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God
took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun and the calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of the night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities and when there was nothing more to add
He knew His masterpiece was complete and so,
He called it "DAD".
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
be with your spirit. Philemon 1:25 |
| The only real failure in
life is the failure to try. |
There is no beautifier of
complexion, or form, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
The real art of
conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the
wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Dorothy Nevill |
If you tell the truth you
don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain |
Adversity causes some to
break, others to break records.
William A. Ward |
We cannot live only for
ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men and women; and among those
fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as
effects.
Herman Melville |
The man who removes a
mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
Chinese Proverb |
The most important trip
you may take in life is meeting people halfway.
Henry Boye |
It is not because things
are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Seneca |
| Someday is not a day of
the week. |
| The tragedy of life is
not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. |
Never let a problem to be
solved become more important than a person to be loved.
Barbara Johnson |
The best and most
beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt.
Helen Keller |
Whatever the struggle,
continue the climb; it may be only one step to the summit.
Diane Westlake |
Whatever thy hand findest
to do, do it with all thy heart.
Jesus Christ |
I am only one, but still
I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do
everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
Edmund Everett Hale |
There are those who look
at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why
not?
Robert Francis Kennedy |
Whoever is spared
personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must
all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.
Albert Schweitzer |
Every moment is a golden
one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Henry Miller |
Tough times never last,
but tough people do.
Robert H. Schuller |
The past is history, the
future is a mystery. But today is a gift...that's why they call it the present. So cherish
every minute of it.
Elvis Stojko |
The percentage of
mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and
decisiveness itself makes things go and creates confidence.
Anne O’Hare McCormick |
There are three
ingredients to the good life; learning, earning, and yearning.
Christopher Morley |
Great occasions do not
make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and
imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow stong or weak; and at last some crisis shows
what we have become.
Brooke Foss Westcott |
Not everything that can
be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Albert Einstein |
An optimist is a person
who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The
truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer |
In the field of
observation, chance favors the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur |
| It's easy to get lost in
thought if it's not familiar territory to you. |
Blessed is the man who,
having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.
George Eliot |
The greater difficulty,
the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and
tempests.
Epicures |
After winter comes
summer. After night comes dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.
Samuel Rutherford |
Peace is not a
relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul.
Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come
only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru |
You may be disappointed
if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
Beverly Sills |
No one should boast of
being honest, dependable, courteous, and considerate for those are fundamental qualities
essential to good character that everyone ought to develop and use.
Waite Phillips |
I have always found that
plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Wisdom is knowing what to
do next; virtue is doing it.
David Star Jordan |
When we honestly ask
ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those
who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain
and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in
a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and
bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the
reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
Henri Nouwen |
Words -- so innocent and
powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they
become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
No sensible decision can
be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world
as it will be.
Isaac Asimov |
Every time you get
knocked down you get up stronger.
Marlon Brando |
The love we give and
receive is all that matters and all that is remembered. Suffering disappears; love
remains.
Bobbie Probstein |
Keep your face to the
sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller |
| Bad habits are like a
comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. |
| Knowing trees, I
understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. |
We are given one life and
the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to
act, and in acting, to live.
General Omar Bradley |
The loss of a loved one
is by far the worst thing most people ever go through. Does anyone ever get over the death
of someone close? Doubtful. The best anyone can do is come to terms with the loss, find
peace and comfort, and maybe eventually inspiration in having known the loved one.
Randi Reisfeld and Marie Morreale |
It is not the critic who
counts; not the man who points out how the strong man fails, or where the doer of deeds
could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and
comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings;
but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great
devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the
triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while
daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know
neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt |
Realize that if you have
time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about
it.
Anthony J. D'Angelo |
How far you go in life
depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with
the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have
been all of these.
George Washington Carver |
The mediocre teacher
tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher
inspires.
William A. Ward |
Treasure your
relationships, not your possessions.
Anthony J. D'Angelo |
Lying in bed would be an
altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to
draw on the ceiling.
Gilbert K. Chesterton |
Your mind is like a
parachute. It only works if it is open.
Anthony J. D'Angelo |
Automatic simply means
that you can't repair it yourself.
Mary H. Waldrip |
Take rest; a field that
has rested gives a bountiful crop.
Ovid |
You can complain because
roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
Ziggy |
TOP TEN THINGS TO DO FOR
YOURSELF
By Sibyl McLendon
1. Learn to love yourself. You are just as deserving of your love and respect as anyone
else is. When you learn to love yourself, you treat yourself better because you know that
you are worthy of it.
2. Realize that you deserve only the best that life has to offer. When you know that you
deserve the best, you'll go out and create the best for yourself.
3. Set a goal for yourself and then do what you need to do to reach it. No matter how
small the goal, reaching it will make you feel very good about yourself.
4. Learn a new skill. Learning is how we grow and assure ourselves that we are alive and
capable.
5. Take time just for yourself every day. Even 15 minutes a day is enough to re-charge
your battery. This is not selfish; it is self- preservation.
6. Do something creative. Find a hobby that you enjoy and just do it. Creativity just
feels good.
7. Tell the people that you care about how you feel. Never pass up the chance to tell
someone that you love him or her. This way, you will never feel the pain of regret.
8. Let go of the past. It is gone forever. Learning to live in the here and now is
invaluable in making every day the best.
9. Let go of one grievance or prejudice. We all have them, and they are just black holes
on our soul.
10. Laugh every single day. One good belly laugh is healing. If you can't see anything to
laugh at, you aren't looking hard enough. |
Luke 15:4-7
4 "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not
leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture, and go after the one which is lost, until he
finds it? 5 "And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6
"And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to
them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' 7 "I tell you that
in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over
ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. |
Peace
comes when we take our focus off our problems and put it on our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ!
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you
may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans
15:13
May God Bless You and Guide Your Every Step and Word, I Do Hope You Have Been Blessed at
Franny's Place and Enjoyed Your Time Here.
Our Father in Heaven, give Us that Love with NO End.
In Jesus Name Praise God!!!
Thank You Jesus, I Love YOU!
With Love Franny
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GEORGE
STRAIT -
Love Without End, Amen
Album: 50 Number Ones (2004)
I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye Fightin' was against the
rules and it didn't matter why
When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waitin' for the worst
And he said...
let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son
And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him
I said...
let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen
Last night I dreamed I'd died and stood outside those pearly gates When suddenly I
realized there must be some mistake If they know half the things I've done, they'll never
let me in Then somewhere from the other side, I heard these words again
And they said...
let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen |
 
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