Monthly Archives: March 2010
God’s plans
“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart”.
(Jeremiah 29:11-13)
The Voice Within
Young girl, don’t cry
I’ll be right here when your world starts to fall
Young girl, it’s alright
Your tears will dry, you’ll soon be free to fly
When you’re safe inside your room, you tend to dream
Of a place where nothing’s harder than it seems
No one ever wants or bothers to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means
When there’s no one else, look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within
Then you’ll find the strength, that will guide your way
You’ll learn to begin to trust the voice within
Young girl, don’t hide
You’ll never change if you just run away
Young girl, just hold tight
Soon you’re gonna see your brighter day
Now, in a world where innocence is quickly claimed
It’s so hard to stand your ground, when you’re so afraid
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
When you’re lost outside, look inside to your soul
When there’s no one else, look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within
Then you’ll find the strength, that will guide your way
If you’ll learn to begin to trust the voice within
Life is a journey
It can take you anywhere you choose to go
As long as you’re learning
You’ll find all, you’ll ever need to know
Break it
You’ll make it
Just don’t forsake it because
No one can stop you, you know that I’m talking to you
When there’s no one else, look inside yourself
And like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within
Then you’ll find the strength, that will guide your way
You’ll learn to begin to trust the voice within
Young girl, don’t cry
I’ll be right here when your world starts to fall
Carrying The Cross …
Forgetting about you …
Forgetting about you will be easy, I know.
I just have to stop seeing the sea,
and close my eyes to the light of the stars
and not seeing the night come, behind a glass.
Forgetting about you will be easy, I know.
I just have to rip you off my skin
and close all doors and windows to time
and not seeing neither the daybreak or the sunset
Forgetting about you will be easy, I know.
I just have to shut my ears
not to hear the singing of the birds
or the penetrating whisper of the rivers.
Forgetting about you will be easy, I’m telling you.
All is needed is to kill a feeling
and to cover
the whole sun with just my finger,
Forgetting about you will be easy.
I just have to hide this heart that is so worn
Its just a question of forgetting,
I was born.
Do it …
“Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let our fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There’s really no time to be afraid. So stop. Try something you’ve never tried. Risk it. Enter a triathlon. Write a letter to the editor. Demand a raise. Call winners at the toughest court. Throw away your television. Bicycle across your city. Try bobsledding. Try anything. Speak out against the designated hitter. Travel to a country where you don’t speak the language. Patent something. You have nothing to lose and everything everything everything to gain. JUST DO IT!”
If I knew …
If I knew it would be the last time
That I’d see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say “I love you,”
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I’m sure you’ll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there’s always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say “I love you,”
And certainly there’s another chance
to say our “Anything I can do?”
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I’d like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you’re waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you’ll surely regret the day,
That you didn’t take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you’ll always hold them dear
Take time to say “I’m sorry,”
“Please forgive me,” “Thank you,” or “It’s okay.”
And if tomorrow never comes,
you’ll have no regrets about today.
~ Unknown
Love story
There was a boy and a girl…they were the best of friends. They hung out all the time, talked all the time, etc. The boy loved that girl more than anything else in the world. And she didn’t know it. One summer, when the girl and the boy were closer than ever, the boy decided to let his feelings out, even if he didn’t let them out to her. He walked into a little grove of trees they used to play at when they were little, found a huge tree, and carved both of their initials into a heart along with the words: Together Forever. The boy never told the girl that he had done this. Secretly, he hoped she would stumble upon the inscription one day and figure it out, but she didn’t. One hot August afternoon, the girl got a devasting phone call from her parents. They told her that the boy had died in a sudden car crash. She immediately collapsed onto the ground, sobbing with the pain of losing him. He had always been there for her. He had always been there to lift her spirits, he had always been there to catch her when she falled. He was there to steer her down the right path. To be kind to her regardless of how mean she was being to him. To protect her. To truly care for her. He was her angel. And it crushed her to know he was never coming back. That night, as she lay in her bed, quietly crying as she remembered every moment she had spent with him, she realized something: She loved him. He had been the only boy she had ever really loved, and they hadn’t even shown romantic affection towards each other. He completed her. She didn’t sleep at all that night. She watched the day break, the sun peeking its first orange rays over the horizon. She got up, dressed and left the house, planning to go to a place that had always been memorable and special to the both of them. She entered the grove of trees, which was mostly in shadow. She hiked down the small, worn down trail. She was just about to pass a huge tree when something caught her eye. One section of the tree’s bark was illuminated by a stray ray of light, revealing words carved into the wood. In amazement, the girl read her initials, and the intials of the boy, craved into a heart along with the words “Together Forever”. She knew he had put it there. The sight made her eyes become glossy with tears, and, straining to pull herself together, she walked up to the carving. At the foot of the tree was a sharp stone with little wood shavings still clinging to its edge. She knew he had used it, and she simply felt it for a while, trying to imagine the touch of his hand. And then, she focused on the inscription again. There was just enough room in the heart to carve a few more words after “Together Forever”. With careful hands, she enscribed three more words: “No Matter What.” And in that moment, she could feel the boy right beside her. And she knew the words on the tree were true. They would always be together forever, no matter what.
The reason why I love you…
