Always reach for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars.
 
 
 
 

Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts
 
 
 
 

~ Welcome my friend you will find joy and love within. ~
 

* The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart.
 
 

"There is nothing stronger in the world then gentleness."
 
 
 
 
 

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help someone without helping himself."
...Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 

*Even if you have nothing else to give you can give encouragement.
 
 
 
 

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up." ...Mark Twain

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts: and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible."

Keep your faith in the beautiful things; in the sun when it's hidden, in the Spring when its gone.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather then down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
 
 

You give but little when you when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
 
 

Nothing wastes more energy then worrying. The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it gets. Don't take things too seriously. Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.
 
 
 
 

*I have learned that even when you think you have no more to give , When a friend cries out to you , you will find the strength to help.
 
 
 

"Bitterness imprisons life, Love releases it."
...Henry Emerson Fosdick

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
...Proverbs 16:24

Friendship is what our dreams are made of.
We hold onto each other with its binding love .
We stand close to each other , hand in hand,
showing each other we understand.

"Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing there is a field .... I'll meet you there."

"There are not so many things in life so beautiful as true friendship. and not many things more uncommon."

Without fear, there is no courage.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back when to you when you have forgotten the words.

This new day is given to us...
Uncluttered, fresh and clean...
Yesterday's troubles are in the past ...
Tomorrows may never be seen ...
God grant us this new day...
Let's fill it with kindness...
Happiness, kindness, and joy !

* I've learned my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

"Love does not force or manipulate"

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful;  it does not
  rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.  It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things. [I Corinthians]
 

I've learned that no matter how you slice it there are always two sides.
 

"Roses bring dreams of you "
 

Each day is a promise of joys to gain. If we look to the rainbow instead of the rain.

"The future belongs to those who believe the beauty of their dreams"

"And the song from beginning to end, is written in the heart of a friend."

 Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
 

 Life's events don't always happen,
Just as they are planned.
For you this is a trying time,
I fully understand.
Moments like the present,
Tend to upset and confuse,
I 'll try to give you my support,
In any path you choose.
I'll listen always with my heart,
I'll do what I can do,
I'll hope for brighter things to come.
My thoughts remain with you.
You know your situation.
You're alert to life's demands.
But don't forget that I am here.
I'm the one who understands!
 

" You just cowboy up - dust yerself off, get back in the saddle give it one more try, sweat and blood, takes all ya got, cause the road to heaven is a hell of a ride - the tough get going when the going gets rough - cause they know they got cowboy up !!

" Ride safe, ride smart, ride hard. "

" If you want to be the best well ya gotta get back on "

"My treasures do not chink or glitter...

They gleam in the sun and neigh in the night."

"Never underestimate the power of true friendship "

" To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides "

  "True friendship is a knot that angels have tied "
 
 

I cannot ease your aching heart,
nor take your pain away,
But let me stay and take your hand
And walk with you today.

I'll listen when you need to talk,
I'll wipe away your tears,
I'll share your worries when they come,
I'll help you face your fears.
I'm here and I will stand by you,
Each hill you have to climb.
So take my hand, let's face the world~
Live one day at a time.
Your not alone for I'm still here...
I'll go that extra mile .

I 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,
 Gentle hugs when spirits sag,
 Friendships to brighten your being,
 Beauty for your eyes to see,
 Confidence for when you doubt,
 Faith so that you can believe,
 Courage to know yourself,
 Patience to accept the truth,
 And love to complete your life."

The Parable of the Rose*

A certain man planted a rose
and watered it faithfully.
Before it blossomed, he examined it.
He saw a bud that would soon blossom.
He also saw the thorns, and he thought,
"How can any beautiful flower come from a plant,
burdened with so many sharp thorns?"
Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose,
and before it was ready to bloom, it died.

So it is with many people.
Within every soul, there is a rose.
The "God-like" qualities planted in us at birth,
growing amidst the thorns of our faults.
Many of us look at ourselves and see only
the thorns, the defects.
We despair, thinking nothing good
can possibly come from us.
We neglect to water the good within us,
and eventually it dies.
We never realize our potential.
Some don't see the rose within themselves.
It takes someone else to show it to them.
One of the greatest gifts a person can possess
is to be able to reach past the thorns
and find the rose within others.

This is the truest, most innocent, and gracious
characteristic of love ~
to know another person, including their faults,
recognize the nobility in their soul,
and yet, still help another to realize
they can overcome their faults.
f we show them the rose, they will conquer the thorns.
Only then will they blossom many times over.

 

"And you can't pluck a rose,
All fragrant with dew,
Without part of its fragrance
Remaining with you."

Count your garden
By the flowers ...
Never by the leaves that fall.
Count your days
By golden hours ...
Don't remember clouds at all.
Count your nights by stars ...
Not shadows.
Count your years with smiles ...
Not tears.
Count your blessings ...
Not your troubles.
Count your age by friends ...
Not years.

The Most Caring Child
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went to the old gentleman's yard, climbed into his lap and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said.... "Nothing I just helped him cry."
 

"The soul is healed by being with children."

Children are a gift from God

~I leave you with a beautiful story
and an Idea~

A person got lost and afraid.  Not knowing what to do, he sat down, folded his arms around his legs and tucked his head down.  Fear covered him like a dark, cold blanket.  Slowly a shell, like a seed covering, grew around the person folded up inside.  But as hard as the seed was, the person inside still felt afraid and lost and cold.  The person began to grow tired and cramped inside the seed, but the seed shell had grown so hard and thick it could not be broken open.  The person inside shivered and frost appeared on the outside of the seed.
A horse came by and saw the large frosty seed glittering in the sun.
Horse was curious, and came closer, and put out its nose to sniff the hard seed.  The horses's breath was warm and melted the frost.  The horse breathed again and the shell began to thaw and fall away.  Inside was the folded-up person, blinking in the sudden light, not moving.
"Why don't you unfold?" asked the horse.
"I have been cramped so long I forgot how to use my legs.  I am small and weak," the person replied.
Horse said, "I am large and strong.  I will carry you."
"I can hardly breathe," said the person.
Horse said, "I will hold you up to drink the wind."
"I must be bad," said the person.  "I displease others."
Horse said, "You please me with your voice, and with the touch of your hand gentle on my neck."
"I am ugly."
Horse said, "I see only your heart."
"I am afraid."
Horse said, "I trust you."
"I have nothing to offer," said the person.  "I am stupid."
Horse said, "Scratch my back.  Talk to me.  Take the stone from my hoof, and show me the the good grass.  These are precious gifts to me.  You know how to free my foot from the fence and brush the straw from my eye.  When you come it means relief from these troubles.  You have much power and wisdom."
"I cry; I am ashamed," said the person.
Horse said, "When you are with me I am content, and I will stand with you while you cry."
As they talked the person had begun to unfold, reach out an arm to the horse and slowly stand beside it.  The person smoothed the horse's mane and the horse nosed the person's hand.  Horse breath chased the last cold from the person's fingers.  Without speaking, they moved on from there together.

Written by Nancy B. Marshall

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