How often, for some trivial wrong,
In anger, we retaliate,
We learn, although it takes us long,
That life is far to brief for hate.
MARGARET E. BRUNER
The touch of human hands
That is the boon we ask;
For groping, day by day,
Along the stony way,
We need the comrade heart
That understands,
And the warmth, the living warmth
Of human hands.
The touch of human hands;
Not vain, unthinking words,
Nor that cold charity
Which shuns our misery;
We s
It isnt the thing you do;
Its the thing you leave undone
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The little acts of kindness,
So easily o
There is so much of loneliness
On this uncharted earth
It seems each ones a prisoner
Within a cell from birth.
There is such need for unison,
Such need for clasping hands,
Yet we deny the brotherhood
The human heart demands.
ANON.
Question not, but live and labour,
Till your goal be won,
Helping every feeble neighbour,
Seeking help from none;
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone
Kindness in anothers trouble,
Courage in our own.
ADAM LINDSAY GORDON
The Twelve Gifts of Birth
At the wondrous moment you were born, as you took your first breath, a great
celebration was held in the heavens, and twelve magnificent gifts were
granted to you by the angels.
The first gift is Strength... may you remember to call upon it
Todays Thought for Sunday is also for Friendship Day.
Wishing one and all a very happy Friendship Day,
Asfan.___
Think of me as your friend, I pray,
And call me by a loving name;
I will not care what others say,
If only you remain the same.
Don't start the day with doubts & fears,
for where they live, Faith disappears.
Love won't grow in a gloomy heart
where sorrows live and teardrops start.
Don't give up before you've begun
you still have time to get things done.
Don't be a quitter; you're not alone
--- we all
One little smile when things go wrong
Will drive off many a frown;
One pleasant look, though the thoughts do rage,
Will put the temper down.
And twice all the pleasure that we give out,
At the time when we are most tempted to pout,
Will sweeten our lives like a breath of May,
And the sun
If you are tempted to reveal
A tale to you someone has told
About another, make it pass
Before you speak, three gates of gold;
These narrow gates. First, Is it true?
Then, Is it needful? In your mind
Give truthful answer. And the next
Is last and narrowest, Is it kind?
And if to re
There is so much of loneliness
On this uncharted earth
It seems each ones a prisoner
Within a cell from birth.
There is such need for unison,
Such need for clasping hands,
Yet we deny the brotherhood
The human heart demands.
ANON.
Sex is so popular because its so centrally located.
One great truth in life Ive found,
While journeying to the West
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
The choicest garb, the sweetest grace,
Are oft to strangers shown;
The careless mien, the frowning face,
Are given to our own.
We flatter those we scarcely
I sent my soul into the Invisible
Some letter of the Afterlife to spell;
By and by soul returned and answered,
I myself am Heaven and Hell.
OMAR KHAYYAM
If we give love and sympathy
Even to those who hate us,
We fill them so with mystery
They know not how to rate us.
HELEN KING
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