Thoughts Talk

Just close your eyes and open your heart, And feel your worries and cares depart. Just yield yourself to the Father above, And let Him hold you secure in His love. For life on earth grows more involved, With endless problems that can't be solved. But God only ask us to do our best, Then He will take over and finish the rest. So when you are tired, discouraged and blue, There is always one door that is open to you. And that is the door to The House of Prayer, And you'll find God waiting to meet you there. And The House of Prayer is no further away, Than the quiet spot where you kneel and pray. For the heart is a temple when God is there, As we place ourselves in His loving care. And He hears every prayer and answers each one, When we Pray in His name - Thy will be done. The burdens that seemed too heavy to bear, Are lifted away on the wings of a prayer.

1. HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure. 2. WEALTH enough to support your needs. 3. STRENGTH to battle with difficulties and overcome them. 4. GRACE enough to confess your sins and forsake them. 5. PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished. 6. CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor. 7. LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. 8. FAITH enough to make real the things of God. 9. HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

Friendships online are often fleeting, Made and lost without even once meeting. How many friends from online have I lost I haven't kept count nor figured the cost. Some depart, spouting bluster and rage, Others as quietly as the turn of a page. Many return though I couldn't say when, While the rest are never heard from again. For the loss of some, the fault is my own, An unkind word spoken and I'm left alone. Some friends turn away for no reason at all. I'm puzzled and hurt when they shun my call. Scores of friends are forever lost to me Since the systems we called ceased to be. And more than once, I've had friends die. I can't forget them; I don't even try. So take a moment during your time online And be aware, though there's no outward sign. That sound you hear, that solitary crying, Might well be the sound of friendships dying.

An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you." The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued. "I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One very special seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back here after one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!" One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it h...

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget." "Today the world is run by three of the most secretive institutions in the world: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, all three of which, in turn, are dominated by the U.S. Their decisions are made in secret. The people who head them are appointed behind closed doors. Nobody really knows anything about them, their politics, their beliefs, their intentions. Nobody elected them. Nobody said they could make decisions on our behalf." "The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the m...

"I’m not going to die until I can spend it." ~Chuck Feeney [SOURCE :: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-feeney8mar08,0,5386641.story]

I The eye you see is not an eye because you see it; it is an eye because it sees you. II To talk with someone, ask a question first, then -- listen. III Narcissism is an ugly fault, and now it's a boring fault too. IV But look in your mirror for the other one, the other one who walks by your side. V Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it. VI This Narcissus of ours can't see his face in the mirror because he has become the mirror. VII New century? Still firing up the same forge? Is the water still going along in its bed? VIII Every instant is Still. IX The sun in Aries. My window is open to the cool air. Oh the sound of the water far off! The evening awakens the river. X In the old farmhouse -- a high tower with storks! -- the gregarious sound falls silent, and in the field where no on is, water makes a sound among the rocks. XI Just as before, I'm interested in water held in; but now water in livin...