IT’S SO EASY
It’s so very easy to gripe and complain
To dwell on your sorrows or maybe your pain
To start every day with a feeling so blue
Wondering why life is unfair to you
It’s also easy to feel all alone
To think no one else knows
The heartache you’ve known
It’s easy to look in the mirror and see
A person whose luck is as bad as can be
But looking at things in a whole other light
Can make all your problems seem ever so light
If you start every day with a really big smile
If you do what you need to with grace and with style
If you think of how much worse your life could have been
If you take just one frown and turn it into a grin
If you see someone else that’s much worse off than you
Yet they seem to be happy that should give you a clue
How easy it is to forget what we’ve got
To dwell almost always on what we have not
But practicing how to be thankful for things
Makes it easy to face life and all that it brings
I’m not saying it’s easy to hold up your chin
To not feel discouraged and throw the towel in
But counting your blessings instead of your woes
Brings new comfort and hope to your life, Heaven knows
Find something good about every new day
Find something positive that you can say
No matter how trivial, little or small
Even if you think that is not much at all
A small thing today and another tomorrow
Will add up and grow til it lightens your sorrow
Each day becomes easier and then you’ll see
A smile in the place of where a frown used to be
Author Unknown
GOOD MORNING
I found the poem above quite by chance and after reading it, I thought someone must have written it just for me. It says so much of what I really do believe.
It is FINALLY Friday and I’m so ready for the weekend. I have lots to do with being away last weekend, but I’m going to enjoy every single moment of it. I’ve been paying dearly for those few short days of vacation that I truly enjoyed.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
May your day be blessed with a few SMILES and lots of SUNSHINE to warm your heart !
MA
8 comments:
Yes as I was reading it I also thought the same.So much is worth having no matter how small.SMILE is a word I often use to people.I see once they have put a smile on there faces how much happier from then on they seem to be."Little things mean a lot" I also tell them,and your journal means a lot to me ,it is wonderful.Have a lovely day.Take Care God Bless.
Astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES
soemtiesm it sthe tineiest thing that gives you hope.
This one I have to print out! I need to keep it handy to REMIND me. For every action there is a reaction. This is true in more than physics.
Lovely entry as usual,have a lovely weekend ...love Jan xx
Great entry! And the thought for the day is so true. I never thought of it that way.
Have an enjoyable weekend.
Pam
The poem could have been written for me too. When things get tough, it's the humour I've been blessed with, that sees me through. Have a lovely weekend.
Sylvia xx
When I get overwhelmed, I just do what I must do and save the little things for another time.
Angela : )
Have a great weekend!
Linda :)
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