Some of My Favourite Poetry......

This life is the only one you're given
Look for opportunities to grow,
and never be discouraged in your efforts to do so.
Replace your weaknesses with positives;
take life's broken pieces and re-creat your dreams.
Never measure the future by the past;
let yesterday become a memory... and tomorrow a promise.
Begin each day by focusing on all that is good,
and you'll be in a position to handle whatever comes along.
Take responsibility for your actions;
never make excuses for not being the best you can be.
If you should slip,
be comforted by the thought that we all do at times.
Determine your tomorrow by the choices you make today,
and you'll find yourself living in joy and triumph.

Linda E. Knight

It takes believing in your dreams and in what you know to be true.
Surviving disappointments and the times when you're truly alone.
Awakening to see that you have made it through the difficult times...
with only yourself to depend on.
It takes facing the truth that only you can shape your destiny.
Realizing that the footsteps you take today,
are the ones that will lead you into tomorrow,
and they must be guided by an unanswering faith in yourself.
Understanding that failures,
setbacks, and hurts life often gives us all,
only serve to steppingstones to true happiness...
and if you follow the trail instead of turning back,
only then will you recognize your strengths,
and to be able to view life from the summit.

Debra Mc Cleary

Speak and you will be heard;
what a make your words kind and you will be judged so.
Love kindly and unselfishly, with no wish to possess.
Search for who you are and for what matters.
Give freely to all, and you shall receive so much more.
Listen to the troubles of others,and your own shall be halved.
Live each day as your last, treasuring each sight and sound.
Accept what you have and all that is freely given.
Strive to be greater than you were before.
Ask, and even your smallest wish will be granted.
Dream of what can be...
a world of peace and beauty for all to share.

Stephanie Robinson

Promise yourself that you'll always remember the special person you are
Promise yourself that you'll hold on to your hopes and reach out for your stars
Promise yourself that you'll live with happiness over the years and over the miles
Promise yourself that you'll "remember when..." and you'll always "look forward to..."
Promise yourself that you'll do the things you have always wanted to do
Promise yourself that you'll cherish your dreams as treasures you have kept
Promise yourself that you'll enjoy life day by day and step by step
Promise yourself a life of love and joy and all your dreams come true.

Collin Mc Carty

There comes a time in your life when you realize that if you stand still,
you will remain at this point forever.
You realize that if you fall and stay down, life will pass you by.
Life's circumstances are not always what you might wish them to be.
The pattern of life does not necessarily go as you plan.
Beyond any understanding, you may at times be lead in different directions
that you never imagined, dreamed, or designed.
Yet if you had never put any effort into choosing a path, or tried to carry out
your dream, then perhaps you would have no direction at all.
Rather than wondering about or questioning the direction your life has taken
accept the fact that there is a path before you now.
Shake off the "whys" and "what if's" and rid yourself of confusion.
Whatever was... is in the past. Whatever is... is what's important.
The past is a brief reflection. The future is yet to be realized. Today is here.
Walk your path one step at a time... with courage, faith, and determination.
Keep your head up, and cast your dreams to the stars.
Soon your steps will become firm and your footing will be solid again.
A path that you never imagined will become the most comfortable direction
you could have ever hoped to follow. Keep your belief in yourself and walk
into your new journey.
You will find it magnificent, spectacular, and beyond your wildest imaginings.

Vicki Silvers

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