2008-10-09T10:57:00.000-07:00

Allow me to share this beautiful poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This poem is full of hope and inspiration.

55. A Psalm of Life

What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! --
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, -- act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2008-10-08T21:29:00.001-07:00

Don't spend major time with minor people.
Surround yourself with people who reflect values, goals interests and lifestyles.
Think of your successes, Be thankful to God from whom all blessings flow, and to your family and friends who enrich your life.
Remember what your elders used to say,
"Birds of a feather flock together. If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens can't fly!"

2008-10-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

Man is the measure of all things. What he does define him and his whole being. In the same manner the measure to which he measures will be measure out against him. We better be careful but loving.

THE TRUTH