There must be a beautiful morning somewhere, A dawn lit by justice and judgment is fair.
A place where a helping hand is held out, An ear that will listen stands poised and devout.
A place you can go when your heart needs attending, A place where a spirit gets healing and mending.
A place where love's fire burns bright day and night, And in from the cold you may warm by its light.
There must be a brilliant evening somewhere, Where the sun finally sets on pain and despair.
Where the coming of night is not filled with grief, And comforting sleep brings you joyful relief.
A place where the sunset is apt to reflect ,A day without malice, without disrespect.
A place where the only tears shed are for joy, And a heart is not battered and bounced like a toy.
There must be a wonderful day somewhere, In a place filled with love and a great need to care.
A place where the burdens of conflict are lifted, Where love is a skill and all lovers are gifted.
Where daily are spoken the words that support, And every mistake is not met with retort.
A place where the land has not soaked up the blood, Where honor and truth are not cast in the mud.
A place where the children are not left alone, Where Sisters and Brothers may come to atone.
Where homeless and helpless don't cower in fright, Where the hearts and the minds of the world can unite.
So you set on a journey to seek out this land, With compass and map and a vision so grand.
To find peace and comfort in a world that's so new, Where waters are crystal and skies are so blue.
With showers that cleanse and winds that refresh, Where the spirit is fed and not just the flesh.
But search as you may, what you'll find to be true, That it cannot be found, until it's found within you.
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles,it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
And we could never fly.
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 judgements of your accomplishments.
May you always feel loved
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest: to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or pause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause!
And I know, if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm When I'm laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable stars
The wind's not always at our back the sky is not always blue.
Sometimes we crave the things we lack and don't know what to do.
Sometimes life's an uphill ride with mountains we must climb.
At times the river's deep and wide and crossing takes some time.
No one said that life is easy there are no guarantees.
So trust the Lord continually on calm or stormy seas.
The challenges we face today prepares us for tomorrow.
For faith takes our fears away
and peace replaces sorrow.