MUSIC NOTE:  I chose "Go Rest High On That Mountain" for this page because it is very dear to my heart for personal reasons.  

                Selection Two

UNTITLED

I never knew a night so black light failed to follow on its track.

I never knew a storm so gray it failed to have its clearing day.

I never knew such bleak despair that there was not a rift, somewhere.

I never knew an hour so drear love could not fill it full of cheer!

-- John Kendrick Bangs

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Another Tack

When you suspect you're going wrong or lack the strength to move along; with placid poise among your peers because of haunting doubts or fears:  It's time for you to shift your pack and steer upon another tack!

When wind and waves assail your ship and anchors from the bottom slip; when clouds of mist obscure your sun, and foaming waters madly run:  It's time for you to change your plan and make a port while yet you can! 

When men laugh at your woeful plight, and seek your old repute to blight; when all the world bestows a frown while you are sliding swiftly down:  It's time for you to show your grit and let the scoffers know you're fit!

When failure opes your luckless door and struts across the creaking floor; when fortune flees and leaves you bare and former friends but coldly stare:  It's time for you to take a tack and show the world you're coming back!

-- Lilburn Harwood Townsend

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Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her and yet sings, knowing that she has wings.

-- Victor Hugo

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If a Child Lives With...
 

    If a child lives with criticism
    He learns to condemn.

    If a child lives with hostility
    He learns to fight.

    If a child lives with ridicule
    He learns to be shy.

    If a child lives with jealousy
    He learns to feel guilty.

    But if a child lives with tolerance
    He learns to be patient.

    If a child lives with encouragement
    He learns self-confidence.

    If a child lives with praise
    He learns to appreciate.

    If a child lives with fairness
    He learns justice.

    If a child lives with approval
    He learns to like himself.

    If a child lives with security
    He learns to have faith.

    If a child lives with acceptance and friendship
    He learns to find love in the world.

    -- Unknown Author

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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