When bad things happen
Try to see something beautiful in the ugly.
Look back at the dreams you held
The hopes, the treasured memories and
How you grappled with the problems of your day,
Put your faith in a higher self, this is what writes
Your destiny, shapes your yesterdays
Your tomorrows. There are no accidents, coincidences
Nor some chance factor in this life
Regardless what the pundit's say about 'karmic' debts
You are supposed to have earned in some other,
'As a man (woman) thinketh in their heart so he/she is'
The law says we reap only what we sow, so, let what 'light'
That may be in you guide your head an heart,
Walk in truth, seeking at best to do what is right.
Where there's pain and hurts and unjust thrusts by
Poisoned mouths that makes you stumble on your way
Hold no revenge nor hate nor sad regrets, learn somehow
To turn these things to greater deeds that uplifts another's day.
No one knows just what a day may bring or how
One's night may fall, but be assured there is a greater power
Above and beyond the minds of men, I have called upon
That power so many times in this awesome life of ours-it works!
Hold on to who you are, feed first your soul, and as I've said
Where there's pain and problems and you feel you can't
Go on, reach out my loyal friend, hold on, hold on and leave
The earthly cares of this fleeting,transient life to a power that
Lies within and and also there without, I have put my faith in that
Not the 'faiths' that men and women make in a world where
Money rules the day. Sure, there's pain and depressed states
And countless other things, the hells of being human.
Whatever dreams you've lost along the way and so called friends
That have left you when you've failed, and if cry you must, and we all do,
Whatever the price you have to pay make every tear a
Shining sun to light a brother's /sisters' way, I know its hard but
All things pass, its the getting up the times you fall and journeying on
To life's given end still loving....forgiving...with concern for fellow humans
With greater needs than we, let joy and love, compassion, care
Forgiving-ness dance your heart and when all else fails there's a Book
They say that offers the greatest hope to the living,and the most
Comfortable to the dying.......
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