My Worry

A little bitty worry
Started early in the day;
By noon it seemed my worry
Hovered, standing in my way;
The things and thoughts
I should have had
Got buried in my mind,
Until my little worry turned
Into the horrid kind.
By bedtime I was frantic -
What to do, oh what to do!
And then I couldn't go to sleep,
For worrying - fretting, too.
By morning I was almost sick,
When suddenly and soon,
My worry had been all worked out
Before the toll of noon;
Then I looked back and saw my worry
Just for what it was -
A thing that didn't happen,
As a worry seldom does.

-Bonnie Daisy Nelson

Smile, it makes people think you're up to something ^.~

Yes, always keep them uncertain... ;-)

To Know All Is To Forgive All

If I knew you and you knew me -
If both of us could clearly see,
And with an inner sight divine
The meaning of your heart and mine -
I'm sure that we would differ less
And clasp our hands in friendliness;
Our thoughts would pleasantly agree
If I knew you and you knew me.

If I knew you and you knew me,
As each one knows his own self, we
Could look each other in the face
And see therein a truer grace.
Life has so many hidden woes,
So many thorns for every rose;
The 'why' of things our hearts would see,
If I knew you and you knew me.

-Nixon Waterman

I really enjoyed ready all of these, thanks for sharing :)

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. ~ Albert Einstein

Groovy! ;-)

John Wesley's Rule

Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.

-John Wesley

The Man Who Thinks He Can

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you'd like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

-Walter D. Wintle

I read it, but I don't remember where or who wrote it. I loved it and I wrote it down.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand and wine in the other, clothing covered with faux animal fur. Nails painted wild colors and patterns. body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "Woo Hoo!! what a ride!!

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As soon as time allows, I'll start a 'Words Heal' discussion topic right here in the Laughter Club, but until then, you'll find 'Words Heal' in the ALL PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE SURVIVORS THRIVERS Group by going through the green letter link above. It's there for you.

These are all awsome. :)

Three Old Men

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She told them, "I don't recognize any of you, but you must be hungry; please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?" they asked. "No," she replied. "Then we cannot come in."

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a house together," they said. "Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the old men explained, "His name is Wealth," and pointed to one of his friends. Pointing to the other, he said, "He is Success. And I am Love." Then he added, "Now go and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home. The woman went in and told her husband what the old man had said. Her husband was overjoyed.

"Wealth - let him come in and fill our home with wealth!" said the husband. His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite in Success?" Their daughter was listening and said, "Why don't we invite Love in? Our home will then be filled with love!" "Let us heed our daughter's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the three men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and started following him. Surprised, the woman asked Wealth and Success, "I only invited Love, so why are you coming in?" The old men replied together, "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there will be Wealth and Success!"

-Author Unknown

You have to believe in happiness
Or happiness never comes...
Oh, that's the reason a bird can sing -
On his darkest day he believes in Spring.

-Catherine Hall