Take time to think.... it is the source of power.
Take time to play.... it is the secret of perpetual youth.

Take time to read.... it is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray.... it is the greatest power on earth.

Take time to love and be loved.... it is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly.... it is the road to happiness.

Take time to laugh.... it is the music of the soul.
Take time to give.... it is too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to work.... it is the price of success.
Take time to do charity.... it is the key to heaven.

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
Keep your spirits high for through thick and thin,
You must carry on if you are to win.

Life is strange with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns.
It challenges us to often give up
When we could have captured the victor's cup.

So turn your failures inside out,
Press them on past fear and doubt.
Never mind if things hold you back a bit,
You'll come out on top ~ but you mustn't quit.

Slow Me Down...Lord

Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace. Give me, amidst the day's confusion,
the calmness of the everlasting hills.

Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing
music of singing streams that live in my memory.

Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep.
Teach me the art of taking "minute vacations"
slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend,
to read a few lines from a good book.

Remind me of the fable of the hare and tortoise...
that the race is not always to the swift;
that there is more to life than measuring its speed.

Let me look up at the branches of the towering oak
and know that it grew slowly and well.
Inspire me to send my own roots down deep
into the soil of life's endearing values...
that I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny.

Slow me down, Lord.

Think Positive

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you won't.

Success begins with your own will...
It's all in your state of mind.

Life's battles are not always won
By those who are stronger or faster;

Sooner or later the person who wins
Is the person who thinks he or she can.

I Have Dreamed Many Dreams

I've dreamed many dreams that never came true,
I've seen them vanish at dawn;
But I've realized enough of my dreams, thank God,
To make me want to dream on.
I've prayed many prayers when no answer came,
I've waited patient and long;
But answers have come to enough of my prayers,
To make me keep praying on.
I've trusted many a friend who failed,
And left me to weep alone;
But I've found enough of my friends true-blue,
To make me keep trusting on.
I've sown many seeds that fell by the way,
For the birds to feed upon;
But I've held enough golden sheaves in my hand,
To make me keep sowing on.
I've drained the cup of disappointment and pain,
I've gone many days without song,
But I've sipped enough nectar from the rose of life,
To make me want to live on.

~Authors unknown~