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Food for Thought
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SMILE:
A smile costs nothing, but gives
much. It enriches those who receive,
without making poorer those who
give. It takes but a moment but the
memory of it sometimes lasts
forever. None is so rich or mighty
that he can get along without it,
and none is so poor but that he can
be made rich by it. A smile creates
happiness in the home, fosters
goodwill in business and is the
countersign of friendship. It brings
rest to the weary, cheer to the
discouraged, sunshine to the sad,
and it's natures best antidote for
trouble. Yet it cannot be bought,
begged, borrowed or stolen, for it
is something that is of no value to
anyone until it is given away. Some
people are too tired to give you a
smile, give them one of yours, as
none needs a smile so much as he who
has no more to give.
Anon
KINDNESS:
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Kindness is a little star
That twinkles in the night
Kindness is a little flower
That blossoms out of sight |
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Kindness is a loving word
That no-one else can hear
Kindness is a little song
That brings a world of cheer
Kindness is a friendly face
When one is growing old
Kindness is a glowing warmth
When all the world is cold |
Kindness is a helping hand
Across a busy street
Kindness is the loving smile
Which makes our joy complete
Kindness is a 'something'
We never really see
But how immense the difference
It makes to you and me |
Anon |
DEATH IS NOTHING AT ALL:
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away
into the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar
name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity
or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed
together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray
for me.
Let my name be ever the
household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without
affect,
without the trace of a shadow on
it.
Life means all that it ever
meant.
It is the same that it ever
was.
There is absolutely unbroken
continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.
All is well.
by Henry Scott Holland
(1847-1918)
Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral |
DO NOT STAND AT
MY GRAVE AND WEEP:
Do not stand at my grave and
weep,
I am not there, I do not
sleep.
I am a thousand winds that
blow,
I am the softly falling
snow.
I am the gentle showers of
rain,
I am the fields of ripening
grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in
circling flight.
I am the starshine of the
night.
I am in the flowers that
bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that
sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and
cry,
I am not there — I do not
die.
by Mary Elizabeth Frye
(1904-2004)
TAKE TIME:
Take time to work, it is the
price of success.
Take time to think, it is
the source of power.
Take time to play, it is the
secret of perpetual youth.
Take time to read, it is the
foundation of wisdom.
Take time to be friendly, it
is the road to happiness.
Take time to dream, it is
hitching your wagon to a
star.
Take time to love and be
loved, it is the privilege
of the gods.
Take time to look around, it
is too short a day to be
selfish.
Take time to laugh, it is
the music of the soul.
Old English Prayer - Author
Unknown
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