Life is about laughing & living, in good & bad times. Getting through whatever comes our way & looking back & smiling

Everything that you will ever need to accomplish any goal that you will ever set, is sitting & waiting patiently inside of you

We could never learn to be brave & patient, if there were only joys in the world. -Helen Keller

Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. -Helen Keller

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy them by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it".

I know sometimes it feels like all the doors in your life are closed. But remember this, closed does not mean locked.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. -Mother Teresa

Who you are speaks so loudly; there really is no reason for your words.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything but they make the most of everything.

Life is a gift. Never take it for granted. -Sasha Azevedo

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. Ben Hogan

"Everyone hears what you say, friends listen to what you say, best friends listen to what you don't say".

When tomorrow starts without me,

And I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;

I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too;

But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,

And said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,
So much left yet to do,
It seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all that we shared,
And all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday,
Just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
Would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss some tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne,

He said, "This is eternity,
And all I've promised you."
Today your life on earth is past,
But here life starts anew.

I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
And since each day is the same way,
There's no longing for the past.

So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart "

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If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Hope and Inspiration

If