CHAPTER 8, PAGE 16

IF YOU WERE BUSY

If you were busy being kind,

Before you knew it you would find

You'd soon forget to think 'twas true

That someone was unkind to you.

If you were busy being glad

And cheering people who seem sad,

Although your heart might ache a bit,

You'd soon forget to notice it.

If you were busy being good,

And doing just the best you could,

You'd not have time to blame some man

Who's doing just the best he can.

If you were busy being true

To what you know you ought to do,

You'd be so busy you'd forget

The blunders of the folks you've met.

If you were busy being right,

You'd find yourself too busy quite

To criticize your brother long,

Because he's busy being wrong.

Author unknown

GOOD MORNING !

I am a busy person and most of the time there are never enough hours in my day. I love to do so many things, that is is very hard to pick and choose. What few hours that are leftever after work go by so fast that priorities always come first.

I’ve found that making a list does help, but when I forget where I put the list I’m in trouble. The planner book I bought just for such things as these, seems to always be in my purse in the other room. Now if I could tie that book around my neck it would be a good thing for sure.

Perfection is not one of my traits and I often let a lot go, just to do what I think is essential. What is imperative to others, rarely seems to be important to me.

I try very hard not to criticize or judge other people. Like the poem above most of the time I am too busy trying to keep myself on track, that I don’t have time to think about what someone is doing. The only things that I’m never too busy to do is to thank the good Lord for all his blessings and to pray for those in need. Those are two of my precedence’s each day.

Things I’m THANKFUL for this Thursday

I’m thankful for the cooler days we’ve had

I’m thankful for my health and that of my family

I’m thankful for the new pastor at our church

I’m thankful for critters that always welcome me home each evening

I’m thankful for being able to share a SMILE or two each day with others

And I’m so very THANKFUL for those that share some sunshine and smiles with me too!

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

 YOU CAN NEVER TELL

You never can tell when you send a word

Like an arrow shot from a bow

By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind,

Just where it may chance to go.

It may pierce the breast of your dearest friend,

Tipped with its poison or balm,

To a stranger's heart in life's great mart

It may carry its pain or its calm.

You never can tell when you do an act

Just what the result will be,

But with every deed you are sowing a seed,

Though the harvest you may not see.

Each kindly act is an acorn dropped

In God's productive soil;

You may not know, but the tree shall grow

With shelter for those who toil.

You can never tell what your thoughts will do

 In bringing you hate or love,

 For thoughts are things, and their airy wings

Are swifter than carrier doves.

They follow the law of the universe,

Each thing must create its kind,

And they speed o'er the track to bring you back

Whatever went out from your mind.

Author Unknown

May your day be blessed with a few SMILES and lots of SUNSHINE to warm your heart !

MA

 

 

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