Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

There are two days in every week that we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control.

All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. Nor can we erase a single word we've said - yesterday is gone!

The other day we shouldn't worry about is tomorrow, with its impossible adversaries, its burden, its hopeful promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our control.

Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds - but it will rise. And until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

This leaves only one day - today. Any person can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when we add the burdens of yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.

It is not the experience of today that drives people mad - it is the remorse of bitterness for something which happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.

Let us, therefore, live one day at a time!

Author Unknown

After Glow

Pat Tipple

No life passes without a purpose.

No sorrow goes uncomforted.

We live in the hearts of those we left behind.

Edie Miles

I searched for a reason I could not find

I asked why this?

Why her?

Why now?

So much support
So much strength
All this still not enough
To relieve the pain she felt

She held a cover over my eyes
Kept it all inside
Never to release all the worry and pain
Stayed strong

Worked through it all
Lived life to the fullest
Breathed deep
Now sighs of relief

Bradley Lepitre

Joan Kyler

Smile Is A Sign Of….

A smile is a sign of love
A smile is a sign of care
A smile tells how much to others
You are important and also dear

A smile is sign of cheer
A smile is a sign of trust
A smile shows how you can
Be happy even in hard crust

A smile is a sign of joy
A smile is a sign of hope
A smile teaches you how you can
Remove the clouds of mope

For nothing but only a smile
Takes away your pain and trial
And pick your trouble’s pile
And let you smile, smile and smile.

Seema Chowdhury

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

(From "Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou)

Today I Smiled.....

Today I smiled and all at once things didn't look so bad.

Today I shared with someone else, a bit of hope I had.

Today I sang a little song, and felt my heart grow light,

And walked a happy little mile, with not a cloud in sight.

Today I worked with what I had and longed for nothing more,

And what had seemed like only weeds were flowers at my door.

Today I loved a little more and complained a little less,

And in the giving of myself, I forgot my weariness.

~~Author Unknown~~