The Two Frogs, Author Unknown

The Two Frogs, Author Unknown

Two frogs fell in a deep bowl.
One was an optimistic soul,
But the other took the gloomy view.
"We shall drown” and he cried without more ado

So with a last despairing cry, 

he flung up his legs and said goodbye.

The other frog quoted with a merry grin, 

"I can't get out, but I won't give in!"

I'll  just swim around till my strength is spent,
then will I die the more content. 

Bravely he swam till it would seem, 

His struggles began to churn the cream

On top of the butter at last he stopped,
and out of the bowl he gaily hopped.
What is the moral?  'Tis easily found
if you can't hop out, keep swimming around

Don’t find fault, Author Unknown

Don’t find fault, Author Unknown

Pray, don’t find fault with the man who limps
Or stumbles along the road,
Unless you have worn the shoes he wears
Or struggled beneath the load.
There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt,
Though hidden away from view.
For the burden he bears – placed upon your back,
Might cause you to stumble too.

Don’t be harsh with the man who sins,
Or pelt with words or stones
Unless you are sure – yes doubly sure,
That you have no sins of your own.
For you know perhaps that the tempter’s voice
Should whisper soft to you
As it did to him when he went astray
And would cause you to stagger too.

Don’t sneer at the man who’s down today,
Unless you have felt the blow
That caused his fall – or felt the shame
That only the fallen know.
You may be strong – but still the blows
That were his – if dealt to you
In the self same way – at the self same time
Might cause you to stagger too.

Take Time to pray, Author Unknown

Take Time to pray, Author Unknown

I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn’t have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me
And heavier came each task
“Why doesn’t God help me?” I wondered
He answered, “You didn’t ask.”

I wanted to see joy and beauty
But the day toiled on, grey and bleak
I wondered why God didn’t show me
He said, “But you didn’t seek.”

I tried to come into God’s presence
I used all my keys at the lock
God gently and lovingly chided
“My child, you didn’t knock.”

I woke up early this morning
And paused before entering the day
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray.

Believe In yourself, Author Unknown

Believe In yourself, Author Unknown

Believe in yourself and in your dream
Though impossible things may seem
Someday, somehow you'll get through
To the goal you have in view

Mountains fall and seas divide
Before the one who in his stride
Takes a hard road day by day
Sweeping obstacles away

Believe in yourself and in your plan
Say not - I cannot - but, I can
The prizes of life we fail to win
Because we doubt the power within

Another Chance by Hellen Steiner Rice

Another Chance by Hellen Steiner Rice

How often we wish for another chance
To make a fresh beginning.
A chance to blot out our mistakes
And change failure into winning.

It does not take a new day
To make a brand new start,
It only takes a deep desire
To try with all our heart.

To live a little better
And to always be forgiving
And to add a little sunshine
To the world in which we're living.

So never give up in despair
And think that you are through,
For there's always a tomorrow
And the hope of starting new.

Things Work Out by Edgar A. Guest

Things Work Out by Edgar A. Guest

Because it rains when we wish it wouldn't,
Because men do what they often shouldn't,
Because crops fail, and plans go wrong-
Some of us grumble all day long.
But somehow, in spite of the care and doubt,
It seems at last that things work out.

Because we lose where we hoped to gain,
Because we suffer a little pain,
Because we must work when we'd like to play-
Some of us whimper along life's way.
But somehow, as day always follows the night,
Most of our troubles work out all right.

Because we cannot forever smile,
Because we must trudge in the dust awhile,
Because we think that the way is long-
Some of us whimper that life's all wrong.
But somehow we live and our sky grows bright,
And everything seems to work out all right.

So bend to your trouble and meet your care,
For the clouds must break, and the sky grow fair.
Let the rain come down, as it must and will,
But keep on working and hoping still.
For in spite of the grumblers who stand about,
Somehow, it seems, all things work out.

Each day is a new life by William Robert Service

Each day is a new life by William Robert Service

Each day is a new life to be savored!

I count each day a little life,
With birth and death complete;
I cloister it from care and strife
And keep it sane and sweet.

With eager eyes I greet the morn
Exultant as a boy,
Knowing that I am newly born
To wonder and to joy.

And when the sunset splendours wane
And ripe for rest am I,
Knowing that I will live again,
Exultantly I die.

O that all Life were but a Day
Sunny and sweet and sane!
And that at Even I might say:
"I sleep to wake again."

Do Less, Author Unknown

Do Less, Author Unknown

Wise words for when we are caught up in getting and doing more, more more...

Do less thinking, 
and pay more attention to your heart.

Do less acquiring, 
and pay more attention to what you already have.

Do less complaining, 
and pay more attention to giving.

Do less controlling, 
and pay more attention to letting go.

Do less criticizing, 
and pay more attention to complimenting.

Do less arguing, 
and pay more attention to forgiveness.

Do less running around, 
and pay more attention to stillness.

Do less talking, 
and pay more attention to silence.