Words of a wise man!!

A wise man once said, and I quote, and I wonder...

"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; you will not understand this power & beauty until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry at all, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are the one's that never crossed your worried mind.

Do one thing everyday that scares you. 

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year 

olds I know still don’t.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chances, so are everybody else’s. 

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in your life because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were 

noble and children respected their elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth."

If you succeed in doing this, tell me how????

We can't choose where we come from but we can choose where we go from there. We might have been in a bad place before today, but somebody must have helped us through because that's the reason we are here today.

I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it was like to be when we were young. Those moments will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This moment is happening, we are here.

It's that moment when you're looking at her and you say to yourself she is so beautiful.That one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song and those moments with the people you love most in this world.

And in that moment, you are infinite.

Life & it's meaning....

I have come to believe,only once in your life you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more.

You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you.

When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurt or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. 

There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. 

The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. 

In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. 

You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile.
Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.

Love is never simple. Not for fathers and sons.

From the moment a father first lays eyes on his son, he's forever dad's young man. And dad's forever his hero. A giver of gifts. A granter of wishes. A knight in shining armor. And in return he gives to him that love and respect which is special between dads and their sons.

We spend our lives full of hope and expectations. And most of the time we are bound to fail. But when you watch a father sheltering his son against a future that is so unsure, all you know is they don't want to let each other down, not anymore.

And there are times when your father let's you go. Maybe that's how it has to be. You sleep under a roof your father owns, in a bed your father bought. Nothing is yours, except your heart, and your fears. And the growing knowledge that not every road is going to lead home anymore.Children leave. And parents stay behind. Still, some things are deeper than time and distance, and your father will always be your father. And he will always leave a light on for you.

I guess some things between fathers and sons are left unspoken, and unfinished.

No matter how bad or difficult life becomes, if u hold on, hold on to whatever it is you need to hold on to, be it religion, friends, a support group, a set of steps or principles, or your own heart, if you hold on....just hold on, Life will get better.

It was a fine day in the fifth grade when She let Him walk her home from school. He had her books in hand, 
and he was listening to every word she said like it was the gospel of the prophecies. 
And he loved the way her hair fell across her dress. 
Went home singing, "Who wrote the book of love"
and try a little tenderness, yeah. 
 
The next day on the playground, He sat Her down on the swing set behind the sandbox
and she said, "I just want to play, so what is this you have to say?" 
He said, "Marry me. We could live out by the sea like they do on the movie screen. Marry me, before you go back to play." 
 
It was graduation day. They were waiting on a plane to take Her away. She said, "There's nothing left for me here but you. I hope that you can find yourself through.
There's so much that I wish to know, and I have to do this on my own and I hope that you can understand. Write to me when you can.”
He said, "Take my silver ring, so time to time now you can think of me and there's just one more thing before you leave..." 
He said, "Marry me, we could live out by the sea, like they do on the movie screen. Marry me, before you go up and fly away." 
 
Now so much time has passed since that day and She stopped writing years ago and He never took his music on the road. Guess he never really gave up hope.
Now she's got everything she thought she wanted; got a Ph.D., she is an independent business woman climbing up the corporate ladder
though it really doesn't seem to matter, she is lonely beyond belief. So one day she went home looking for the only love she'd ever known. 
She found him once again, playing a circuit at the Holiday Inn, still singing the song about the one he lost long ago. Just goes to show, you never know. 
 
She took his hand in hers not everything she had planned and rehearsed. She said, "Marry me. We could live in a apartment building with a window view. 
We could take in movies on the weekend, while planning our vacation. Take a honeymoon by the sea. Won’t you just marry me?”

Once upon a time, there was a girl I knew who lived across the street. Brown hair, brown eyes. When she smiled, I smiled. When she cried, I cried. Every single thing that ever happened to me that mattered, in some way, had to do with her. That day, we promised each other that, no matter what, that we'd always be together. It was a promise full of passion, and truth, and wisdom. It was the kind of promise that could only come from the hearts of the very young.

Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house...like a lot of houses. A yard like a lot of other yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these YEARS, I still look back...with WONDER.