GOD'S AID
God to enfold me, God to surround me,
God in my speaking, God in my thinking.
God in my sleeping, God in my waking,
God in my watching, God in my hoping.
God in my life, God in my lips,
God in my hands, God in my heart.
God in my sufficing, God in my slumber God in mine ever living soul,God in mine eternity.
I arise todayThrough a mighty strength:
God's power to guide me, God's might to uphold me,
God's eyes to watch over me; God's ear to hear me,
God's word to give me speech, God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me, God's shield to shelter me,
God's host to secure me.
My Fortress
The Sacred Three
My fortress be Encircling me
Come and be round
My hearth and my home.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Favorite Quotes
Life, Love, Happiness” and Kindness
“Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing, do not stop, do not turn back from the straight road.”-St. Augustine
“Life has to be lived, that is all there is to it.”-Elenor Roosevelt
What is life without the radiance of love?
“Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit everyday that fate allows you.”-Horrace
Be not afraid of life, believe that life is worth living and your belief will help you create the fact.
“In thy heart are the stars of thy fate.”-Schiller
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”-David Viscott, M.D.
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”-Mother Teresa
“Miracles happen to those who believe in them.”-Bernard Berenson
“Life is like a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you plan to stop pedaling.”-Claude Pepper
“When danger approaches, sin to it.”-Arab Proverb
“The only critique, is time.”-Casson
“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”-Willa Cather
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”-Josh Billings
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”-Chinese Proverb
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.”-Frank Lloyd Wright
“Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is ready cash. Use it!”-Anonymous
“All doors are open to courtesy.”-Thomas Fuller
“A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.”-Fontenelle
“The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.”-Chamfort
“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.”-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Everyday provides its own gifts.”-Ruth P. Freedman
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you can not do.”-Walter Bagehot
“The good man is a friend of all living things.”-Gandhi
“Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.”-Rudyard Kipling
“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.”-Francis Bacon
“Good judgement comes from experience and often experience comes from bad judgement.”-Rita Mae Brown
Praise loudly, blame softly.
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
There is more to life than increasing it’s speed.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
“Children have more need of models than critiques.”-Carolyn Coats
“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.”-Maurice Seitter
Attitude, Behavior and Individuality
“If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.”-Andrew V. Mason
“Something we are withholding made us weak, until we found out it was ourselves.”-Robert Frost
“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”-Conficius
We first make our habits, then our habits make us.
Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.
“The man that fights for a fellow man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.”-did not get the name
“Don’t try to describe the ocean if you’ve never seen it.”-Jimmy Buffett
“Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.”-Agnes Meyer
“You can’t be truly rude until you understand good manners.”-Rita Mae Brown
“Never give a sucker an even break.”-W.C. Fields
“He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”-Robert Green
“Lord, grant that I may always achieve more than I can accomplish.”-Michaelangelo
“Let me win, but if I can not win, let me be brave in the attempt.”-Special Olympics Motto
“The mind is the limit, not the body.”-Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The eye only sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”-Henri Bergson
“A great writer is a great man writing.”-Van Wyck Brooks-Pulitzer prize winning author
Your attitude has an outcome, focus on the positive.
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”-Ruth Gordon
“If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.”-Mary Kay Ash
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”-Walt Disney
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”-John Wooden
“If you shut your door to all errors, truth will be shut out too.”-didn’t get a name
Nothing is ever achieved that stays in a dream. Take action.
“Trust your hunches, they are usually facts just below the surface of the conscious.”-Dr. Joyce Brothers
Work, Teamwork, Leadership and Change
“The biggest mistake you can make, is to believe that you work for someone else.”-unknown
“Admire those who attempt great things, even if they fail.”-Seneca
“My father always told me to find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”-Jim Fox
“Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.”-Kin Hubbard
“A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.”-Alistaire Cooke
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” –didn’t get the name
Sharing is not a weakness.
“To have dignity in work, you must be treated and treat others with dignity in the workplace.”-Geri Phillips
Professionals built the Titanic. Amateurs built the ark. – bumper sticker
Teamwork means more we and less me.
“Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing, do not stop, do not turn back from the straight road.”-St. Augustine
“Life has to be lived, that is all there is to it.”-Elenor Roosevelt
What is life without the radiance of love?
“Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit everyday that fate allows you.”-Horrace
Be not afraid of life, believe that life is worth living and your belief will help you create the fact.
“In thy heart are the stars of thy fate.”-Schiller
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.”-David Viscott, M.D.
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”-Mother Teresa
“Miracles happen to those who believe in them.”-Bernard Berenson
“Life is like a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless you plan to stop pedaling.”-Claude Pepper
“When danger approaches, sin to it.”-Arab Proverb
“The only critique, is time.”-Casson
“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”-Willa Cather
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”-Josh Billings
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”-Chinese Proverb
“The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.”-Frank Lloyd Wright
“Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is ready cash. Use it!”-Anonymous
“All doors are open to courtesy.”-Thomas Fuller
“A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.”-Fontenelle
“The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.”-Chamfort
“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.”-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Everyday provides its own gifts.”-Ruth P. Freedman
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you can not do.”-Walter Bagehot
“The good man is a friend of all living things.”-Gandhi
“Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.”-Rudyard Kipling
“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.”-Francis Bacon
“Good judgement comes from experience and often experience comes from bad judgement.”-Rita Mae Brown
Praise loudly, blame softly.
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
There is more to life than increasing it’s speed.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
“Children have more need of models than critiques.”-Carolyn Coats
“Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.”-Maurice Seitter
Attitude, Behavior and Individuality
“If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.”-Andrew V. Mason
“Something we are withholding made us weak, until we found out it was ourselves.”-Robert Frost
“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”-Conficius
We first make our habits, then our habits make us.
Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.
“The man that fights for a fellow man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.”-did not get the name
“Don’t try to describe the ocean if you’ve never seen it.”-Jimmy Buffett
“Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.”-Agnes Meyer
“You can’t be truly rude until you understand good manners.”-Rita Mae Brown
“Never give a sucker an even break.”-W.C. Fields
“He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”-Robert Green
“Lord, grant that I may always achieve more than I can accomplish.”-Michaelangelo
“Let me win, but if I can not win, let me be brave in the attempt.”-Special Olympics Motto
“The mind is the limit, not the body.”-Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The eye only sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”-Henri Bergson
“A great writer is a great man writing.”-Van Wyck Brooks-Pulitzer prize winning author
Your attitude has an outcome, focus on the positive.
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”-Ruth Gordon
“If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.”-Mary Kay Ash
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”-Walt Disney
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”-John Wooden
“If you shut your door to all errors, truth will be shut out too.”-didn’t get a name
Nothing is ever achieved that stays in a dream. Take action.
“Trust your hunches, they are usually facts just below the surface of the conscious.”-Dr. Joyce Brothers
Work, Teamwork, Leadership and Change
“The biggest mistake you can make, is to believe that you work for someone else.”-unknown
“Admire those who attempt great things, even if they fail.”-Seneca
“My father always told me to find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”-Jim Fox
“Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.”-Kin Hubbard
“A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn’t particularly feel like it.”-Alistaire Cooke
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” –didn’t get the name
Sharing is not a weakness.
“To have dignity in work, you must be treated and treat others with dignity in the workplace.”-Geri Phillips
Professionals built the Titanic. Amateurs built the ark. – bumper sticker
Teamwork means more we and less me.
The Best Surprise
THE BEST SURPRISE
One bright and sunny morning as I walked outside to play, I saw it! There it was on my daddy's truck. It was very big, shiny, painted red and blue, and it was just as I would imagine it to be! My cousin Sammy had one, but it wasn't as shiny and nice. It was the best surprise my daddy had ever given me!
It was the most beautiful swing set I have ever seen. It had two standard swings, a slide, a monkey bar, and my favorite, a bench swing. I could swing with my friend Suzie in that bench swing, and I bet we could really swing high.
Sometimes I would swing with Suzie and other times with KK, my adorable and fluffy grey kitty cat. Other times I would swing by myself and when I was way up high, I even thought maybe I could jump into a fluffy white cloud. Suzie, KK and I played endlessly on my swing set.
As time passed, the paint had peeled off and even the plastic on the bench swing
was cracking in several places. But we continued to play.
One day, Daddy had to take my swing set away. It was no longer safe. He placed it behind our storage shed, with the hopes of fixing it one day, but it would soon be forgotten.
As Suzie and I grew up, we became more interested in riding our bicycles, and we rode them everywhere. I never thought about my shiny swing set again; Until one day when I was playing where I was never allowed to play. There it was. At first glance, I did not recognize it. I even wondered where it came from. As I studied it, I noticed that some of the red and blue paint was still there, but it was mostly rust. I saw the slide, the broken monkey bar, and then I saw the bench swing!
I realized that this was my swing set. I knew that it was mine, yet it was so much smaller than I remembered, and I just glared at it in disbelief and wonderment.
Sadness came over me. It was only then that I began to miss my once shiny, now old and rusty, swing set. Yes, there it was, the best surprise my daddy had ever given me.
Written by Geri L. Phillips
One bright and sunny morning as I walked outside to play, I saw it! There it was on my daddy's truck. It was very big, shiny, painted red and blue, and it was just as I would imagine it to be! My cousin Sammy had one, but it wasn't as shiny and nice. It was the best surprise my daddy had ever given me!
It was the most beautiful swing set I have ever seen. It had two standard swings, a slide, a monkey bar, and my favorite, a bench swing. I could swing with my friend Suzie in that bench swing, and I bet we could really swing high.
Sometimes I would swing with Suzie and other times with KK, my adorable and fluffy grey kitty cat. Other times I would swing by myself and when I was way up high, I even thought maybe I could jump into a fluffy white cloud. Suzie, KK and I played endlessly on my swing set.
As time passed, the paint had peeled off and even the plastic on the bench swing
was cracking in several places. But we continued to play.
One day, Daddy had to take my swing set away. It was no longer safe. He placed it behind our storage shed, with the hopes of fixing it one day, but it would soon be forgotten.
As Suzie and I grew up, we became more interested in riding our bicycles, and we rode them everywhere. I never thought about my shiny swing set again; Until one day when I was playing where I was never allowed to play. There it was. At first glance, I did not recognize it. I even wondered where it came from. As I studied it, I noticed that some of the red and blue paint was still there, but it was mostly rust. I saw the slide, the broken monkey bar, and then I saw the bench swing!
I realized that this was my swing set. I knew that it was mine, yet it was so much smaller than I remembered, and I just glared at it in disbelief and wonderment.
Sadness came over me. It was only then that I began to miss my once shiny, now old and rusty, swing set. Yes, there it was, the best surprise my daddy had ever given me.
Written by Geri L. Phillips
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