♥ WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ♥: ♥ - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 03/13/2013

May you find serenity and tranquility
in a world you may not always understand.
May the pain you have known
And the conflict you have experienced
Give you the strength to walk through life
Facing each new situation
With optimism and courage.
Always know that there are those
Whose love and understanding
Will always be there
Even when you feel most alone.
May you discover enough goodness in others
To believe in a world of peace.
May a kind word, a reassuring touch,
A warm smile, be yours every day of your life,
And may you give these gifts as well as receive them.

Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.

Teach love to those who know hate,

And let that love embrace you as you go into the world.

May the teaching of those you admire

Become part of you,

So that you may call upon them.

Remember, those whose lives you have touched

And who have touched yours are always a part of you,

Even if the encounters were less

Than you would have wished.

May you not become too concerned

With material matters, but instead place

Immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart.

Find time in each day to see the beauty

And love in the world around you.

Realize that each person has limitless abilities,

But each of us is different in our own way.

What you may feel you lack in one regard

May be more than compensated for in another.

What you feel you lack in the present

May become one of your strengths in the future.

May you see your future

As one filled with promise and possibility.

Learn to view everything

As a worthwhile experience.

May you find enough inner strength

To determine your own worth by yourself,

And not be dependent on another's judgments

Of your accomplishments.

May you always feel loved!

~Sandra Sturtz Hauss

"We all make mistakes,

have struggles,

and even regret things in our past.

But you are not your mistakes,

you are not your struggles,

and you are here NOW

with the power to shape your day

and your future."

~ Steve Maraboli

A bend in the road

is not the end of the road...

Unless you fail

to make the turn.

~~Unknown

There is no love

without forgiveness,

and there is

no forgiveness

without love.

- Bryant H. McGill

A broken bone can heal,

but the wound a word opens

can fester forever.

Forgiveness is not always easy.

At times,

it feels more painful than the wound we suffered,

to forgive the one that inflicted it.

And yet,

there is no peace without forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the salve

that heals the wounds

of unkind words and acts.

Forgive everyone

for every hurt you have ever received -

for your own sake,

that you may live in peace.

--Unknown

Sometimes

you have to forget what's gone,

appreciate what still remains,

and look forward

to what's coming next.

--Unknown

- Responding To Reality -

When you think that the world is against you,

it is.

When you know that you can do it,

you can.

If you're sure that today will be

tedious and boring,

it will be.

When you're certain that you can succeed

no matter what the obstacles,

you will.

Reality is what it is.
And yet what truly matters
is how you perceive, relate,
and respond to that reality.
For every situation,
what you think,
what you believe
and what you know
will determine what you do about it.

And what you do about it

will determine how it turns out for you.

Your reality can be completely different

than the reality of someone

standing right next to you.

Because it's not where you are

or what you have that matters,

but what you do with it.

Though thinking alone

does not cause anything to happen,

thinking plays a crucial role

in determining specifically

what does happen.

When you think it,

to the point that

you know it without a doubt,

it will be.

~~Ralph Marston