Life’s Joy…

I think I had mixed feelings about this poem, but the older I get the more I realize that you are giving so many opportunities that you let pass you by, and then you think that it’s all over and nothing can be fixed. Sometimes that is true, but while you’re young you have to know that when things get hard you don’t just give up, because it’s the hard things that make you strong… so never forget that Life can be unfair but it’s there, and it’s worth living.

Your Day Is Someday

© Taralyn Southam

Simple gifts of joy

Are life’s special memories

So many forgotten daily treasures

Is like someone who won’t read a book

The cover is opened and closed without thought

As you see every blue sky

And cloudless day,

Warm rain, on a sunny summer day

You walk by as you self-consciously stray

And so many joyful memories are forgotten

Just like that they go rotten

And as the hours go by

And life goes on

So many wonders to see

And you just run by carefree

As you listen to life’s chime

You stand aside waiting for your time

But your time is when you realize

Just what you forgot

And how you walked into a big ole knot

And that as you stand aside

Your future flies by

Like it will not see you

And then you hate how it took so long for you to see

That life’s joy was every rotten memory

Life is Finding Yourself a Joy

Someone to Look Up to

Don’t forget to Live

UP

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this .

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any
other two-letter word, and that is ‘UP.’

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of
the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a
meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the
officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP
a report ?

We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP
the silver; w e warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We
lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the
little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP
for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed
is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is
stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at
night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the
proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized
dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to
about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building
UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your
time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or
more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the
sun comes out we say it is clearing UP…

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.

When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP,
so……..it is time to shut UP!

Bottoms UP?  

tomorrow

Come from Love

Coming from love is being open, truthful, and simple.

When you come from love, you initiate your actions from the belief that you are deserving and that other people are good.

It makes perfect sense.

Look for trouble and you’ll find it.

Ask what is wrong and people will tell you.

The good can be fleeting and become lost behind suspicion and self-doubt. So discover what is right and bring it out in others.

Don’t worry. What is wrong and problematic will still be there to work on when you return to it later.

When you come from love, you do not play the fool or become a doormat, for coming from love means first of all that you love yourself. When you do it is harder for others to take advantage of you.

When you come from love, you are the most open. Deception seems obvious to you and you feel less inhibited about speaking out.

When you come from love, you are simply being your best.

When you come from love, you create love around you.

When you come from love, you live in a loving world.

I find love when I look within…

I create love all around me.

I see the signs of love everywhere I look…

I remember I am lovable.

My Very 1st Friend

My Dearest Precious Mom means so much to me.

She has always been so true and kind.

My best friend on earth she has proved to be.

For her love that’s so pure and divine, she taught me to love the Saviour above.

Through all of the sorrows and trials we knew, she trusted Him.

She taught me as I grew older to believe in His wonderful love.

Thank God for a Mother like mine.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers & mothers-to-be.

The Best Things in Life

1. Family time.
2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.
3. A hot shower.
4. No lines at the Supermarket.
5. A special glance.
6. Getting mail.
7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.
8. Hearing your favourite song on the radio.
9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
10. Finding the dress you want is on sale for half price.
11. Chocolate milkshake.
12. A long distance phone call.
13. A bubble bath.
14. Giggling.
15. A good conversation.
16. The beach.
17. Laughing at yourself.
18. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
19. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
20. Having someone tell you that you’re beautiful.
21. Laughing at an inside joke.
22. Friends.
23. Falling in love.
24. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
25. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
26. Your first kiss.
27. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
28. Playing with a new puppy.
29. Late night talks with your roommate that keeps you from sleeping.
30. Having someone play with your hair.
31. Sweet dreams.
32. Hot chocolate.
33. Road trips with friends.
34. Swinging on swings.
35. Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.
36. Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and drinking eggnog.
37. Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.
38. Going to a really good concert.
39. Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you see that one person.
40. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
41. Winning a really competitive game.
42. Making chocolate chip cookies!
43. Having your friends send you homemade cookies!
44. Spending time with close friends!
45. Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends.
46. Holding hands with someone you care about.
47. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.
48. Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time.
49. Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
50. Hugging the person you love.
51. Watching the expression of someone’s face as they open a much-desired present from you.
52. Watching the sunrise.
53. Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God for another beautiful day.
54. Having friends you know you can cry on or talk to about your deepest problems

What are some of the best things in your life?

How can I not LOVE YOU?

Miracles

Miracles happen all around us every day. So often, that we routinely overlook them in the moment. It may be hours later that you realize God’s miraculous protection surrounded you. Perhaps upon quiet reflection you recognize that being on time for an appointment despite numerous detours or finding a person in a crowd had a truly miraclous element in it.

Sometimes the miracles around you are as simple as a bud bursting into bloom or the hatching of birds’ eggs. Taking time to see and appreciate the miraculous is guaranteed to bring a smile to your soul and hope to your heart.

Miracles are all around.

Can you see them?