The Joy given by our Gift from God--Our Children

When you see smiling faces Happiness shining ablaze Singing,laughing,full of glee, Telling us “Come play with me” They slide & swing on the monkey bars. Racing with a “Ready,steady,go!” If you watch them everyday You'll see them learning as they play They'll do what they see, and say what they hear. You're their teacher all through their years. Their imaginative ideas & thoughts reflect in their gleaming eyes. Watch them learn to walk Listen to them when they talk Keep them safe,from harm Wrap them gently in your arms Teach them about sharing and taking turns. Set good examples for them to learn. At home, at school,wherever they go For this is how the children develop. I'm lucky & thank God daily That my kids have grown up with their heads on their shoulders & are grounded in spite of all my parenting glitches

How to win over Stress & be Happy

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it."

"If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

He continued, "And that’s the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on."

"As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden."

"So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can."

"Relax; pick them up later after you’ve rested. Life is short. Enjoy it!"

 And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

1)     Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.

2)     Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

3)     Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

4)     Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.

5)     If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

6)     If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

7)     It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

8)     Never buy a car you can’t push.

9)     Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.

10) Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

11) Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

12) The second mouse gets the cheese.

13) When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.

14) Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

15) You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

16) Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

17) We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

18) A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. 

For the ones growing Older--- a prayer wish

Lord, You know that I am growing older.

Keep me from becoming talkative and possessed with the idea that I must express myself  on every subject.

Release me from the craving to straighten out everyone's affairs.

Keep me from the recital of endless detail. Give me wings to get to the point.

Seal my lips when I am inclined to tell of my aches and pains. They are increasing with
      the years and my love to speak of them grows sweeter as time goes by.

Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be wrong.

Make me thoughtful but not nosey; helpful but not bossy.

With my vast store of wisdom and experience it does seem a pity not to use it all. But You know,Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. 

Love-- in our Homes

1. If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not Love, I am a housekeeper—not a homemaker.
2. If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not Love,   my children learn cleanliness—not godliness.
3. Love leaves the dust in search of a child’s laugh.
4. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
5. Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
6. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
7. Love is present through the trials.
8. Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
9. Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler,runs with the child, then stands aside  to let the youth walk into adulthood.
10. Love is the key that opens salvation’s message to a child’s heart.
11. Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God’s   perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is Love.