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Treasure Beach Forum: Inspirational Thoughts: April 20-26
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Glasceta Honeyghan on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 03:05 pm: Edit Post

Myself

I have to live with myself, and so
I want to be fit for myself to know,
I want to be able, as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye;

I don't want to stand, with the setting sun,
And hate myself for things I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,

And fool myself, as I come and go,
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of a man I really am;
I don't want to dress up myself in sham.

I want to go out with my head erect,
I want to deserve all men's respect;
But here in the struggle for fame and pelf
I want to be able to like myself.

I don't want to look at myself and know
That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show.
I can never hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see;

I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself, and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.

--E.A. Guest

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TODAYâS INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE:

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
~ Henry Ward Beecher


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Glasceta Honeyghan on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 05:55 am: Edit Post

Those Who Love You

If anyone should hurt you
And say a thing unkind,
Remember what I tell you,
And keep these things in mind.

For every one who makes you cry,
There are three who make you smile,
And a smile will last a long, long time,
But a tear just a little while!

If someone says a thing that's cruel,
Don't let it get to you,
There's so much good about you,
And your faults are very few.

So if a certain someone
Should act a certain way,
Just think of those who love you
And don't let it ruin your day.

Don't let someone who hates the world
Cause you to hate it too,
For behind the clouds is a golden sun,
And a sky that's bright and blue!

--Author Unknown


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By glasceta honeyghan on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 08:32 am: Edit Post

Hey everyone, perhaps you can send this poem to special friend


My Special List

I have a list of folks I know...
all written in a book,
And every now and then..
I go and take a look.

That is when I realize
these names... they are a part,
not of the book they're written in...
but taken from the heart.

For each name stands for someone...
who has crossed my path sometime,
and in that meeting they have become...
the reason and the rhyme.

Although it sounds fantastic...
for me to make this claim,
I really am composed...
of each remembered name.



Although you're not aware...
of any special link,
just knowing you has shaped my life...
more than you could think.

So please don't think my greeting...
as just a mere routine,
your name was not ever
forgotten in between.

For when I send a greeting...
that is addressed to you,
it is because you're on the list...
of folks I'm indebted to.



So whether I have known you...
for many days or few,
in some ways you have a part...
in shaping things I do.

I am but a total...
of many folks I've met,
you are a friend I would prefer...
never to forget.

Thanks For Being My Friend!
--author unknown


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By KC on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 08:23 pm: Edit Post

Beautiful! Thank you Dr. Glasceta Honeyghan for posting this, as it goes to all the people we've met in Treasure Beach. We miss them dearly every day. We look forward to your postings everyday. Again, Thank you!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Glasceta Honeyghan on Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 06:13 am: Edit Post

Be a Winner

Everyone's a winner,
If that is what they choose,
Unless their choice is not to win,
Then of course they lose.

Winners always have ideas,
While losers fix the blame,
The two might seem to be alike,
They sure don't think the same.

All winners have a dream,
Of what they want to do,
Then plan a life to reach their goal,
To make their dreams come true.

Losers see a problem,
In every good idea,
All a winner sees is another chance,
To further their career.

What we do about our thoughts,
Is up to you and me,
For what we never think about,
Will never come to be.

So give a thought to how you think,
And what you think about,
For it's what you do about your thoughts,
Is how your life turns out.

by C.N.A Day


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Glasceta Honeyghan on Friday, April 25, 2003 - 06:27 am: Edit Post

Nobody

If nobody smiled and nobody cared
and nobody helped us along.
If every moment looked after itself and
good things always went to the strong;

If nobody cared just a little about you
and nobody cared about me,
and we stood alone, in the battle of life,
What a dreary old world this would be.

Life is sweet, just because of
friends we have made
and the things which in common we share.
We want to live on, not because of ourselves,
but because of the people who care.

It is doing and giving for somebody else
on which all of life's splendor depends.
The joy of this world, when you've
summed it all up,
is found in the making of friends.

Lade Thomas Conlee


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Glasceta Honeyghan on Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 05:49 am: Edit Post

If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I'd teach less about the love of power,
and more about the power of love.
~ Author Unknown ~