Monday, November 25, 2019

The Seasons of Your Life

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1. Every season of one’s life 
should fully be enjoyed.
And all the FACETS life presents 
one never should avoid.
Babies may shed tears responding 
to their many needs.
When a toddler learns to walk they 
can scrape both their knees.
Children find it hard to share 
with others all their toys.
Adolescents’ awkwardness 
is meeting girls and boys.

2. Teenagers are frustrated 
with parents’ many rules.
Young adults can feel 
opposing views are bred by fools.
People in their thirties raising 
FAMILIES can feel worn,
and when they reach their forties, 
from their jobs can feel forlorn.
Fifties may cause sadness when 
their children all leave home,
followed by their sixties when 
they might feel quite alone.

3. In their seventies, some may 
have thoughts of journey’s end,
and in their eighties ponder how 
they would live life again.
Nineties can bring feelings that 
one’s friends now all are gone.
And if they reach one hundred that 
their life on earth is done.
These thoughts should quickly be dismissed, 
so fleeting they will be,
assuring us each season we’ll 
ENJOY contentedly.

4. The springtime brings us our new life 
on earth from God above.
In summertime we grow in stature 
as we grow in love.
When autumn comes we should reflect 
on all the things we’ve done,
and then rejoice each day of life 
for every morning sun.
The winter of our lives should be 
the most rewarding though,
if we allow the warmth within 
our hearts to OVERFLOW.

5. In this way we will ENRICH 
all those we chance to meet;
whether they are young or old, 
are humble or elite.
Please enjoy each phase of life, 
with God’s love shining through,
so you can pass His heavenly gate 
as He waits there for you

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Make Your Life Peaceful

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1. Make your life peaceful in all that you do.
Everything quiet and TRANQUIL pursue.
Follow your heart and confusion avoid.
Treasure life’s moments that you most enjoyed.
Flee from confusion, upheaval, and noise.
Focus on all of your favorite joys.

2. Appreciate animals, flowers, and trees.
Thank God for everything, down on your knees.
Find a safe haven from each daily care.
Create deep within you a refuge of prayer.
Sweep away cobwebs of fear from your soul.
Employ faith and HOPE to remain in control.

3. Smile when you feel you might easily cry.
Believe in yourself and your spirits lift high.
Brush away thoughts of inferiority,
and acknowledge your strengths in HUMILITY.
Offer your talents to people in need.
Encourage your loved ones and help them succeed.

4. Spread joy around you and lighten your load.
Create in your heart a celestial abode.
Each day spend time quietly all alone.
Enjoy a new venture sometime on your own.
Make others happy by giving them CHEER.
Spread peace and comfort, by just being near.

5. Trust and have faith in your own destiny.
When life becomes difficult remain serene.
Spread warmest sunshine wherever you go.
Let your true FRIENDSHIP and love freely flow.
Make your life peaceful and calm as can be,
and you will be blest to the highest degree! 

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Autumn Flowers

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1. Autumn flowers bring such cheer 
to every single day,
whether in their bright and bold
or own delicate way.
After summer flowers faded, 
new ones took their place,
each with what appears to be 
a cheerful unique FACE.

2. Seeming to be GLANCING at us 
each time we walk by,
their beauty and warm colors 
make us smile and gently sigh.
Of all their types and colors, 
I will mention just a few,
like orange hibiscus, marigolds, 
and mums of golden hue.

3. Red and white impatiens
give us still their vibrant color,
though hot pink geraniums 
seem the brightest flowers of all.
As the autumn leaves
are gently falling to the ground,
appreciate the glorious 
myriad COLORS all around.

4. Sometimes we forget 
the wondrous beauty autumn brings,
but when we truly notice, 
it can set our heart on wings.
Whether it is sunny 
or the raindrops gently fall,
the autumn season just might be 
the most UNIQUE of all.

5. In it lies the MYSTERY 
that all life goes on still,
even after it appears 
that death has cast its spell.
So find its buried treasure 
and embrace its mystery,
that even after death
we will live on eternally!