If you think you are beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,

It's almost a cinch you won't!

If you think you'll lose, you've lost,

For out in the world you find

Success begins with the will,

Its 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 think of yourself before

You can ever win the prize!

Full many a race is lost

Before ever a step is run;

And many a coward fails,

Before his work's begun.

Think big and your deeds will grow,

Think small and you'll fall behind,

Think that you can and you will,

It's all in the state of mind!

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster person;

But sooner or later the person who wins

Is the one who thinks he can!

                                   Smile!

A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she herself feared that the electrical storm might harm her child.

Following the roar of thunder, lightning, like a flaming sword, would cut through the sky. Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. As she did so, she saw her little girl walking along, but at each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up and smile.

Another and another were to follow quickly and with each the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drew up beside the child she lowered the window and called to her, "What are you doing?  Why do you keep stopping?"

The child answered, “I am trying to look pretty, God keeps taking my picture."

May God bless you today as you face any storms that come your way.

And don't forget to SMILE!

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..one old love she can imagine going back to... and one who reminds her how far she has come...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own even if she never wants to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…

..a youth she's content to leave behind...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…

..a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored..
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…
..a feeling of control over her destiny...
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EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..how to fall in love without losing herself...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..when to try harder.... and when to walk away...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..that her childhood may not have been perfect....but its over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table... or a charming inn in the woods... when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..what she can and can't accomplish in a day... a month...and a year...

What would you do, if every time you fell in love,

you had to say good-bye?

What would you do if every time you wanted someone,

they would never be there?

What would you do, if your best friend died

tomorrow and you never got to

tell them how you felt?

What would you do if you

loved someone more than ever and you

couldn’t have them?

Some people live, some people die,

some people dream, play, hope, wish and love

But I want to tell you

I like you, and you are a very nice friend.

If I die tomorrow

you would be in my heart......

Would I be in yours?

Today I will delete from my diary two days: yesterday and tomorrow

Yesterday was to learn and tomorrow will be the consequence of what I can do today.

Today I will face life with the conviction that this day will not ever return.

Today is the last opportunity I have to live intensely,

as no one can assure me that I will see tomorrow's sunrise.

Today I will be brave enough not to let any opportunity pass me by, my only alternative is to succeed.

Today I will invest my most valuable resource: my time, in the most transcendental work: my life;

I will spend each minute passionately to make of today a different and unique day in my life.

Today I will defy every obstacle that appears on my way trusting I will succeed.

Today I will resist pessimism and will conquer the world with a smile, with the positive attitude of expecting always the best.

Today I will make of every ordinary task a sublime - expression,

Today I will have my feet on the ground understanding reality and the stars' gaze to invent my future.

Today I will take the time to be happy and will leave my footprints and my presence in the hearts of others.

Today, I invite you to begin a new season where we can dream that everything we undertake is possible and we fulfil it, with joy and dignity.

Have a good day and a better one tomorrow!

A simple friend has never seen you cry.

A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.

A real friend has their phone numbers in his/her address book.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he/she has gone to bed.

A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.

A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.

A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.

A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.

A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.

A real friend expects to always be there for you.

LOVE starts with a SMILE, grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR.

DON'T cry for anyone who won't cry for u.

Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave,  and impossible to forget .

You can only go as far as you push.

ACTIONS speak louder than words.

The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.

DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.

LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while  you might miss it.

A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE.

Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it.

BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.

When it HURTS to look back, and you're SCARED to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.

TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER..

Good friends are like STARS - You don't always see them, but you know they are ALWAYS THERE.

DON'T frown.  You never know who is falling in love with your smile.

What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?

Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.

Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.

Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart.

Tell this on to everyone special in your life, even the people who really make you MAD sometimes and to the people whose lives you want to be in!!!

Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.

May today there be peace within you.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

"I believe that friends are quiet angels

who lift us to our feet

when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

As we walk our path of life, we meet people every day.

Most are simply met by chance, but some are sent our way.

These become the special friends whose bond we can't explain-

The ones who understand us and share our joy and pain.

Their love contains no boundaries, so even when apart,

Their presence still embraces us with warmth felt in the heart.

This love becomes a passageway where even miles disappear.

And so these friends God sends our way remain forever near.

Thank you for being one of these special friends.

If you can find beauty in the colors of a small flower,

Then you still have hope...

If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly,

Then you still have hope...

If the smile of a child can still warm your heart,

Then you still have hope...

If you can see the good in other people,

Then you still have hope...

If the rain breaking on a roof top can still lull you to sleep,

Then you still have hope...

If the sight of a rainbow still makes you stop and stare in wonder,

Then you still have hope...

If the soft fur of a favored pet still feels pleasant under your fingertips,

Then you still have hope...

If you still offer your hand in friendship to others that have touched your life,

Then you still have hope...

If receiving an unexpected card or letter still brings a pleasant surprise,

Then you still have hope...

If you still buy the ornaments, put up the Christmas tree or cook the turkey,

Then you still have hope...

If you still watch love stories or want the endings to be happy,

Then you still have hope...

If you can look to the past and smile,

Then you still have hope....

If, when faced with the bad, when told everything is futile, you can still look up and end the conversation with the phrase... "yeah....BUT.."

Then you still have hope...

Hope is such a marvelous thing. It bends, it twists, it sometimes hides, but rarely does it break...

It sustains us when nothing else can...

It gives us reason to continue and courage to move ahead, when we tell ourselves we'd rather give in...

Hope puts a smile on our face when the heart cannot manage...

Hope puts our feet on the path when our eyes cannot see it...

Hope moves us to act when our souls are confused of the direction....

Hope is a wonderful thing, something to be cherished and nurtured,

And something that will refresh us in return...

And it can be found in each of us,

And it can bring light into the darkest of places...

Never lose hope...

- Author Unknown