SMILE
It doesn't cost a cent.
A smile is something all your own,
It never can be lent.
A smile is welcome anywhere,
It does away with frowns.
A smile is good for everyone,
To ease the ups and downs.
Author-Unknown
HUGS
It's a wonderous what a hug can do
A hug can cheer you when you're blue.
A hug can say, "I love you so,"
or "Gee! I hate to see you go."
A hug is, "Welcome back again!"
and "Great to see you!" or
"Where you been?"
A hug can soothe a small child's pain
and bring a rainbow after rain.
The Hug! There's just no doubt about it,
We scarely could survive with out it,
A hug delights and warm and charms,
It must be why God gave us arms.
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers,
and chances are for some favorite aunts
love them more than potted plants.
Kittens crave them. Puppies love them.
Heads of state are not above them.
A hug can break a language barrier,
and make the dullest day seem merrier.
No need to fret about the stor of 'em.
The more you give, the more
there are of them.
So stretch those arms without delay
and give someone a hug today.
Author - Unknown
Parents helping their children is:
a duty...perform it
a gift...accept it
a challenge...meet it
an opportunity...take it
a journey...complete it
a promise...fulfill it
a goal...achieve it
a struggle...fight it
a puzzle...solve it
Author Unknown
Children learn what they live
If a child lives with criticism,
he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility,
he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule,
he learns to feel shy.
If a child lives with shame,
he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance,
he learns to patient.
If a child lives with encouragement,
he learns to confidence.
If a child lives with praise,
he learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness,
he learns justice.
If a child lives with security,
he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval,
he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance
and friendship
he learns to find love in the world.
Author - Unknown
The Dilemma of the Adolescent
that I am suppose to know,
I don't know what it is I don't know,
and yet am suppose to know,
and I feel I look stupid
If I seem both not to know it
and not know what it is I don't know.
Therefore I pretend I know it.
This is nerve-racking
since I don't know what
I must pretend to know
Therefore I pretend to know everything.
I feel you know what I am suppose to know
but you can't tell me what it is
because you don't know what I don't know
what it is.
You may know what I don't know, but not
that I don't know it,
and I can't tell you.
So you will have to tell me everything.
Author- F.D. Laing
It's How You Cope
Some are small, some are larger in size.
There are portions of every existance
Which clearly we'd like to revise.
But stress and problems are normal...
Disappointments are part of the game.
If we let these moments control us,
We must assume the blame.
It's how we react that's important;
We mustn't distort what we feel.
Let's work with what life has to offer
And never begrudge a bad deal.
Depression can never assist us
In weathering woes on this earth.
We shouldn't let each disappointment
Give rise to more grief than it's worth.
Instead we should try to discover,
As life in intensity mounts,
A way to place things in proportion.
You see, how we cope is what count.
Author- Unknown
RISKS
To laugh is…to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is…to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is…to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is…to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd
is…to risk there loss.
To love is…to risk not being loved in return.
To live is…to risk dying.
To hope is…to risk despair.
To try is…to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk
nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is
nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn,
feel, change, grow, love or live. Chained by his certitude’s, he is a slave,
he has forfeited freedom.
Only a person who risks is FREE..
Author Unknown
Accept Me
I am I
Do not change me
condemn me
nor put me down
Accept me for what I am
No... you need not agree with me
but accept me
for I am total in being
I have my faults
I have my guilts
But that is who I am
Perfect I will never be
Allow me to be uninhibited
Do not pressure me into feeling
what I do not feel
Accept me when I am flying high
As I have accepted you when
you were flying high
Do not put me down...nor make
me feel unhappy about me
I am I
and I like being what I am
ME.
Author - Larry S. Chengges