HEARTPRINTS
Whatever our hands touch...
We leave fingerprints.
On walls, on furniture,
On doorknobs, dishes and books.
As we touch we leave our identity.
Oh please wherever I go today...
help me leave heart prints...
heartprints of compassion,
understanding and love.
Heartprints of kindness and genuine concern.
May my heart touch a lonely neighbor...
or a runaway daughter...
or an anxious mother...
or perhaps a dear friend!
I shall go out today...
to leave heartprints...
and if some one should say..
.
"I felt your touch!"
May that one sense be...
your loving touch through me!
If there is righteousness in the heart,
there will be beauty in
character,
there will be harmony in the home;
If there is harmony in the home,
there will be order in the nation;
if there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the world.
~ Chinese Proverb ~
The kiss of the sun for Pardon
The song of the birds for Mirth
One is nearer God's heart in the Garden
Than anywhere else on Earth
~ Dorothy Frances Gurney ~
SOMEBODY'S ANGEL
Some say that angels come from God,
Borne here on wings snow white,
To touch some human being's life
While on their heavenly flight.
That may be true, for so it seems
To happen, now and then.
Some heavenly being reaches down
To touch the hearts of men.
But there's another kind of gift
That comes from God to men.
It happens when a human heart
Is filled with love again.
And this can happen any time,
On any given day,
If human hearts will hear Love's call
And let Love have its way.
But human hearts are often shy,
And fear what men would say.
They also fail to see how Love
Could use them in this way.
And so they miss the chance to be
Somebody's Angel when
A caring word, a thoughtful deed
Would've brought love back again.
So listen, friend, and heed Love's call
To help someone in need.
Somebody's Angel, on this day,
Just may be you or me.
~ Charles David Heineke ~
Extra Prayer
When the world falls down around you
and a prayer will see you through,
Say an extra prayer for someone
who may need it more than you.
For who knows what hearts are breaking
in the silence of the night?
Just that extra prayer you whisper
may help someone see the light!
Every time you help a stranger
with an extra prayer -- or two --
You are building secret blessings
that will all come back to you!
~ Nick Kenny ~
"Do you know that trees talk? Well, they do.
They talk to each other, and they'll talk
to you if you listen.
I have learned alot from trees.
Sometimes about the weather,
Sometimes about animals,
Sometimes about the Great Spirit."
~ Walking Buffalo, Canadian Stoney Indian ~
~ WORDS OF WISDOM ~
Do more than exist... Live
Do more than touch... Feel
Do more than look... Observe
Do more than read... Absorb
Do more than hear... Listen
Do more than listen... Understand
Do more than think... Ponder
Do more than talk... Say Something!
Garden Of Your Mind
Your mind is like a garden,
Whatever you plant will grow.
Your thoughts are seeds you're planting,
They produce, each after its kind.
And you, just like a gardener,
Can choose which seeds you'll plant.
And by the choice of seeds you sow,
You choose the harvest you will reap.
So don't plant seeds of lack or fear,
Disease, discord, or doubt.
Plant, instead, the seeds you want,
Then things you want will sprout.
This gift of choice is given to all,
And not to just a few.
The harvest, friend, is in your hands,
The crop depends on you.
So take this power which you've been given,
And use it every day,
To gain from life the good you want,
For you have found the way.
~ Charles David Heineke, 1975 ~
A Day Worthwhile
I count that day as wisely spent
In which I do some good.
For someone who is far away
Or shares my neighborhood.
A day devoted to the deed
That lands a helping hand,
And demonstrates a willingness
To care and understand.
I long to be of usefulness
In little ways and large,
Without a selfish motive
And without the slightest charge.
Because in my philosphy
There is never any doubt
That all of us here on earth
Must help each other out.
I feel that day is fruitful
And the time is worth the while,
When I promote the happiness
Of one enduring smile!
~ Author Unknown ~
