Empower Yourself with The Poem.....Today is The Great Day!!!

Today

By : Semetra C. Vanison

Today is the day I will change my mind,

and leave all the negative things behind.

Today is the day I want to be free,

and not let life troubles get to me.

Today is the day I will do my best,

and make sure I focus to past each day's test.

Today is the day I will take a stand,

and choose to do right to my fellow man.

Today is the day I will put my foot down,

and encourage myself when I want to frown.

Today is the day, no longer will I doubt

in spite of the grumblers who stand about.

You look at me and ask "How will you start?",

"Well, first there must be a change in my heart".

I will hang with new friends who want to achieve,

and who want a good education cause that's what I believe.

I will respect those around me, young and old,

for respect is the key, that's what I've been told.

I will demand excellence you see,

for I must insist to become a better me.

I will reach for the stars no matter how hard it seems,

and fly like a bird with the knowledge this journey brings.

So you see it's not impossible, I must take life day by day

and do the right things as I travel along the way!

Positive Attitude

More than 100 years ago, author Robert Louis Stevenson offered the following tips for maintaining a positive attitude. They still apply today.

1· Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

2· Make the best of your circumstances. Everyone has problems. The trick is to make laughter outweigh the tears.

3· Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected from misfortunes that be fall others.

4· You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you.

5· Don't let your neighbour set your standards. Be yourself.

6· Do the things you enjoy doing, but stay out of debt.

7· Don't borrow trouble. Imaginary burdens are harder to bear than the actual ones.

8· Hate poisons the soul, so don't carry grudges. Avoid people who make you unhappy.

9· Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places.

10· Don't hold post-mortems. Don't spend your life brooding over sorrows and mistakes.

11· Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.

12· Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.

Make An Extra Effort To Encourage Others....

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, " Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me.I cannot be bothered by it."The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.Be assured you are in my prayers."The mouse turned to the cow and said "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to f ace the farmer's mousetrap alone.That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital , and she returned home with a fever.Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.The farmer's wife did not get well; she died.So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

Ten Great One Liners

1. Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.

2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.

3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.

5. Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

6. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

7. It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same
boss.

8. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

9. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say
something.

10. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books

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I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts,or fears.
But I can listen to you, and together we willsearch for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain,nor the future with its untold stories.
But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.
I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;
Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;
I can only support you, encourage you,and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship,from your values, from me.
I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,
But I can give you the room to change, room to grow,room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,
But I can cry with you and help you pick up the piecesand put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.
I can only love you and be your friend