What Can a Man Believe?

In every human being, whether emperor or cowboy, prince or

pauper, philosopher or slave, there is a mysterious something

which he neither understands nor controls. It may lie dormant

for so long as to be almost forgotten; it may be so repressed

that the man supposes it is dead. 

But one night he is alone in the desert under the starry sky;

one day he stands with bowed

head and damp eyes beside an open grave; or there comes an

hour when he clings with desperate instinct to the wet rail of a

storm - tossed boat, and suddenly out of the forgotten depths of

his being this mysterious something leaps forth. It over - reaches

habit; it pushes aside reason, and with a voice that will not be

denied it cries out its questionings and its prayer.

What Can a Man Believe?, Barton

Real Women Have Curves  

Real women have curves, wrinkles, and flaws.

Each one earned with experience, 

 perseverance and determination.

There's no computer to airbrush your

 mistakes.

Let them make you who you are.

Love every mark, every scar, every extra 

curve you wished to go away,

Accept what you can't learn to love,

Then let go of what you can't accept.

Treasure them for their memories

Like a worn love letter or ratty old quilt from 

generations of old.

Each wrinkle comes with the wisdom only

 years of life can give.

And life is not to be hidden or covered up.

For life is how a girl grows into a woman

And real women have curves.

By Anonymous

 Spread Your Wings 

Close your eyes, open your heart

concentrate hard, get ready to start.

It is almost time to lift off and fly.

Believe in yourself and you'll fly very high.

Open your wings, spread them out

This is what flying is all about.

I know you can make it through this test.

Come on now. Do your best.

Now that you can fly and soar,

you can enter that successful door.

You've spread your wings and lifted your voice.

It's now time for others to make the right choice.

© By Gregory Hudson