Meaning of Life-Unknown

30 06 2006

One day I met a wise old man
Who was sitting in the park
And there upon the bench with him
We talked ‘till early dark

 

He told me of his travels
To a far off distant land
Where the secret meaning of our lives
Was taught to him first hand

 

I listened to his story
Amazed by what he said
The simple truth of which he spoke
Was knowledge not widespread

 

In great detail he did explain
What life was all about
And how the answer we do seek
We don’t have to be without

 

There was something in his message
That I could not reject
A wisdom that I understood
So simple and direct

 

My life forever has been changed
By the words I heard that day
A concept old as life itself
And by far the one true way

 

An answer to the question why
And the reason we exist
Solutions I would not now know
If my walk that day was missed

 

 

 

 





Poems Are Friends-John McLeod

30 06 2006

Poems are the Friends we make them
Expressing in words a thought
Of happiness, sadness, caring,
Experience dearly bought.

 

Poems have their own sweet language
That buds and comes to bloom,
Showing their many colors…
Light in a darkened room.

 

Poems let us say: “I love you.”
Poems let us say: “Goodbye.”
Poems can be strong, or gentle,
Raising a smile or sigh…

 

For poems are about our living
The road that we, daily, take,
Of Love and of selfless giving.
Poems are the Friends we make!





What Love Actually Is-Unknown

30 06 2006

Why do we close our eyes when we sleep? When we cry?
When we imagine? When we kiss?
This is because the most beautiful things in
the world are unseen.

 

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird
and when we find someone whose weirdness
is compatible with ours,
we join up with them and fall in
mutual weirdness and call it love.

 

There are things that we never want to let go of,
people we never want to leave behind,
but keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world,
it’s the beginning of a new life.

 

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt,
those who have searched and those who have tried.
For only they can appreciate the importance of the people
who have touched their lives.

 

A great love? It’s when you shed tears and still
you care for him,
it’s when he ignores you and still you long for him.
It’s when he begins to love another and yet you still smile
and say I’m happy for you.

 

If love fails, set yourself free,
let your heart spread its wings and fly again.
Remember you may find love and lose it, but when love dies,
you never have to die with it.

 

The strongest people are not those who always win
but those who stand back up when they fall.

 

Somehow along the course of life,
you learn about yourself and realize
there should never be regrets,
only a lifelong appreciation of the choices you’ve made.

 

A true friend understands when you say, I forgot,
waits forever when you say, just a minute,
stays when you say leave me alone,
opens the door even before you knock and says can I come in?

 

Loving is not how you forget but how you forgive,
not how you listen but how you understand,
not what you see but how you feel,
and not how you let go but how you hold on.

 

It’s more dangerous to weep inwardly rather than outwardly.
Outward tears can be wiped away while secret tears scar forever.

 

In love, very rarely do we win
but when love is true, even if you lose,
you still win just for having the tingle of loving someone
more than you love yourself.

 

There comes a time when we have to stop loving someone
not because that person has stopped loving us
but because we have found out
that they’d be happier if we let go.

 

It’s best to wait for the one you want than settle for one that’s available.
Best to wait for the one you love than one who is around.
Best to wait for the right one
because life is too short to waste on just someone.

 

Sometimes the one you love turns out to be the one who hurts you the most,
and sometimes the friend who takes you into his arms
and cries when you cry
turns out to be the love you never knew you wanted.

 

If you really love someone never let go,
don’t believe that letting go means that you love best,
instead fight for your love,
that’s what true love is.

 

Laugh to your heart’s content; you cannot go
through life without it.





Keep Trying-Unknown

30 06 2006

Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl.
One was an optimistic soul,
But the other took the gloomy view.
“We shall drown,” he sobbed with much ado!
And with a last despairing cry,
He flung up his legs and said, “Good-bye!”

 

Said the other frog with merry grin,
“I can’t get out, but I won’t give in.
I’ll just swim around till my strength is spent,
Then will I die the more content!”

 

Bravely he swam till it would seem
His struggles began to churn the cream!
On top of the butter at last he stopped,
And out of the bowl he happily hopped!

 

So what is the moral? ‘Tis easily found;
If you can’t hop out, keep swimming around!





Your Beautiful Life-Unknown

30 06 2006

God decided in Heaven one day-
that you should be born in a wonderful way.
He chose your parents- their elements right-
to create a special ‘You’. What a beautiful sight.

 

There’s no one on earth exactly like you-
a miracle of life in all that you do.
Sometimes we lose sight of the beauty we have.
We don’t see any good- only the bad.

 

We start out our lives with the world in our hands,
but, as we grow older, forget what’s been planned.
We feel lost and confused- unloved and alone
and sometimes our hearts feel hardened- like stone.

 

We almost get blinded by our saddened thoughts-
’till we no longer see what we’ve really got.
We get numb to the love of our family and friends-
we can’t see the hope, the future- just the end.

 

These words said to you in the hope you’ll achieve-
fall upon ears that no longer believe-
that YOU are so special- a star in the night-
who shines in His glory, your own special light.

 

You feel so unworthy, but you don’t know why
and you search for the answers which just makes you cry.
Sometimes you need someone to help sort it out-
someone who will listen- to whom you can shout:

 

“I feel disconnected, sad and unsure.
I just don’t know what to do anymore.
I know deep inside that there’s got to be hope,
but right now I just feel at the end of my rope.”

 

“Help me find the answers. Help me find my way.
Plant my feet on the road of happiness today.
Help me learn how to deal with feeling so lost-
that there’s no price for love- there isn’t a cost.”

 

And though you feel frightened, scared and alone-
it’s just like you’ve called your friend God on the phone.
He’ll lean into your ear and He’ll whisper these words-
forever in truth- the most wonderful heard:

 

“You need to believe that you’re worth more than this-
and I’ll help you climb out of your dark abyss.
With time and with love you will figure it out-
and I’ll always be there, loving you- have no doubt.”

 

“The love of your family and friends just for you-
will mean so much more when you know I am True.
But, first you must learn how to love who you are.
Believe as I do- you’re a bright, shining star.”