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By William Arthur Ward
Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give.
One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream.
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.
One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal.
One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room.
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom.
One step must start each journey,
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.
One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what’s true.
One life can make the difference,
And may that one be you.
— Author Unknown
When you get what you want in your struggle for self, 
And the world makes you King for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that guy has to say.
For it isn’t your Father or Mother or Wife
Who judgment upon you must pass.
The feller whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the guy staring back from the glass.
He’s the feller to please, never mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear up to the end,
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.
You may be like Jack Horner and “chisel” a plum
And think you’re a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum
If you can’t look him straight in the eye.
You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass.
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him.
Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.
The worst had happened. Everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger.
“God, how could you do this to me?” he cried.
Early the next day, however, he was wakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island.
It had come to rescue him.
“How did you know I was here?” asked the weary man of his rescuers.
“We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.
It’s easy to get discouraged sometimes when things appear to be going badly. But we shouldn’t lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.
Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.
— Author Unknown
When one considers the manner in which life in these United States seems to be going, one would have to wonder if we have all gone mad.
There seems to be a movement afoot whereby everyone is crying about their rights. I got a right to do this, or I got a right to do that. It is a violation of my rights if you don’t let me do this or that or the other thing.
We have become a society caught up in protecting what we perceive as our rights. Law suits are cropping up all over the place and court rooms are crowded with RIGHTS seekers who demand reward for purported infringements upon their personal rights or freedoms.
Our precious founding documents are being manipulated in court rooms around the country and maligned in judge’s chambers regularly.
A nation founded on the belief that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL and endowed by their CREATOR with certain unalienable rights has been twisted to include rights for a few while denying the rights of the many. ALL men are inclusive but the new movement underfoot seems to be exclusive to certain groups and those with a special political agenda or personal vendettas.
Our rich heritage is being eroded by this misconception that I am free and you are not the boss of me attitude seeping into our society as sewage.The very fabric of our society is being eroded by the acidic effect of this cancerous demon of personal rights and freedoms.
"...that where I am you may be also." Jn.14:3
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