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

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are

more blessed than the million who will not survive the week.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof

over your head, and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 percent of this world.

If you have money in the bank or in your wallet, you are among the

top 8 percent ofthe world’s wealthy.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly

thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

—Author unknown

Courage Prayer - Mother Teresa

There is a light that beckons you forward and it comes from within you.

Embrace it.

Don't try to hide in the shadow of fear it casts behind you.

For if you are committed to finding the courage to live with an open heart.

There is no greater way to love others, or to love yourself, than to fulfill your unique potential,

To express your unique greatness and to become the unique leader you have it within you to become.

Finding the courage to be a leader and touch the lives of others in ways that only you can do, is the most profound act of love, and service, and significance.

Dare to want more from your life and to dig deeper into yourself to experience its mystery, its richness, and its sacredness more fully.

For when you do so you will see with greater clarity just how universal we all are.

And sensing that we are all part of a bigger whole, you will come to know, perhaps for the first time, that your life is truly holy, and that it is not just your responsibility to honor the sacred within you, but your obligation.

This is the truth that speaks from my heart.

I invite you to open yours to receive it.

"Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;Give the world the best you've got anyway."