Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Someone will have a better career.
Someone's houses will always be bigger.
Someone's houses will always be bigger.
Someone will drive a better car.
Her husband might fix more things around the house
or spend more time with his family.
His wife might be a better household manager,
decorator or cook.
or spend more time with his family.
His wife might be a better household manager,
decorator or cook.
Their children might do better in school.
Just let those things go.
In 100 years, none of that will matter
So does it really matter now?
Love YOU and your circumstances.
So does it really matter now?
Love YOU and your circumstances.
Think about it!
The handsomest man in the world might have hell in his heart.
The most highly favored woman on your job
might not be able to have children.
The richest person you know with all those beautiful things
might be the loneliest.
The jerk who cut you off in traffic last night,
might be a single mother who worked nine hours that day
and is rushing home to cook dinner,
help with homework, do the laundry just so she can
spend a few precious moments with her children.
The pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man
who can't make change correctly,
might be a worried 19-year-old college student,
balancing his apprehension over final exams
with his fear of not getting his student loan.
The scary looking bum,
begging for money in the same spot every day
(who really ought to get a job!)
might be a slave to addictions that we can only imagine
in our worst nightmares.
The old couple walking annoyingly slow
through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress,
might be savoring this moment, knowing that,
based on the biopsy report she got back last week,
this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
might be the loneliest.
The jerk who cut you off in traffic last night,
might be a single mother who worked nine hours that day
and is rushing home to cook dinner,
help with homework, do the laundry just so she can
spend a few precious moments with her children.
The pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man
who can't make change correctly,
might be a worried 19-year-old college student,
balancing his apprehension over final exams
with his fear of not getting his student loan.
The scary looking bum,
begging for money in the same spot every day
(who really ought to get a job!)
might be a slave to addictions that we can only imagine
in our worst nightmares.
The old couple walking annoyingly slow
through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress,
might be savoring this moment, knowing that,
based on the biopsy report she got back last week,
this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
If we don't have LOVE, we don't have anything.
Love who YOU are!
Count your blessings.
Count your blessings.
Look in the mirror in the morning, smile and say,
"I am too blessed to be stressed!"
Of all the gifts God gave us, the greatest gift is love.
We can open our hearts to patience, empathy and mercy.
It's so easy to judge people by what we see,
but what if we knew their whole story?
Everybody is struggling with something.
To the world you might be just one person,
but to that one person you meet today
that was hoping for "a sign",
your smile, your kind word, your consideration
that was hoping for "a sign",
your smile, your kind word, your consideration
will mean the world.
1 comment:
I like this -- it'a all about showing compassion and alittle understanding towards other. Somethings I try to do everyday. Love, Barb
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