bad. Everything happens for a reason and we always have lessons to learn."
I'll edit this post later when I can remember more quotes.
