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A Keepsake This one was from the heart, and I realize that, even now, today. Time only enhances true love. It was there and was meant to stay. It can never be duplicated, nor need it ever be, For...
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A Losing Situation When we have done our very best to help another and encourage them In their attempted goals of life, and you eventually discover, then That your help was resented as thought they...
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A Message From The Other Side "I've exited the gateway from this past life and entered another dimension. This gate swings both ways so watch the gate - I may be back." = - = - = - = This message was...
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A Special Approach Show me ten different people and ten different situations And I'll show you ten different opinions and ten different solutions. Only as we can merge the reasons with the reasonings...
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A Step Up - A Helping Hand Most of us will define this "step up" in many various ways. Your own life experiences will contribute to your definition of "today!" And this statement doesn't necessarily...
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A Turkey Sandwich Ain't Bad I guess when you're almost seventy five - tradition kinda' falls by the wayside! My kin are scattered across the earth - far and mighty wide! Thanksgiving is for me a day...
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Abomination of Desolation The very descriptive words of this title brings an empty feeling, Like your soul was deserted and your existence was reeling. Maybe by personal definition, this description...
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About Lucile and Her Poetry
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About The Same Time Have you ever noticed that the stars start to appear In the evening when darkness draws nigh and night is here? And about that same time, the lights go on in every place of life....
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Above Reproach How far above whose reproach? Who is qualified to reproach? Well, as always, it is all relative in context. Pertaining directly to ideals and life's real quest. As you grow older and...
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Accept Your Rightful Blame None of us is perfect! We were not born that way nor will we ever be. Idealistic people try to give their best but some just find fault and can not see Or make allowances...
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Advice Some will take it and then there's some that won't! There're some who will ask for it and there're some that don't! Advice offered, given or taken is like any other interaction Between us of...
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My Mom the Alchemist
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All I Had Planned to Do Those projects were decided with purest intentions And really real. They were not merely pretentious! If I had have ever done and finished just one half . . . Now, don't you...
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Directory of Lucile's Poems
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All The Young Men This reminiscence goes back to World War II When America's young men were catapulted into A time warp of war, insecurity, instability and fear. We all were aware of the uncertainty...
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All Things To All People! Just like life's news-worthy and oft' repeated story - Don't let your itinerary rule your life, making any omission a gory Reminder of your ineffectual nature. Believe me -...
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All Those Emotions! Early on in our life, we are soon aware of love and hate - The extremes on both ends of the scale. But wait, Further on we see the milder forms which are "like" and "dislike."...
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Always Is a Long, Long Time Always, in our little lifespan, sounds so long, and it can Surely seem that way when love dies. Is there a woman or a man On this journey who hasn't said "always"...
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An Unproductive Day When I complain about how much I failed, this day, to do - I don't necessarily mean I just watch the traffic and wonder who Is running hither and thither and if any of them are...
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Ancient Recall Calls Today Maybe this doesn't happen all that often, and with some, maybe never, But it is a rare occasion. If you have ever Had it happen to you, you won't forget it ever. Sometimes...
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And, Lo, The Angel Said Out there amongst the hills, the vigilant shepherds watched through the night For any untoward incidents that could, and might, Threaten their flock. Ever observing, prepared...
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And Now He's Gone He never, ever even knew what it was he was supposed to know. He never saw the other side of life that was a foreign matter, so He went with what he knew, no choice of something...
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And So It Goes Through the aeons of ages this earth has existed The billions of people who've lived and died remain unlisted. No doubt, we all to-day, are a combined mixture of everybody that's...
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And The Candlewax Is Dripping Like the sands of time in the hour glass, the candle melts and drips its drops Upon the candleholder, accumulating at its gorgeous base where it stops. Somehow it brings...
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And Then They Were All Gone Have you ever had a gathering at your home and everyone came, So many you couldn't remember every single name? The holiday times when family comes from everywhere, When...
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And This Too Shall Pass Away This statement puts all other statements in perspective. It is not exactly unknown but not everyone is introspective Concerning such a stated fact of life and fate Where...
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And We Slept... Following a hard day's work with our ever striving To make life a little better and maybe more worth living, We would find sweet release as we say down our heads to rest, Secure in...
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Another Page To Write! It's nearing dawn as I stand gazing to the east Wondering what this day will bring and just what problematic beast Will I slay in my quest to conquer threats of this new day....
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Another Time, Another Place, Another Generation This scenario plays itself out about every twenty years. The arriving youth reaching for adulthood, ignorant of what's expected, and a lot of fears,...
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Applause I'm sure I am not the only one who has observed this display Of human emotion as it emotes to the recipients of their praise. The intensity relates directly to the enthusiasm of the ones Who...
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Approaching Autumn Again In our region, we've been blessed with a mild August, almost like our September. But that's O.K., for August is a dreaded month for its extremes. Come on September! There...
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Are There Tears? Are there tears that welled in your eyes and your heart That were never wiped away or dried? They've become a part Of who you are and how you view life. It may never ever go away,...
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Are You A Pancake Person? Pancake people seem to prefer pancakes, when they have a choice. Seems they hit a very special spot in their heart that sparks a "rejoice." I used to order the German...
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Are You Thorn Shy? Are you one of those who shun the roses because of all the thorns? Such a shame! If you only knew how to avoid the thorns! It's similar to winding through the garden of life to...
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As I Faced the East
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As I Said Have you ever noticed, when we're exchanging views We're likely to preface the statement with "In my opinion." You Instinctively realize that this is exactly what it is, but we Like to...
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At The Corner Of How many people live at this particular place - at the corner of "Whatever" and "Whatever" but in their heart - it feels like the corner of "Hate" and "Love." Oh, it started out - in...
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At The End Of That Rainbow That intriguing story was ever heard and ever told And especially the children always felt they'd find that pot of gold. Childish faith is such a wonderful thing to behold,...
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Back To Nowhere! Think on that! If you were nowhere before you started Then that means you didn't have far to go to be where you were when you started. Life does that to us sometimes. Seems we failed...
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Bad Decisions Not many of us deliberately make those bad decisions that we make. Depending on how much knowledge and wisdom we take To each "deciding" episode, determines what we'll be working with....
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Becoming Strong It's so strange how I stumbled over, kicked around and complained so loudly About all those aggravating obstacles strewn throughout my life. I walked proudly In the way I understood...
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Beyond Always I have always treasured life, no matter how difficult it became. I understood that life was not just physical and that carried me, without fame. In this state of mind, you understand...
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Beyond the Call When you go beyond "What it takes to just get by" then you Are one of the special ones, and everyone knows they can count on you. You're used by those who only try to just get by, But...
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Beyond Us There are many happenings in life that we cannot understand. It all seems completely beyond us, and we cannot grasp life's plan. Events and circumstances, over which we have absolutely no...
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Blood Is Thicker Most of us have heard this at some time in our past. Usually, family members always refer to this, to tie our past To "blood kin." It gives us a tie to secure our hold On kinship and...
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Bolts of Clarity Bolts of clarity like shocks of revelation have been descending Upon me lately in mysterious ways. Like information ascending. I have pondered events from the past, but it was so...
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Can I Expect More? In Jesus' last hours before He died upon the cross He agonized as His hour drew near and He could sense the cost. He asked His chosen deciples to wait with Him As He knelt in...
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Can We Even Understand? Can we even understand the concept on which love is based? It's so ethereal you can not invent a formula to solidify, in haste, To build a solid manifestation of such a...
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Caring Can Not Be Legislated It seems so backward that all the positive qualities are left entirely up to us. Only is there a penalty for not selecting them. With disgust We question why we wait...
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Come On September, Come On As August almost burned us alive, seems like they get hotter every year, And they seem to last forever, as they get longer, too, I fear. However, September came in just...
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Come With Me Come with me and we will trip lightly across the earth - Maybe join, on our way, with a couple angels scattering mirth - Like star dust across the heavens, falling lightly To soften...
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Coming and Going Over that Hill Just a little east of my big window I can see All those people traveling to and fro, and it spoke words to me. I see those going east disappear at the crest of that...
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Compatible This is a word we've heard all our lives - long before we ever knew Anything about what it meant or why or how. It did seem they were few! Well, some people give it different names to...
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Contact us here
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Creative People "Creative people" have "creative messes." If you are one or know one, I'm sure you're with me so far. There is no other way it's done. The mind is always skittering hither and...
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Dare I Dare to Dream Again? Dare I have that kind of faith to even ever hope again? I can not forget the shattered dreams strewn along the way - nor the pain. Must my new vision be less aggressive?...
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Dear Youth I wrote a poem, "Let Me Tell You About Youth," awhile back. As I reflected on the impetuous nature of those who lack Any experience or memory to draw upon at this time. It does not excuse...
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Dedication These words I write are dedicated to every person who may read, all the age groups from the cradle to the end. For my personal family of kin and friends, I thank them for their loving...
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Define The Title Our world offers many titles, either inherited, inflicted, or acquired And many attach such importance on this assumed badge of pride; They become the title and lose themselves, in...
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Disclaimer statement for Lines from the Heart
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Do Not Accept Wrongful Blame Remember your childhood explanation of everything you observed And heard, read, felt or experienced? You weren't sure if you always deserved What you got. Of course your...
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Do You Ever Feel? Do you ever feel, deep down inside whee all good things reside, That there are words written there that come with our soul to stay awhile? It's like your soul seed will stay for...
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Do You Ever Wonder? Do you ever wonder or did you ever stop to think About how many times you hear this said in the matter of a blink, "He said!" "She said!" "We said!" The conversation need not be...
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Does This Ring A Bell? Tell me if this rings a bell. If it sounds like you, You won't know it. If it sounds like someone you know, who Doesn't get the picture - Well, I'll just let you decide. I'll...
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Don't Leave Me Now When daily trials seem too much to bear, I implore in desperation, "Father, do You care? Don't leave me now," I hear my soul cry out. More a cry for help than an expression of...
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Don't Strain the Brain There is a great segment of humanity that carry that motto From day one, and believe me, as years pass, there's be a lot of Unused brain still being reserved for some...
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Don't Take This Life Lightly Self preservation is a natural and instinctive law of life. We each are imbued With this natural law of survival - No other way can it be construed! Each soul treasures...
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Dreams Built On Ashes This title is a summation statement and tells its own story! Sometimes we do not see the ashes so we're still in search of glory. The dream may be so ablaze with positive...
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Each Day A New Day We get to start over every day and try to do all We never got to do the day before. We never really scale the wall, But at least feel we've been afforded another chance. We attack...
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Each Day We Live Each day we live is one less of the days we were given. We all want to live a long life; by this desire we're driven. We seldom consider that each day gone is one less left to live,...
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Each Itinerary If you've ever been in a crush of a massive throng of many, many souls Or if you've seen pictures of this event, you ponder where you fit into this mold. You're just one amongst...
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Each Role In Life If we live long we eventually become acutely aware That in this life we've many roles, some ordinary, some rare That have surfaced to fulfill, whether by choice or circumstances. It...
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Education Education is such a diverse description of every type of learned information That pertains to life as we know it. It definitely is cause for celebration. I wrote a poem titled "The Yearn To...
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Elusive Happiness Happiness is elusive because it evades from time to time due to our ever changing state of mind. This seems to be an eternal problem with all of earth's mankind. We have been aware...
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Enjoy Your Silly Days There are whole cities of men and women who, for reasons unknown Never were sixteen to eighteen. those precious simple days are soon gone. To be able to relax and giggle can do...
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Every Day Is Mother's Day Every day is Mother's Day when you are a Mother! As I looked out at 5:45 AM, I could see the new day approaching. Another Day I've been given and it just happens to be...
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Everybody's Talking Everybody's talking and talking, but nobody's listening. No one hears! Rather counterproductive but whoever is doing which considers themselves in the clear. The only explanation...
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Examine Your Goals You acquired your goals, first, in your own mind. The reasons and contributions to that idea all became "mine." We are always in a state of change as we learn more about life and...
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Except For You'd be a wonderful person except for "enumerated frailties" That seem to dim any light your personality may reflect! We used to call these narrations a chance to put some other down,...
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Finding Your Place In Life The angry words and violent behavior surely reach the intended one You are railing against, the object of your objections. No concern for what you've done. In fact you...
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Fool's Paradise We've heard this exclamation throughout our days. As a child, we probably wondered what "The Sam Hill" was this craze. I had never heard of that place and they did not discuss it at...
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For This Life For this physical life, I've not very much to show, but for my spiritual life there is so much more I've learned and know. These gifts are my soul's treasure and this I know; when I go,...
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Foresight And Hindsight Foresight requires a repertoire of experience to even qualify, So if we're too young to boast of a storehouse of the "live or die" Situations, we feel disqualified to claim...
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Forever Is A Long, Long Time To a child, "forever" could mean a whole long year. To a young adult, that "forever" could strike a note of fear That adulthood will never arrive. Always rushing To reach...
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Forever On The Edge We are forever on the edge of our "forever," and yet, While in this physical body, we are prone to this mindset: That we are forever on the edge of extinction. In this life we...
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From the Pine Bough
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From The Pine Bough It seems I heard in the wee morning hours, some sleigh bells ringing, And a bit later I heard some church bells ringing. I guess it's some special celebration that certain people...
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From Whence It Came It sounded such a reminiscence, so casually said, But, in my heart, I realized it was coming from a spring-fed, Ever-flowing bounty of eternal understanding That ushers forth from...
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From Your Viewpoint Keep in mind, whatever your vantage point of view, You're only seeing from one direction and that decides how you see. When life provides us so many different points of view We...
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Gardening Is So Rewarding For one thing, it all happens right as you prepare soil And plant your seeds. Then you water them every day with a dab of toil And extras are just "frosting on the cake."...
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Getting Started On The Wrong Foot Well - I'm not sure if that's the right foot or the left foot. Maybe for some - it could be either foot - But the rhyme just specifies "the wrong foot!" It lightened...
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Give Your Words Meaning People who make a huge show of semantics usually feel They need additional force to impress their words and make appeal. I remember seeing someone on TV who was speaking...
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God Gave Us Each A Special Gift You may have already become aware of that, but you may have not. We feel that unless we are rich and famous, there's nothing we have got To share with anyone out...
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Going Down in Defeat There is no disgrace in going down in defeat The rising up again in victory is what's so sweet. It is not written in stone that we'll win in ever instance But we'll never know...
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Golly! What A Jolly Day! These are the words that sprang to mind on this gorgeous day. It could be any day but today is July 7, 1997 and the last few days Have been celebrated by families with...
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Hardheaded The term, "hardheaded" is more or less a generic term to describe determined! Now this harkens back to "How You Use It." I do feel that "hardheaded" is a determined decision so its value...
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Has Your Life Been Has your life been just one long and lingering "why?" If so, That would likely mean that you never ever did know. It seems everyone has their fair share of doubtful question marks....
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Hate And Darkness Walk Together As love and light walk together - where you see one, you see the other - So go hate and darkness - they walk together, for they represent one another. Should there...
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Hate Can Be Replaced What role does hate play? Do you know or do you care? Some people hate because it is already there. Now, whether it was earned or learned does not address The problem. It's your...
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Have You Ever Noticed? Have you ever noticed where your own tolerance line stops? Different people have varying tolerance levels. Tops Would be for some, an unpaid debt or a loose gossipy tongue....
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Have Your Eyes Noticed? Whatever our lives are lacking, we usually find a way to compensate. Even though our heart may feel empty, we fill our stomach, never evaluating What the heck we're doing. Any...
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He Is Risen This victorious shout meant "victory over death." Heavenly sustenance came to replace the human breath. A blazing crown of glory to replace the bloody crown of thorns. Mission...
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He Sold His Soul Have you ever heard some other person say Words like these that meant in some dire detrimental way - Someone had sold out completely every principle they ever had And, somehow, you...
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He Sold His Soul! Have you ever heard some other person say Words like these that meant in some dire detrimental way Someone had sold out completely every principle they ever had And, somehow, you...
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Heart To Heart Don't you wish you could have miraculously been There the night the great promise was fulfilled: Joseph and Mary and little Baby Jesus found a place To deliver God's Son born in flesh,...
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Heaven Mankind, in their impressive and imposing facade of humanity Still displays such pitiful lack of regard and such insanity Towards our counterparts of earth, which bring tears up there in...
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Hello Autumn, Goodbye Summer I do believe that summer and winter, the extremes of hot and cold, Are the seasons we're most ready to see to go. I'm told That spring and autumn are the most poetic...
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Help Or Hurt? Anyone of us who has lived very long at all Can recognize the opposites of these two words. You may even now recall How divergent are these two words and their opposites meanings! How...
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Here Comes Sunrise On this ninth day of January 1999, I wait for the sun. Days are so short now, and it seems night is never done. This short, short day will come and go, like all the rest. How many...
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He's Always There God is ever in our lives - Sometimes, in ways we are aware - Sometimes, in ways we're not aware - Not yet! Lucile I. Burke December 9, 1996
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Lucile I. Burke's Lines from the Heart
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Home Is Where Home is just about the whole world to a baby, their source of sustenance, their everything. Subconsciously, they are completely aware of the atmosphere. When the Mother sings It...
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Home Sweet Home on Christmas Morning Most homes are "Home, Sweet Home" to each family group Where loved ones live and gather to celebrate within that close knit loop. Christmas can be celebrated...
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How Affected Are We? How do our evasive memories affect our daily lives? All the way From food to perfume to character traits, wedged there in memory waiting to say What their cumulative response is...
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How Big A Dent How big a dent has your life made on this old world, Or even just a tiny little corner of your own world? Most ordinary citizens feel so very insignificant in the overview. What...
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How Did We Arrive at Today? When our days on earth are closing down, we sometimes take inventory To review and evaluate how we used our allotted days as we lived our story. We likely accumulated some...
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How Far Have You Come? Remember this - the first day of school will be far advanced When you reach the first day of college. We soon learn the dance Of life! The more you learn, the harder the next...
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How Hectic Is Your Hectic? We all have our own load limit, and it surely seems Some are more adept than others at suppressing screams. Certain circumstances can culminate in "Whoops, I forgot," Or...
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How Long Does Love Live? To some species of life we can not say. Even wild animals and most certainly our precious pets display Generous amounts of affection, and that is definitely an affirmation Of...
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How Long Does Love Live? To some species of life we can not say. Even wild animals and most certainly our precious pets display Generous amounts of affection, and that is definitely an affirmation Of...
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How Many Lifetimes? How many times in this one life have you had flashbacks To some past era of this life? We allow our memories to travel back, And we see images of younger years when our babies...
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How Many Lives? Have you ever stopped to think about this sojourn In this old world? Some of it you may feel you earned, But other parts you like to think was not your fault at all. As I unravel my...
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How Many Times? How many times must we start all over again? It may be survival of some physical trauma with too much pain. It could be a disappointing relationship you never suspected Would end this...
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How Much Do You Remember? How far back can you go? And can you remember what your perspective was? Try asking yourself that sometime, and remember the cause That precipitated the inquiry. This is...
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How Much Does It Matter? Some things seem to matter more to some than some others. No doubt it is a personal call as it pertains to you and any other. It appears that, with most of us, it varies...
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How Much Heart? How much heart is there in your generous words? Some have only verbal communications that are being heard. We communicate on every level known to man But some words sound so empty now...
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How Strong Is Gentle? The gentle spirit can stoop down low and mend a broken wing - Can guide a little child who is searching for its way back home. It can offer the balm of love and peace to lost...
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How Stupid Is 'Stupid'? No doubt there have been incidents along the way That prompted some unsolicited criticism that was hurled your way! Looking back, it may have seemed warranted, but just the...
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How We Deal With Life Love means many different things to each of us who are visiting here. I imagine that it would promote peace and reduce the nations' tears If we could, at least, concede that...
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How Will You Be Remembered? When we're young, this seldom ever crosses our mind. "Today" is our day, and that's where we spend all of our time. What we can't pack into this day we're planning on...
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I Can't Figure That I've thought a lot, as years wear on, about some things I just accepted in my life. All the upsets that life brings! I've always understood about the differences existing between...
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I Close My Eyes And Bow My Head Periodically, these words from long ago flash through my mind. I relive those words so often, even now, today and I find The simple faith of that small child that...
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I Do... I Won't Marriage vows mean what they say. And "I do" Means the "I do" partner'll be there for the long haul, no matter who Or what life's journey throws their way, day by day. Breaking up...
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I Do Wonder Why I always have pondered the "why" of everything. I guess I feel If I understand the reason for any of life's continuous deals, It will comfort me in some way or enhance the lesson...
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I Don't Love You Anymore I do believe, with all my heart, that these are the most hurtful words ever spoken. Usually said in bitter rage and with accusations and promises broken. The real reason...
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I Doubt We'll Ever Understand "Not in this life." Universal plans involve such complex, intricate Factors that we cannot possibly know, pertaining to our fate. How can we hope to see the total...
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I Drew The Same Card Twice How lucky can you get? If you had a choice of parents or mate being "less than," which would you choose? How your parents treat you, to some degree influences your opinion...
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I Give Thanks For every good and perfect gift, for all the positives in my life I'm especially grateful for the wonder of people who help to make my life A better life. Without them I would not live...
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I Have Written For so long about degrees of every description. Some I can describe and some are beyond description. Life is lived by degrees, little segments, each and every day. In the ending of all...
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I Just Discovered A New Word "Lowlifers." Maybe it's one of those self-made words that there was no word To describe their opinion of someone whose classification was never heard. It took twenty-six...
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I Love The Little Trees, Also Most of us who love trees understand about those "little trees." We treasure all of nature's gifts and we aren't hard to please About the different ones. We find beauty...
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I Must Be . . . "I must be about my Father's business." Do you remember that? In reality, that's what all our lives are all about. Few feel that. Since we're in this world, it is assumed by most...
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I Said to Myself That busload of people that just passed is going to a specific place, But each one on the bus may be headed for a different place. Such an analogy. That segment of their trip will...
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I See So Clearly Now I see so clearly now what I could never see before. Is this the way our toughest lessons come - didn't even know it? Then we get so bogged down in this deep boggy mire We spend...
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I Told You So If we all had a hundred bucks for every weary time We've heard this pronouncement! And it's usually a sign That you've messed up in someone's prophetic opinion Real bad! But this serves...
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I Used To I used to love beautiful accessories when I was young - When I still had many, many songs yet to be sung. That was when the concept held true that the item would enhance me And I would show...
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I Wish That I Could Say I wish that I could say whatever it is that I am feeling now And understand the feeling and the reason why and how. I arrived at this particular analysis of something I can...
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I Would Always Be Eighteen
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I Would Always Be Eighteen We each give up our youth very grudgingly, one day at a time. It creeps up so slowly we aren't aware we're reaching our prime And each of us has the distinct feeling that...
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If I Live to Be a Hundred... And I'm getting there real fast - far faster than I ever dreamed. I'll never understand some of the unrealistic prejudices that scream From every area of our globe and...
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If I'd Been Born If I had been born some other person than I was, Would my values and opinions have been enough cause To have made me other than I am today? Would I have lived and learned another and...
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If Only I Could! If only I could stretch time like I stretch money I'd patent the miracle and I tell you, honey, I would then have time to spend all that money That this invention would bring and I'm...
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If There's Love In Your Heart If there's love in your heart, you will not necessarily have to speak the words. Words can be false and devious, disappointing all who have heard. But when love speaks...
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If This Is All There Is We've all heard this lament. In fact, we may have thought It ourselves when life was dishing up a smorgasbord we never sought. Desperation puts strange words in our mouth, and...
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If This Old Round Table Could Talk There're not many things, throughout my life in this old world That can provoke such childhood memories of a grown-up girl As such cozy and homey times our family...
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If We Only Knew We drive by miles and miles of homes as we traverse the town. Unless it's an unusual house, it still just a house on a street in this town. We have no available space in our brain to...
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If We're Lucky! We all, no doubt, have our own definition of this word, "Lucky." Don't you? "Lucky" can mean a positive collection of life's rewards. That's my thought. And you? Life's equalizer,...
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If You Are Good and Kind... You know who you are. You could never hurt anyone, Not intentionally. You just naturally love life and most everyone. That is just your nature, and no conscious effort has...
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If You Can Laugh If you can laugh instead of cry, it means you have a handle on it. Think about it! How many of us who are with it Are laughing so we can hide the tears in order to diffuse The...
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If You Could Sum It Up What do you feel your "total" would be at this point in time? Maybe some days we lose a little and then at other times We feel we gained a bit. I often wonder if there was a...
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If You Were Asked If you were asked by anyone, "If you could go back, What time in your life would call the loudest to come back?" Your choice usually denotes some pleasant memories for you, All the...
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If You're So Smart No doubt, that's the most overused human put-down known to man. Sometimes it is presented as: "You think you're so darn smart." They can Think of nothing worthwhile to say so that...
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If You're Waiting If you're waiting till your fellowman improves himself To do a little something about trying to improve yourself, Well you're at the other fellow's mercy because you've decided, If...
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If You've Seen Fifty That seems to be the top of the hill to many, many people. They feel in their hearts they are on the biggest steeple. Seems like at least a halfway mark. At least that means...
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If You've Seen Fifty That seems to be the top of the hill to many, many people. They feel in their hearts they are on the biggest steeple. Seems like at least a halfway mark. At least that means...
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Ignorance Speaks Not "ignorant" as in lack of schooling education, But rather the lacking of life's critical information Not yet revealed through varied experiences of life. This will be the most...
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I'll Just Close My Eyes For a moment! Does there live a soul amongst us who has not done this? And, of course, many times it's when a favorite show you can't miss Is just coming on. You're tired as...
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I'm Only Speaking Here I'm only speaking here to those who are on the "downhill" side. It's a long way down and usually the road is rough and wide. Life does this to us, also, and it never even asked...
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In And Out Of Control This could be a lengthy poem but I will truly attempt to make The overall concept explain the route that so many take. We admire people we deem in control, for they appear so...
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In How Many Ways Does This Apply? I viewed this superstitious belief for at least seven years of my childhood, Not quite believing nor not entirely disbelieving. I would Just observe when and how it...
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In My Opinion Conversation on any subject matter where your opinion may be involved Should be prefaced by "in my opinion." Many times with those you know it's understood - problem solved. There are...
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In My World "Gusto" means an overwhelming enthusiastic response to life; "Gungho" means all this enthusiasm not well directed in this life. So when you're all revved up - keep this differentiation in...
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In Order of Importance If you are a person of renown and have reached a degree of fame, Your life will be summed up as a biography mentioning your name. If you are, however, just a plain Jane or a...
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In Spite of Our Differences You know, as a human being, that no one thinks exactly the same About any two things. That's probably because we as human beings have different names, Looks, opinions,...
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In The Eyes Of The Beholder That puts our evaluation in a rather dubious category, For we're seen by each in our lives, according to their "beholding." And each person's beholding is according to...
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In the Quiet of Forever
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In The Quiet Of Forever I stand upon the silent mountain top and listen to this peaceful space. I hear all sorts of messages but it is a pervasive awareness of this place. It is a silent message that...
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In This Fragile Element Of Time Each fleeting moment of our days Seems so swift to sweep on past. In our frantic and urgent sense of grasping Each fragment of experience we have encountered, We...
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In This Life, Who Is the 'Me'?
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In Your Hand During our lifetime we have our "hands full" trying to live And survive and share life and problems and still give Give best efforts to earth and all invested in your sojourn. Your hands...
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Innate Intelligence In our great progressive leap in science, technology and medicine, We have skipped over Grandma's chicken noodle soup for her kin. We are slowly being directed by common sense To...
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Inside the Devious Mind I'm gonna cut this one short because of my life's exposure to a devious mind. These minds are so different from a normal person, who is an entirely different kind. Devious is...
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Is Instinct Always Correct? I had watched a big flock of geese headed south. I watched for a while, and they seemed to know north from south. They communicate a lot while in flight, and I did wonder...
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Is the Mystery Gone? Well, it depends on which part of life you're thinking of. I think that life itself is the most wonderful mystery of all. Mystery implies something we humans have to search for,...
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When It All Comes Together This is not one specific goal we seek to achieve; in fact, you'll find It all comes together so normally, like natural actions of every kind. Experiences of various blends...
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It Feels Like Atlantis As I watch scientific advances in basic elements of sound, color and light, It brings a flash back to another ancient era of advanced knowledge. Its might Is overpowering....
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It Happens To Almost Everyone Somewhere back there in the dim, dim past I vaguely recall some ancient proverbs from the vast Sea of elders who'd been around - like forever Since I could remember. You...
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It Really Is No Secret We contribute to life in ways only we can, Each born and reared in such varied ways and plans. No two use these various situations in exactly identical ways; That makes us,...
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It Takes A Lot of Faith When situations and events get completely out of control And you are left dangling like a question mark, do you fold Or do you hold? Your decision can, in reality, only be...
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It Takes a Lot of Love... More love, in fact, than some ones even know, Or maybe have ever known. How is this love born and how does it grow? It is heaven's purest emotion and it pours down from...
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It Takes A Strong Man This is something that is learned later in life - sometimes, too late. It takes a strong man to acknowledge a strong woman and appreciate Her strength of personality and...
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It Was A Simpler Time Every generation can remember, with nostalgia, their "simpler time." That's how fast our advancement has progressed in our brief span of time. In fact, my memories of the...
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It Was Gone Before We Knew In our youth, our limitations were measured only by our lack of imagination. We didn't even consider we had any limitations. We were so absorbed with our great creative...
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It Will Return These are words we encounter along life's way. We are usually referring to the good we have done along the way. But lest we forget, that unfailing law will apply the same To let your...
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It Will Return Again Whatever your belief about life after death, it doesn't apply here. We'll just speak of this present time at hand of the now and here. The world harbors many babies and many...
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It Would Help If I Knew the Step When you one day find yourself the victim of circumstances, You feel rather foolish and at the mercy of this situation. Life dances And grabs you as a partner. It's a...
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It's a Long Way Home If you consider heaven as your home and God as your heavenly Father, Then we're traveling that same road home. For us, there is no other. Depending on how long we're about our...
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It's Almost Time It's almost time for the postman! You're rather hopeful He'll bring some good news that can certainly be helpful. Or it could be bills that must be paid - feels like a bandit raid....
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It's How You Play the Game Sounds like a gambling situation, and in a way it truly is. You make as smart moves as you know what is, And you believe you've learned when to hold, And that word - dirty...
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It's How You Use It Power, talent, ambition and agression have been mistakenly labeled by many Because of negative use of these gifts by selfish people. But plenty Of our greatest accomplishments in...
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It's That Time It truly seems an escalation of all knowledge, as though it was just waiting For this time to be born. Many fragments here surfaced as it all was escalating. It can no longer be...
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I've Been Told I've been told, "You never run out of somethng to say." Most people talk thil the moment they "go away." Life goes on. If we go on with it and we are interested at all, We keep...
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I've Been Told I've been told "You never run out of something to say." Most people talk till the moment they "go away." Life goes on. If we go with it, and we are interested at all, We keep...
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I've Never Been... A person to break my back and my life by pleasing others, Like a matter of life and death that dictated my druthers, But I have tried, always to cooperate with those same others If...
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Just a Cup of Courage Most people feel a pull to that cup of "courage." We're not cowards. We just Feel like a little push might help. We feel thwarted. We must Get our act together and forward...
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Just A Matter Of Degree Most of our lives are not exactly trouble free, I thought with a sigh. Although it feels like everyone is faring "so much better than I." When you, honestly, can get past your...
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Just A Matter Of Degree Most of our lives are not exactly trouble free, I thought with a sigh. Although it feels like everyone is faring "so much better than I." When you, honestly, can get past your...
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Just a Minute! Boy, if we had a dollar for every time we've said that Or, for that matter, heard anther promise us that! And, you know what - it seldom ever was "just a minute" And as a postponing...
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Just Because Just because you feel your counterparts have got more going on than you, Don't fold up and die; do something about it as far as you can do. No matter how slow or how long, doesn't sum it...
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Just Excuse the Clutter When a mind is brimming over with new ideas, there's not much time To straighten up the clutter that is the result, and everyone else calls it a crime. If your hands are...
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Just Getting There You're so young, but you feel so grown up. This is the time When you feel all mature one minute and like a child another time; You're feeling so grown up but have no clue about the...
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Just in Case Just in case you should come into a sizable sum of money, Have you already planned what you'd do? Well, honey, I'd suggest you get started planning. YOu need to be prepared Just in case....
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Just Muddling Through! Well, I see a lot of people muddling right along behind me But I haven't asked a single one of them to agree with me. I suppose that's because no one can bear the thought, Let...
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Just One Bridge At A Time I wrote a real winning poem a short while back. It was named "The Bridge Across," and it drew lots of feedback. I pondered all the bridges in my life and how many carried me...
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Just One Rose Left We were taking photos on the front lawn when next door I spied one lone peach colored rose upon a trellis by their door. I couldn't believe there would only be just one rose, And I...
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Just The Way It Is! To the degree of divergence will be the degree of division! When you're pondering, "Why," at times, while making a decision, Remember this statement and it may bring to mind a...
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Just to Be Acknowledged Most of earth's inhabitants feel this natural need, From the highest station in the land to the smallest mustard seed. It's the rightful manifestation of our presentation,...
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Just Wanted to Hurt Her This was an excuse offered for a grievous offence against a friend. It sounded so futile and empty, like "I really hated for being my friend." Didn't she feel worthy to have a...
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Just When You Think Just when you think everything is going great, The rude awakening has what seems a prearranged date With your carefully laid complacency. If you have some preconceived notion Of...
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Keep On Keeping On Have you ever reached that point in your life when it seemed Like all that was left for you was to keep on keeping on? It is a futile feeling like a dead-end with no real choice Of...
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Keeping In Touch I suppose these words could mean many things To different people and it certainly could, in reality, bring A variety of questions concerning the clarity of the words. A bit more...
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Keeping Up In this progressive era, we try real hard to advance; We no longer dare to dance an outdated dance. Times keep on changing faster than we do, and that's no fun. I remember a slower time...
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Keepsakes Keepsakes are so much a part of our daily lives And it's not always a monetary value that drives The desire to accumulate these important "tidbits." Most likely there's some memory...
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Let's Break The Cycle How do you deal with life's frustrations and pain? In the average circumstances we all can manage and remain Capable of coping and feeling quite secure with what life deals,...
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Life and Love - Vim and Vigor These valuable ingredients are excellent qualities as we go along Day by day trying to qualify as decent human beings, just plugging along. Life and love are the life...
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Life and Love - Vim and Vigor These valuable ingredients are excellent qualities as we go along Day by day trying to qualify as decent human beings, just plugging along. Life and love are the life...
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Life Is Iffy If you've been here very long, you've learned that, I bet! Life teaches you, every day you live, it's sort of "set In stone!" You can maneuver whatever your set of circumstances And you...
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Life's Unseen We are visual beings and so much of life is the "seen." It gives us the ability to deal with reality. The unseen Enters awareness as we progress and understand That there's another...
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Like A Child The simplistic approach of the child that we absolutely adore Is the innocent and trusting soul we used to be, so long before, When there was a faith that lived there in the heart of a...
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Like I Said "Well Sol! It's like I said. You remember what I said? I do hope you remember cause it's done left my head." But I do remember it was some earth shaking information. That is exactly why...
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Like Minds Can Accomplish Much This goes for dancing teams and skating teams: Any congregated accomplishment met by group efforts. It seems To be so evident and we have by observance been made aware...
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Listen Quietly Listen with your heart, and quietly the awareness will dawn, Drifting softly over your mind bringing a peace unknown, Bringing new realities to nourish the body and the soul. Gifts...
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Little Deposits in Your Bank Have you ever wondered why we all record our lives in so many ways? It's a way to solidify our temporary existence through our earthly phase. If we can hold on to any...
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Little One Little do you know, "Little One," little do you know! Inexperience sees the world through different eyes. Wherever you go, This truth applies. Does it ever!. What is so sad and so true,...
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Long, Long Ago When I get a touch of nostalgia I remember the song, "Tell me the tales I delighted to hear long, long ago, long, Long ago." Somehow it brings a soothing peaceful place To linger and...
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Looking For Love Looking for love in all the wrong places - Love parades, many times, in different forms and faces. This is very probably the most often given reason For so much searching in and out...
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Love, Sweet Love! Love, sweet love that can only manifest from our Father up above. It is a precious gift for those who search and finally find this altruistic love. If you have ever been exposed,...
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Low Self Esteem When we're young, we seldom ever give that problem a thought. We associate that with being bashful or a little shy. We never bought That psychological thing, but we're all shy at some...
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Madly In Love Haven't you ever wondered how this descriptive expression Was born? Well, if you've traveled that road, that's your confession. "In love" means you are hopelessly blind as a bat...
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Magnificent Creation Words seem so inadequate when attempting to write An in-depth description of creation. We are the finite. There's the visual beauty, the marvels of nature extensive, The...
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Making Memories Try to enjoy each and every mile of the way. Seldom are any two miles the same in any way. Your daily scenes will vary from day to day Practically each and every step you take along...
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Mamas Little Man
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Mama's Little Man This is a special honor most Mothers bestow upon their sons. And for each Mother their son is the special one. This is a natural relationship, and if all goes well The total life...
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Mankind's Great Dilemma Our yesterdays are our written and unwritten repository Where each day we deposit today's life events and story. Our tomorrows are our repository for every ambition we can...
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Marking Time We do a lot of this non-productive exercise as we go along, Sometimes it's not by choice but something thrust upon us. Right or wrong, This is part of the song of life and at times, we...
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May All Your Tears May all your tears be tears of laughter and of joy, Replacing any tears of sorrow and events that would annoy. Life often supplies some of each, but if laughter can supply The...
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Maybe Maybe we pushed way beyond our limit when life demanded more. We felt the pressure that we had no choice, as before. As years wear on and we wear down, so many would like to evict That slave...
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Me - My - and Mine That pretty much covers me - how about you? Well, if "me" ever gets to that part "you", what to do? Actually for "me" people, it's right along here somewhere They seem stuck in the...
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Measuring Time This past year is now appropriately and permanently relegated To the pages of the history books and pages of my book of life - all equated With each other. The endless flow of time as...
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Meet My Friend I'd like for you to meet my dearest friend. He's always been loyal, loving and supportive, without Betrayal, desertion, neglect or condemnation. He understands my heart, my joys and...
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Most of Us Most of us face each new day in its own new way. Whatever changes accumulated since yesterday, we deal with this new day. Nothing ever stays exactly the same, sometimes better, sometimes...
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Mother's Day Long Ago I remember Mother's Day when I was a child. Every person wore A rose to honor their Mother. A red rose denoted she was living, and those who wore A white rose were giving honor...
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My Best "My best" was not always "the best." Oh, it wasn't deliberate - I always tried To give my best in whatever project I was involved, but in favor of my side We can only measure "My best" by the...
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My Bits Of Heaven On This Earth This whole earth and all that's in it belong to Him So the more bits of heaven on earth I can capture the more whims I will relish fulfillment of and the more like...
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My "Coming Out" Occasion I'll make this party brief 'cause as my part went, it was brief. It was a family reunion, and kin from everywhere were there. What a relief. The whole family would get to...
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My Memory File My computer is a genius when programmed to call forth storedinfo of every kind, But it is no match for my memory file stashed away inside my mind. Just a fleeting incident or some...
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My Seventy Fourth Celebration It very well may be that progressing Christmas Days Take on a significance even greater than our childish "Santa" days! We begin to enumerate all the blessings we quite...
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Never Ending - Always Changing Our yesterdays, todays and tomorrows Are always changing places in our days of joys and sorrows. Beginning on the day that you entered earth The countdown began and you...
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No Greater Words No greater words have ever, ever been heard. Thank You Father for the day the impact of these words Fell upon my barren heart and resurrected my soul for all time: "I will never...
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No Instructions - No Guarantees Your darling first baby just arrived without any physical or mental Instructions tucked in its hand. With most acquired possessions it isn't incidental That we also...
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No Matter How Much No matter how much you care, or how much you try, It will always be a matter of reaching for your best, to defy Any hint of obstacle that blocks your way this particular day. You...
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No Matter How Much No matter how much you care, or how much you try, It will always be a matter of reaching for your best, to defy Any hint of obstacle that blocks your way this particular day. You...
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No Two The Same One of the hardest things in life to learn Is "no two of us are the same" and for some, a great concern. Our own offspring we like to envision as duplicates of us. Mistake number...
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No Validation Needed Have you ever noticed how some people desire to own The biggest and the best of all earthly things? It seems a measuring method of how great they are, and I always wonder, "If...
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Now and Then When our babies are born and shortly thereafter, they are our precious angels, wings and all. How could that little puckered mouth ever, ever call Some other an ugly name? Or those...
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Of All the Dreams You Ever Dreamed I'm sure those dreams go way back, and if you're near fifty, I'm also sure some of your dreams were quite nifty. When we're young, dreams are our greatest...
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Of All the Famous Of all the famous who have visited this planet called earth, And moved on, they left their imprint upon this place called earth. In this planetary journey, fame is the measurement...
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Of All The Games People play electronic games and board games and the list goes on and on; Seems the challenge is the key. Some of these you can actually play alone. These are fun and there'll always...
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On My Way To Japan! I'll be there in a hop, a skip and a jump - all the way In just a minute or so. I'll push a few buttons and I'm on my way! I can go first class and call in person or second class...
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On Your Way Out I told the grocery delivery man as he headed out, "Watch out for my cat. He's not careful and he has no doubts. He thinks everyone loves him." He laughed. Then I added, "I used to...
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One Day If I could be nearby, I'd like to say a word of kindness and cheer To, hopefully, brighten your day and brush away any lingering tear. Life never asks our permission in allowing our...
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One Of Our Earlier Lessons We all have been deceived since we first began, From the sand box through every experience known to man. Frankly, I never understood why this scenario did exist! I...
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One Person's Treasure All of us, for whatever reason, are prone to save, According to our interests and relating to the sentiments we have. Saving is a natural instinct. Survival is sometimes at...
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One Thing That Age Does Besides changing your whole look and outlook About your space in time, you never question the time it took To arrive at your philosophical accumulative assessment, And that,...
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One Way to Live A Long Life Well, at least it will make it seem long. I have observed this, as have you. If you're waiting for a promised phone call that never rings, a few Minutes seem like forever,...
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Our Perspective Our perspective is coming from the place we view - how many think That determines our viewpoint on every issue. That is a link To our past, our training, our own evaluation according...
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Our Varying Friendships Our friends are only human beings just like us; however, we do pick and choose Ones we feel we have the most in common with among the traits of who's Who. I believe the most...
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Parenthood Is Not All Glory This may be second hand information coming at you now, But there are ones just entering the arena of parenthood, and how And why, they have no clue. Babies are the most...
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Past The End of Your Nose Remember when the mature population made this remark? It covered one and all of those "coming on." It did not shed any light to the dark. They were referring to the short...
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People Who Manipulate Words I suspect that this is considered some kind of talent or art, To make their words serve the purposes of their heart, Be it positive or negative. Manipulators have ulterior...
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Please Care First and foremost, care for your own body and specifically your soul. This body has been loaned to you to house your soul, your treasure of gold. This soul will forever be yours from the...
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Reach Out And Touch God All of nature is our most elegant cathedral. Man has never erected a more holy or ethereal Place of worship, no matter how big or grand. How can God's work be replicated? If...
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Reflections Of A Mother If I never break your spirit my precious child, I hope, in our journey of many miles, You'll never, ever feel the need to crush my soul To rectify the hurt you feel in your...
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Ring Out The Old - Bring In The New Once a year, for however many we've lived, We celebrate each fresh, new arriving one as a gift given. Each year we reflect on the seriousness of the meaning, And...
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Roots And Wings Oprah, I heard you with the little children and I was moved. I, too, believe that the greatest, most crucial gift that life will prove You can offer to your offspring is roots and...
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Same As When You Came When you are assessing your earthly worth Please do not exclude your spiritual value here on earth. Treasures are not measured in monetary terms Nor are they measured in any...
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Seatbelt Fastened? This from a long ago Beauty Queen. "My! How times do change," Struggling with one of our modern, new, more complicated seat belts (they are a pain!). But we must contend - it's the...
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Sensitive Sensitive. Now there's a word that can be used many ways. We describe sensitive in both positive and negative ways. When we're selfishly sensitive, that's hard to accept, But those...
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Seven Realities MY REASONING: (1.) I had survived on practically "zero" for nearly seventy-five years. I could do that! No problem! THE REALITY: (1.) It costs more now, proportionately, than ever...
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So Many Kinds Of Love Too many kinds of love for only just one word! The most inclusive word I probably have ever heard. Love is so much more than mere words can begin to express, Like light and...
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So Many Running We all understand that any organization or nation Requires a governing body to direct and sustain the equation. How effective and coherent this body is can make or break The whole...
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So Many Ways There are so many ways to say the same words, always. Think about it. The intonation, the expression on your face, the phrase All express meaning and intent of your words as they go...
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Some Basics Of Life A drowning person does not question the color of the hand That reaches out to salvage them from a certain fate, and So it goes throughout life. There are critical issues here at...
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Some Chores Are Never Finished "Homemakers" and "caretakers" can understand this more than some, Depending on who you are and where you're coming from and what drum Your heart beats to. Unless your...
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Some Dreams Do Come True In this life, problems never end, but solutions do. As your years line up, you think you know who's who. There're all those multiple facts you picked up along the way And you...
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Some Of Us Never Do Learn Well, at least one, and that's me! I usually remember the big "boo-boos" But those little absent minded, everyday sleepwalking chores, I can cruise On those - like hanging a...
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Some Painful Realities Yep! We have to face them in order to make it through! Seems some are more painful than others and - no matter who - You are not slighted. It's a scientific fact that they...
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Some People Some people change their ways When they see the light. Some people change their ways When they feel the heat. Lucile I. Burke December 27, 1995
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Some Special Ones Never Really Go Away I do so enjoy seeing shows of some of our "favorites" of long ago. We can have them back for this short while and it's as if they never left. We miss them so!...
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Some "Sum" Trouble This really means that you have a sizable sum of troubles, Like multiplied in groups of daily multiples of doubles. There are many descriptions we use to picture some real trouble,...
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Some Would Say Some would say, "What a great man he was." Some would know him in a very different way. It just proves you can't be all things to all people. We relate to each other in different ways...
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Someday, These Days Will Be Someday these days will be sweet memories of a time long past. Have a special repository in your memory bank that is so vast It will hold every memory you care to...
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Sometimes It Takes A While! Often life is lived out, in our own raw material! By the time we understand, so much is critical. Most of our time has passed on by. Then we realize Or know what fate has...
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Sometimes It's Spring Sometimes Spring comes so slow - you start to wonder If you'll ever see the flowers, see the rain - even hear the thunder That heralds the sounds of returning good ole Spring....
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Somewhere Up There Somewhere up there an airplane made its way Across the heavens in quiet sojourn. Some slept, others would likely pray. 'Twas a muted and dignified company whose paths crossed for a...
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Sorrow in Heaven
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Sorting Out We spend a good bit of our time on earth just sorting through The good and the bad, the fake and the real, before we can do Waht it was we were trying to do. And sometimes then you Can't...
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Spring Has Sprung Today is March 20th, and we officially greet our precious spring! I do believe that springtime is more celebrated than any other thing. First of all, to see life springing up in...
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Standing In And Standing Up Have you ever felt that you were just standing in for those Who let life live them - that they chose To let someone else stand in because they found that eased The...
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Staying Centered When you are perfectly centered, it probably means You've utilized a protractor and a stationed stabilizer, which seems To keep your center no matter how far your pen leans And no...
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Stranger Than Fiction Oh how true these words ring when reiterating as of today. Anything can happen, and often does as we look and search for "our way." If there's one certainty you can count on,...
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Sunrise - Sunset Today our sun will rise and today our sun will set. Now how I use these hours that separate the two, you can bet Will not be my top notch performance. Of this I am sure! 'Cause, by...
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Surprises Go Both Ways And do they ever!! Oh, we love and dote on the pleasant ones And just dwell in those special times. This time, we won! I've never seen a world-wide survey taken on the good and...
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Taking Glory From His Fall I can't remember a time when I have seen such glory in bringing another to his knees, Relishing and promoting the downfall to its millionth degree. Maybe it's the human...
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Tell Me Tell me, have you ever looked into another's eyes And seen the cycle of time and events passing there as time flies? Have you seen the sorrow of this life deep within their soul That has been...
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Tell Me Friend Tell me friend, where did all those earthly years go? One day we were so terribly young and then before we could know What youth really meant we find ourselves coming over the hill A...
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Thank You, Everyone I thank you for your encouraging and inspiring response to my writings. The words that I share, most everyone can relate to. I'm inviting You to listen and maybe I can share a...
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That Big Pine Tree In my mind and in my soul, that big pine tree Was a gigantic friend and it belonged just to me. I shared my secrets, my hopes and dreams as it listened - Sometimes in the morning -...
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That Christmas Catalog Since I can remember, that huge Christmas catalog was known As the ole' "wish book" and we could shop for hours, all alone, And we could dream and visualize and compare and...
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That Little Extra Something If you're over twenty, or maybe younger, you have learned, already, about that! At first, when you became aware, you weren't even sure what It was or what to call it....
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That Old Photograph Have you ever shown a more current friend An earlier picture when you were young. It's no use, my friend, If you feel somewhere inside that you really need To let them know you...
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That Sweet Potato Pie I don't know how familiar you are with this southern recipe But "Sweet Potato Pie" is heaven's nectar brought by angels we can't see. My favorite, in descending order, was...
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The Ageless Spirit The ageless spirit dwelling within the aging body - How do we reconcile the two? Some have tried and failed To solve this dilemma. Some have never had the problem. Their spirits...
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The 'Bestest' The "bestest" is the "best" when it becomes even better. A term discovered by some small kids who invent their own words and letters. Even as an adult, I considered it the top of the...
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The Betrayer And The Betrayed How similar these two key words appear and sound But the truth is - no greater divergence could ever be found. The character of each are as diverse as the north and...
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The Blind Choice When we reach into the "grab-bag" in life, when choosing Life's offerings, we never, ever know if we are winning or losing. There's the reward of surprise, if you were lucky that...
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The Bridge Across Which bridge did you build and which bridge did you cross? Remember the ones you chose to burn? Which was the greater cost? It requires a lot of experience to make wise choices...
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The Brief Deciding Second How many times, how many people and how many places Can bring to mind a critical decision when loved ones faced A point of no return and no searched-for answer could be...
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The Character Reflects The Solution "The more things change, the more they remain the same." This observation likely goes back to the years before we came. There is a basic truth buried here and you...
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The Character Reflects The Solution "The more things change, the more they remain the same." This observation likely goes back to the years before we came. There is a basic truth buried here, you...
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The Critical Balance The year 2000 has rolled upon us. We had the warning Since 1900 and plenty time to usher in this new century. Not alarming! According to the calendar and Farmers' Almanac It...
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The Damaged Goods Have you ever noticed how often some men Tire of their wives after they've been Married a certain length of time? And to them it's their privilege - no crime! He starts to offend...
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The Dare Devil This is a misnomer describing those who dare to risk Their everything to appear the ultimate in bravery. They insist They're strong, brave, fearless and foolhardy for they ignore the...
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The Ebb And Flow The people in my life come and go. The events in my life ebb and flow But the gentle flow of heavenly inspiration Continues to descend and overflow As it flows with tender love And...
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The Empty, Empty Darkness Why would anyone deliberately choose to lose? Why would any human being abuse Those who can not understand The workings of the minds of those who can? In the classroom of...
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The Endless Quest The learning process is very important and always has been, Probably even more today than way back when. In this wonderful era when information is "the" passport To another realm...
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The Evening Dusk In the quiet, quiet time of the welcome evening dusk, When reflections appear on the placid surface, I must Evaluate the harried day and revel in the feeling Of having survived...
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The Extremes of Life The extreme of life on earth will measure who you are Better than any other circumstance, by far. Either you balance your life or you're the victim; it's usually that way. If...
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The Faster You Ran Every life feels this frustration at different time slots along the way. Your days of life were on overload and about to short out in a big way. The faster you ran, the behinder...
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The Fickle Dame Of Fame Oh, the insignificant claim to that eternal sought-for fame; It has its own personal value and that, you had best claim, For the ultimate rung upon that ladder is elusive And...
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The Final Say Just a flick of dust upon the air, Just a pebble upon a beach somewhere, We become a drop of water of the ocean wide, A mere moment of existence where we abide. Who is man that Thou are...
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The Free Spirit If you asked one thousand people how do they understand and define "The Free Spirit" you would likely receive many answers with only a fine line Differentiating between them all....
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The Funny Side of Life I always heard people saying "the sunny side of life," but then one day I realized that the funny side wasn't always the sunny side, so now I say If you can see the funny in...
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The Games Earthlings Play I have a vague feeling that what is real and what is not Is shuffled on the gambling table, and not everyone gets a shot At winning whatever game is being promoted at this...
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The Great Stage Play We each feel so unique and rightfully so, But that uniqueness relates to how we cope With the myriad scenes we're part of now. Each day our lines are different as we take our...
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The Great Wish! Just a hand to hold! Just a smile to behold! One day I would like to meet my guardian angel And really understand that they're not some stranger But my ever present friend and keeper,...
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The Greatest Need of Mankind The need to be loved - only through love can this need be met. Love encompasses all of life in all of its elements. Nature has set This force in motion, and it truly...
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The Greenest Green I've Ever Seen I suspect the first picture that flashes in your mind Is the freshest, tenderest, most beautiful of all kinds Of green, the first green of spring, when you want to...
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The Joke Was On The Worm The tale has turned and I am on the receiving end. I grabbed a bag of dried prunes to ably defend My efforts to make breakfast a wholesome deal And to prove my point - I can...
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The Language You Speak Words of any language are only expressions Of feelings within, whether peace or aggression. Even words can be masked in real deception. Search for the reality behind the words,...
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The Last Two Rites In most instances it's the undertaker and the medical guy Who take care of our last needs on earth, when we die. We're speaking physically here, 'cause the soul has departed and...
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The 'Magic' We pick up various definitions of this magic word. In our younger years, it is the most treasured word We ever heard! It seems to exemplify all impossible things Which give our...
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The Miracle Of Birth The miracle of birth is the perpetuation of all creation When life can reconstruct itself and replace by propagation. Each generation will leave the imprint of themselves Upon...
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The Music Of The Soul There're all kinds of music in this old world, our home. Some is coming from the distant ethers, harmonies we've never known. Some is born of our spirits where our joyous hearts...
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The Nile Disease Does your area have an epidemic of that awful Nile Disease? You're lucky if you never had to contend with it. It leaves everyone ill at ease. There is one they call juve-Nile and the...
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The "No Win" I have never met and probably never will meet all of you Who read this poem but I can say without doubt that you, too, Have experienced this impasse at least once in your life And,...
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The Nobility of Your Soul Some day in our lives we become acutely aware of that soul That lives within each body. From that time forward we shall hold This body for this sojourn. Whatever the route...
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The Old Pasture Gate How long has this gate been here? I can't even guess! Some hands and hearts labored long to make this gate the best. In my mind's eye, I see the one who labored long To make this...
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The Ones Who Have No Say When a child's young life is fragmented by broken family ties There's a lot more damage than we are likely to realize. Life shattered and scattered, marring the natural...
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The Only Glory The only glory you ever will - or can - reflect Will be the glory of your Heavenly Father as He quietly manifests. This is your own decision and it will not ever be a reflected glory...
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The Options If we were better informed about life's options, how much easier it would be. Usually when we start investigating, we are so uninformed of the complexity Of what's on our life's...
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The Other Side Of Midnight While some slumber on the other side of midnight, There is another whole world of those who work till light. There are all kinds of shifts of different kinds of work - The...
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The Overview My mind is racing at a tremendous rate of speed Through all the yesterdays, through to-day and headlong to where I can not see. Am I hoping to put it all together somehow, To form some...
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The Paradox Of Youth The exceeding exuberance of overflowing energy that issues forth To meet life head on with no known fear or real understanding of worth. What you see is what it is and all the...
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The Part We Play We're on this stage of life, playing a part we do not know. We have no idea what this story is, nor which way it will go. On stage, each person has already read the script. You...
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The Plan We're Involved In At this very moment, somewhere on earth There's rejoicing of a baby's birth. At this same moment, there's someone dying And with this event, there's someone crying....
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The Power of Your Words Most people use words as a basic form of communication, And to them it may just mean words strung together to offer illumination Concerning the thoughts expressed in words,...
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The Price You Pay What a whopper price it is - the price you pay For being especially blessed in our world and allowed to stay. You trade youth and beauty for wrinkles and weak knees. You see your...
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The Price You'll Pay
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The Question Mark I remember, as a child, listening intently to adult conversations. Guess I was what they call a "nosey" child, but in reality, just an indication That this would fill me in on many...
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The Real World Only fiction writers can shape all those lives To fit the desired characters they contrive, Whatever the imagination desires to create, Whatever personality they may care to instigate....
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The Restless Water Falls The restless water falls and is on its tumultuous journey to wherever nature calls. The placid lake calls us towards rest and peace beside the wall Of nature's trees and...
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The Saddest Words Ihonestly feel that "goodbye" is among the saddest words That are ever spoken in this life, in this world. The saddest is when we lose a loved one; they leave such an empty place....
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The Short End of the Stick I have experienced that feeling many, many times. Where I"m from, it denoted something akin to scraping your last dime From the bottom of the barrel. There was another one,...
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The Simple Things in Life We've heard this all our lives and maybe took the words for granted, Not actually or fully absorbing the real impact on our planet. If we could build this fact into our life...
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The Simple Things in Life We've heard this all our lives and maybe took the words for granted, Not actually or fully absorbing the real impact on our planet. If we could build this fact into our life...
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The Strongest Needs Life has its own physical needs that are basic to us all, But on a mental and emotional level, there is ever on call Someone to love and someone who'll love us. It is an inner...
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The Sun Is Always Shining - Somewhere No matter how dark and dreary our longest day may be, We understand the sun is always up there, even though we cannot see It's golden sunshine. We have the faith...
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The Sunset Of My Life As life winds down, it is a time of profound sadness But it is also a time of profound and unbelievable gladness! The sadness comes because you relish life and have enjoyed all...
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The Things We Cannot Change There'll be many things in our lives that we cannot change Some we would not, even if it could be arranged. When we first become aware of our lot in life it takes a while...
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The Trademark Every man-made production usually bears a trademark or Company name, Even if it's only a name who might be held to blame If such merchandise does not meet what's promised; This, at...
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The Trouble with Peanuts It's a universal complaint. You can't stop eating them, and one Peanut is never enough. There is a magic to this ancient fun That makes a jar of peanuts disappear kinda like...
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The Up Side To The Down Side That's not "upside down" nor does it mean "either or". This anomaly is how it seems in many lives to be "neither nor". When our lives are progressing well and it truly...
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The User Sadly, there are about as many users in circulation As providers although some providers are used by more than one user instigator. And how do providers become providers for these users -...
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The Vagaries Of Life Much of my poetry is written in discussion of this fact! The older readers already know and may even respond with some "wise-crack." But, and I remember, it depends on how many...
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The Value of the Gift We always look forward to the Christmas season as a time of reunion and celebration. Everyone seems to have goodwill towards heaven and earth and all creation. Even those who...
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The World Is A' Changing This world is always changing and has always been. Just since I came, not even one hundred years before, every trend Is always making way for some other unsung trend. In a...
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The World Needs Heroes We do not acknowledge heroes the way we did so long ago. Everything seems so miraculous, nowadays, it requires more to reach that goal. I suppose each person has degrees of...
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The Wounded Soul I sometimes reflect on how we deal with a wounded soul. There is no operation for a broken heart, we're all told; For a battered ego; for a lost self-confidence for a betrayal by a...
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The Young At Heart I am so thankful for this kind reprieve. It's the only way the old can stay young and not fret and grieve About the inevitabilities that a long life brings. We all want to live...
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There Are Some Things There are some facts of life that you can only control to a degree. Like getting old! You can control it just so much and so long and then you see It's a losing battle and you...
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There Is A Reason You may have already figured it out, if you've ever been a victim. When you're at the mercy of these overbearing ones who need, so bad, a victim. You not only resist and resent, you...
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There'll Always Be... There will always be questions that have no rational answer because Life is filled with imperfections on every level. Rules and laws Are only enacted to protect the innocent,...
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There'll Be Weeds Growing In each and every garden here on earth, though we never planted them, Earth's soil is ever full of seeds of weeds. Our hope is dim of ever being free of seeds we did not...
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There's A Poet In There As the years have revealed so many unknowns to me, I feel so filled with life's revelations and so, so free To search this soul which I've long called mine To reach the...
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There's A Poet In There As the years have revealed so many unknowns to me, I feel so filled with life's revelations and so, so free To search this soul which I've long called mine To reach the...
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There's No Need to Pretend I've often wondered why people play this unnecessary and pretentious game. I suppose they have their own reasons - some ulterior motive to blame But it's really wasted...
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There's Something About In our daily chores of life there are certain duties that must be done. We try to start early on when we first see that golden sun Approach our day. Our "early start" is quite...
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They're Happy Being Miserable We all know about this malady and we all know at least one. You do wonder about this contradiction in terms and you wonder how it's done. Well! It ain't easy, and if you...
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Things That Cannot Be Undone To those who think and commit the unthinkable destruction - Be it material, physical or spiritual, there'll never be instruction On how to undo the damage you inflicted...
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This Day Shall Be This day of days of which I've dreamed, will truly be Yet another mile-stone on my way through life and I shall see Reflections of the past and visions of a great tomorrow - Filled...
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This Day Will Not Be Back Again How many days of our young adulthood can we remember Making this pronouncement at any given occasion? The time extender Was still in place, way back then. This same...
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This Day, You Choose! Each day we make some ordinary choices of many sorts - Some may be mundane but others greet us in every port! No matter how insignificant each project may appear, In the final...
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This Desire Is An Inborn Gift A runner can visualize herself, flashing through the air, flowing like molten lead. That is some innate urging that fills a need that lingers in her heart and head....
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This Side of Heaven This side of heaven is all we know right now. We've been given some rather vivid descriptions of how Our home up there will be. "In my Father's house are many mansions," we are...
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This Will Never Be Again Not in this lifetime! First love can only occur one time And that's the first time. Now, I admit, our definition changes all the time. Teenage love is just "first grade"...
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Those Who Those who are not aware of the unseen world all about us Are missing a major invisible world within the visible world around us. Various professions prove this routinely, with the...
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Those Who Those who are not aware of the unseen world all about us Are missing a major invisible world within the visible world around us. Various professions prove this routinely, with the...
those_who.php
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Those Who Are Searching Will Find We're all searching, all our lives for things we feel we need. Some, it is material things, and others, it will be wisdom they need. We search for what matters most...
those_who_are_searching_will_find.php
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Those Who Dwell In Make Believe You really wonder why some people feel so cheated or dissatisfied With their own reality that they feel compelled to hide The emptiness that dwells within. It comes...
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Till Death Do Us Part How many who are reading these words now Can remember the day you spoke this vow? Oh how simple it seemed, to say Those words on your wedding day. Only time can reveal the depth...
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Time, the Great Evener Time has its own way of evening the score. It may not seem so at the time when you can tolerate no more. But the shift that swings the balance is ever vigilant To rectify the...
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Time Redeemed Well, world, I'm wide awake again and it's only 2:37. I'm staring at the lighted dial and wondering, on this side of heaven, "Why am I awake again when I conked out about eleven?" They...
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'Tis But A Reflection Of Your Soul Words alone can say and proclaim many things, But what gives credence and will ever really bring Life and reality to these words is the force and intent And the...
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'Tis But A Reflection Of Your Soul Words alone can say and proclaim many things, But what gives credence and will ever really bring Life and reality to these words is the force and intent And the...
'tis_but_a_reflection_of_your_soul.php
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To Have a Purpose Have you ever noticed that having a purpose sets the stage For most anticipated accomplishments, whatever your age? The infant becomes aware that standing follows sitting And...
to_have_a_purpose.php
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To Let A Lie Just Lie If I let a "lie" lie, then I am condoning the lie. If I know a lie is lying there, I have to understand the "Why." To lie, in any situation is pathetic but when someone you...
to_let_a_lie_just_lie.php
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To Those Who Believe Three little children lived on the edge all of Christmas Eve. They could not imagine that Santa would pass on by and fail to leave The gifts they had dreamed of and talked, so...
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To What Do We Attribute This? Most everyone is sensitive to the universal awareness out there - To feel the magnetic force that attracts or repels us in responding where Maybe, even no word is spoken...
to_what_do_we_attribute_this.php
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Trouble Beckons Trouble beckons the young and foolish heart To places and situations just beckoning, from the very start. Rationalization explains and excuses any doubts that youth may offer. That is...
trouble_beckons.php
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Truly Free Wherever I will be, I feel that I will be forever free; The greatest gift a soul can receive in this life or the life to be. Being free is "no restriction of spirit," meaning we're no...
truly_free.php
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Truth Truth is internal. Truth is external and most of all it is eternal. It can not be diminished, denied or exterminated. Depending on the purity of your intentions, it will either Save you or...
truth.php
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Truth In Action Truth is internal. Truth is external, and most of all, it's eternal. It can not be diminished, denied or exterminated. Depending on the purity of your intentions, it will either save...
truth_in_action.php
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Truth Will Bring Reality No matter what results truth may bring, it does present a reality, I have observed, And the reality is not always one you earned or deserved. There are side effects when...
truth_will_bring_reality.php
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Try To Keep It All Said Never let your day end with anything left unsaid. Let your fellowman know how you feel, instead Of packing it away to fester and erode, Magnifying the unhappy and unspoken...
try_to_keep_it_all_said.php
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Have You Ever Noticed? If you've ever heard or overheard two disgruntled souls Who can't even seem to agree on which is north or south pole, And that's about how far apart their reasoning appears....
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Valentine's Day! Remember - long, long ago when most kids were more shy? "Valentine's Day" sparked a spark in little hearts who would try To express their affection or attraction to this special one...
valentine's_day.php
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We All Have We all have hurt another at some time or other, Even as a child we must have disrespected our own Mother. It may not have been said or done to ever hurt - Just our personality, even then,...
we_all_have.php
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We Can Face Almost Anything We can face almost anything in life on earth, but death, which seems forbidden. We face so many insurmountable obstacles - some seen, some hidden. But when life has thrown...
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We Each New Year's Poem We each, on our little hill, have our little bouquet to arrange. That's our contribution back to earth in exchange For allowing us to live and have a hill, a house and a...
we_each_new_year's_poem.php
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Well, There Goes That Dream! We've watched a few thousand of these whimsical dreams just fade away - Some go down the drain, some out the door and some we don't notice which way They went. That's...
well_there_goes_that_dream.php
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We're Always on Our Way You can "act" all your life and never reveal who you really are. The day finally will come when you, yourself, finally are Faced with the reality of who you are, as you...
we're_always_on_our_way.php
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We're Born, We Live, We Die None of us escapes this cycle. Does this detract from your reality? Since it is the law of earth, we just try to utilize and enjoy what is our reality. As I watch history...
we're_born_we_live_we_die.php
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We're The Past We're the past, moving on to the unlived days Where each lived day becomes the past. They never stay. Your past you make as you reach to utilize what you find For a new tomorrow which...
we're_the_past.php
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What Age Are You? Some are real sensitive about how long they've been here. Maybe they're dubious that someone may notice their slower gear. Don't worry, slow doesn't denote anything except you're...
what_age_are_you.php
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What Are You Teaching? I hear you answer, "But I'm not a teacher. I don't qualify." You qualify! Your influence on others is always there. You know why? There is always someone watching you, and they...
what_are_you_teaching.php
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What Color the Rose? Just like nature with all the trees, grass and flowers, All this beauty God gave us, all a panoramic view, all ours. We absorb each gift that nature presents, accepting its...
what_color_the_rose.php
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What Difference Does It Make? Some use this question as a "cop out" absolving them Of their personal responsibilities, just existing on a whim. If everone on our earth had this cop out attitude, Our...
what_difference_does_it_make.php
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What Does Money Mean to You? Well, we all know we learn so early what our priorities are. Maybe it is an inborn awareness of the real values that are, by far, The basics of life itself. Money in and...
what_does_money_mean_to_you.php
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What Establishes Credibility? The reality of your sincerity! A facade of fake intent Doesn't accomplish any positive reaction nor even make a dent. Credibility is a valued mark of character and is...
what_establishes_credibility.php
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What Makes You Happy? It took me a long, long time to figure this one out: We've all intermingled in this life with some we couldn't figure out. Their response to life did not make sense and you were...
what_makes_you_happy.php
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What Poverty Really Means The average person of average means has no real conception Of the consequences in every area of a deprived life. It is basically considered a physical handicap, which is...
what_poverty_really_means.php
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What We Inherited Most of us feel we're referring to physical characteristics, talents or IQ. Our blood lines and genes depend on that, also, but what about the forgotten inner you? You can have...
what_we_inherited.php
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What Will My Legacy Be? It's not something we set out to do but as years travel on, we stood to ponder "What legacy will I leave when I depart earth for my new home up yonder?" Some may never get to...
what_will_my_legacy_be.php
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When August Comes By the time August arrives, we feel sure the heat will never end. We've just about reached our limit of endurance. The wind Evades us, the rain is falling somewhere else. The heat...
when_august_comes.php
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When Comparing Yourself It's practical to select a role model and choose their positives as your guide. That can be a plus and help you today - and maybe even tomorrow - to decide. It's not a good...
when_comparing_yourself.php
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When Comparing Yourself It's practical to select a role model and choose their positives as your guide. That can be a plus and help you today - and maybe even tomorrow - to decide. It's not a good...
when_comparing_yourself.php
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When Confusion Reigns I suspect we could each write a chapter or two on this matter. It's more prevalent than any of us would like to believe. It is scattered Generously all along the way and some...
when_confusion_reigns.php
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When Denial Is All One Has Left How do we become enslaved to this crutch to get us through? We rationalize that if we never admit or accept responsibility for what we do - Then we're excused by all...
when_denial_is_all_one_has_left.php
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When Did All This Happen? It actually appears to happen all at once, real sudden like! But if you scrutinize more closely you will recall it wasn't so sudden like. One day you only saw a young and...
when_did_all_this_happen.php
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When Do You Stop Wearing Red? Well - never! Not in this life, since I still appreciate red roses. I actually cannot see where this choice of color poses Any problem whatsoever. If all of nature were...
when_do_you_stop_wearing_red.php
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When Hope Is All We Have When hope is all we have, our faith is truly put to the test, For hope is born of faith, a truth we have confessed! It's when life drones on in unrewarded hope We must summon...
when_hope_is_all_we_have.php
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When I Can Not Agree I have a lot of trouble justifying a mass collaboration of consolidation Of what I believe just to coincide with a certain group for pacification. I see political jockeying all...
when_i_can_not_agree.php
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When I Recall Everyone has "old sayings" that come to mind from time to time. There were ones for all occasions, most funny, but few sublime. Some were handed down from way back when - a hundred...
when_i_recall.php
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When It Is Out Of My Hands Sometimes it is hard to call! It would take the wisdom of Solomon to decide - For each set of circumstances that can and does park by our side. To present each challenge as...
when_it_is_out_of_my_hands.php
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When It's Over Christmas Poem When Christmas day has come and gone, we feel rather lonely and let down. After all that crescendo of anticipation and excitement it seems hardly any sound Is heard in...
when-it's-over-_christmas_poem.php
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When Life Is Cut Short When we're young, this seldom is a consideration at all. We do see it happening to our fellow travelers when they fall, But we still expect the young to have their chance to...
when_life_is_cut_short.php
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When Life Is New I see all of life in the faces of all our children in all earth's places. The sincerity born of a secured love, if not social graces. Such simplistic faith that comes from inner...
when_life_is_new.php
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When Life Seemed Simple Oh boy! Can you remember those earlier days when Everything seemed so natural and so, so simple? So uncomplicated then! But passing time explains this wonderful phenomenon!...
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When My Wall Clock Chimes I hear that lovely tune and I know just about which hour Is announcing itself. Such cheery chimes - it cheers me for the next hour. To me, there is something special about...
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When 'Son' Comes Home A half a century has passed since my son's birth. The years have their own way of gauging time here on earth. What seems the shortest years of his young life Likely seemed as...
when_'son'_comes_home.php
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When The Circle Closes Many of us are blessed on our day of birth With a loving circle who welcome us to earth. This love, support and protection are so vital To our growth, advancement and even our...
when_the_circle_closes.php
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When the Current Goes Off Well, if you're like most of the world these days, You get pretty aggravated at such inconvenience in these ways. In your household, there's not too much you can do Except...
when_the_current_goes_off.php
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When The Dream Ends He never lived to live his dream - It ended with an assassin bullet's scream. But he began the search and the freedom march. He passed to us the flaming, lighted torch. Even...
when_the_dream_ends.php
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When the Geese Fly South Since Autumn I see huge flocks of geese in their formations Headed south. They were in continuous communication I always stop and watch and listen. Such a miracle of this...
when_the_geese_fly_south.php
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When the Joy Spills Over
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When Trouble Knocks On Your Door When ordinary events run amuck or wander off course We tend to label this as "trouble" as we question this disruptive force! We also resent this interruption and...
when_trouble_knocks_on_your_door.php
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When We Have to Wait It's not natural to want to wait - not on anything, But in case you never noticed, none of us has sprouted wings In that department. It does seem such a waste of so much time....
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When We Say Happy New Year First, I feel we are thinking how lucky we are to see a new year. I suspect a lot of others think very much this same way. Any tear That appears now is sadness for any lack...
when_we_say_happy_new_year.php
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When You Diminish Others We have all witnessed or experienced, as we travel on our way, The offensive behavior of those who perpetually attempt to convey This blatant self serving assumption that all...
when_you_diminish_others.php
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When You Fall The word "fall" has its meaning or connotation which usually applies To the act of "falling down". Since the direction is usually down, we recognize The law of gravity in action and the...
when_you_fall.php
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When You Feel When you feel all alone, well maybe you are and maybe you're not. We all can feel that way sometimes, and some days a whole lot. When you feel betrayed, you go to great lengths to...
when_you_feel.php
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When You Look Into Another's Eyes Probably why you're doing this is the preamble to the story. If you become aware of this situation then you're halfway through the story The emotion involved will...
when_you_look_into_another's_eyes.php
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When You Think About It When you think about it and get right down to the nitty gritty, You wonder how on earth we ever made it from that itty bitty Baby to the end of the line when we are checking...
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When You Win By Default Every four years we watch the political system at work And most of us breathe a sigh of relief when it's over with no one hurt. Of course we feel a whole lot better if our...
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When Your Clock Stops... It doesn't mean time has stopped. It only means we've got to fix The problem. As time has passed, we don't use the ticks Any more to keep us aware the clock is working okay....
when_your_clock_stops.php
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When Your Printer Conks Out Anyone who uses these, surely understands the feeling. Now, if you are lucky enough to own a backup, that thought is appealing! You feel so futile and completely thwarted...
when_your_printer_conks_out.php
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When You're Twenty-one Youth has little conception of age when they're young. They sing the songs they always knew and have always sung. They seldom ever worry about "on down whatever road." Life is...
when_you're_twenty-one.php
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Where Are The Other Nine? I can just see Jesus standing there on that wonderful day When He healed the ten lepers. He never asked for pay. He gave His healing blessing and they suddenly were free....
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Where Did I Go Wrong? This is a question that issues forth from human lips - Probably with more regularity than the leaky faucet drips. And very likely, for as many reasons as the leaky drips. The...
where_did_i_go_wrong.php
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Where Did The Little Child Go? There are thousands of physical transitions from the baby to the adult. Each easing into the next as naturally as the circus catapult. We wonder, day after day, and...
where_did_the_little_child_go.php
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Where Do They All Go? If I started at day one, this would be one long stint Because I want to discuss where all my friends went! Sometimes they come and go with great regularity But a few are always...
where_do_they_all_go.php
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Where Life Is Love And Love Is Life Unless you really know what this love is - can you fully appreciate The full implication of how each is a part of the other and they each equate As one and the...
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Where Love Doesn't Live Where love doesn't live, you don't need to live. Not if you are looking for a real worthwhile life to live. You seldom see a place like that where hate doesn't knock twice....
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Where The Sky Meets The Edges This view is best observed from the air or from a mountain top Or from the plains where the land goes on forever and never stops - Or so it seems! It stretches out so...
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Where The Spirit Dances Free When you smile I detect a twinkling in your dancing eyes; Reminds me of a sunny day with glorious golden skies. Often these displays of joyful living depart with youth....
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Which Would You Prefer? It's a basic question. It's an honest question that I am asking you. If either had to be and you knew that, which would you choose: To be dumped or to be dumped on? Take it...
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Whichever Way I do not know if I will go before He comes But either way, I know that He's prepared a home Just across the way on the other side Beyond that river that's mighty and wide. At this time,...
whichever_way.php
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Who Are The Truly Brave? When a brave soul passes, we lay that season of bravery to rest - Having served that body well, we remember their courage best. The brave one lives what they teach with no...
who_are_the_truly_brave.php
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Who Is Younger? Age is so relative. You can't believe your own Until you compare and relate to someone else you have known. Each age you reach once seemed so old when you were younger; This is a...
who_is_younger.php
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Who? Me? Who? Me? That was mostly a childhood question that kept cropping up. It could have been an unexpected compliment, a surprise from a grown up, Or some playmate that was not quite sure who was...
who_me.php
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Who Says You Can't Go Back Grab your hat! Boy, We're gonna' travel back through time, Faster than the bullet train, leaving no dust behind. If you can, in all honesty, without regret - define Some...
who_says_you_can't_go_back.php
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Who Was To Know? Who was to know the switch that fate would take And the exact difference this switch would really make! Some people's lives seem to be stuck in this "uncertain mode" But others seem...
who_was_to_know.php
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Who's the Boss? This question seems to present a universal problematic condition. There is always a jockeying for the controlling position. In any space in life no one is really envious of a passive...
who's_the_boss.php
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Who's The Hypocrite?
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Whose Irresponsibility Are You Responsible For? It happens all the time and those who help are usually family members. They are only trying to assist while trying to remember A time long ago, way...
whose_irresponsibility_are_you_responsible_for.php
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Why? Why Bethlehem? Why a stable? Why the cross? Only those who studied the prophecies were not at a loss To understand and believe why God's Son, born of flesh, Was born in such lowly circumstances....
why.php
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Why All the Heartbreak? Love is not supposed to hurt. Does that answer the question? And you know what - it's usually just one of the couple who's always guessing. There's no assurance or deep down...
why_all_the_heartbreak.php
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Why Do the Old Act Young? There is only one answer! What's in your soul reflects From your body. Your soul will never grow old and when that concept connects; Then, you see clearly that the youthful...
why_do_the_old_act_young.php
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Why Is There Hate? To some it appears a real solution to abuse. To others it seeps in when all other solutions are just excuses. To some it comes as natural as breathing - Their response to another's...
why_is_there_hate.php
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Wise Men Still Seek Wise men have always sought knowledge and truth. When you have a searching mind, It will be revealed to you according to your search. You will find. When the search begins, you're...
wise_men_still_seek.php
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Writers Writers are forever analyzing and commenting and writing about these things. That's the mind of a writer or a reporter, and all this brings A whale of a conglomerate of tactics and numerous...
writers.php
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Yet To Be Discovered How many people, how many places and how many facts, this day, Have yet to be discovered by someone, somewhere some other day? The undiscovered doesn't plague us in our daily...
yet_to_be_discovered.php
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You Can Not Just Play "The Hero" This is a real fact of life that must truly be learned In your daily life as you go along. It is a fact of who you are and how concerned you are about what makes a...
you_can_not_just_play_the_hero.php
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You Can Not See! You can not see the air you breathe. Not everyone knows the actual elements of this same air, but from birth we are instinctively aware that we have to have air to breath if we...
you_can_not_see.php
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You Need Permission? Some need permission to do anything. Some just settle for approval. I suppose this is their nature and it makes them feel safely in the groove. We are each responsible to some...
you_need_permission.php
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You Need To Know First and foremost, it is imperative that you know Who you truly are, and which route your mind seems to go. Sometimes it is easier to analyze another's life than your own; Because...
you_need_to_know.php
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You Seldom Ever Know You seldom ever know what you'll bring forth - The life you live, the children you value as great worth, The friends you acquire and all your good works and deeds - Apply...
you_seldom_ever_know.php
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Young at Heart What young person will waste their youth worrying about growing old? Besides, when we're young, we'll never ever on earth grow old. In our youthful dreams, we will be beautiful and...
young_at_heart.php
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Your Advice Do you wait until you're asked or is it a steady flow? There are all sorts of advice around about anywhere you go. Some people really have something to offer, but you know, With some it...
your_advice.php
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Your Decisions Are you one who can make good and practical decisions And not require forever to make those decisions? Maybe, like most, it will vary according to pertinent circumstances. We also...
your_decisions.php
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Your Own Private World Your own private world, where only you can go. That's the way God made it - for us, each. This we know. It is our private world where we meet - just God and us. It's there we...
your_own_private_world.php
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Your Own Special Place I do pray that earthly strife will be cut short, Ending such unnecessary suffering as is inflicted on our hearts. Destruction and hate can not dwell where it's not accepted And...
your_own_special_place.php
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Youth Is For The Young How many times have you heard this speech? Was it when you were reaching for something just beyond your reach? But I've got news for the one who invented this speech: That may...
youth_is_for_the_young.php
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Youth Will Seldom Ever Think With their brain - that is. They associate intelligence with natural human impulses. They just don't understand how human emotions relate to life and others Ceil Burke
youth_will_seldom_ever_think.php
