May your future be limited only by your dreams.
Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire. She will be remembered for her selection as the finalist in the Teacher in Space Project. She was a crew member on the ill-fated NASA mission on January 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger was destroyed shortly after take-off.
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Looming, life’s challenges come from left field
Invading life, pushing through safety shields
Sheltering-in-place brings many changes
Experiencing new rules, with broad ranges
Occupied at home, juggling novel ways
Overcoming change, yet lost in life’s maze
Closing businesses, routines now shuttered
Feeling suddenly strange, life seems cluttered
Playing underfoot, young children amaze
Showing adults, innocence shows new ways
Living with this new normal, upside down
Sensing loss, emotions creating frowns
Praying for those needing support and care
Tapping our faith, God leads with His bright flare
Remaking daily habits, life’s new pace
Shelving normal, left high on a bookcase
Growing each day, uncertainty prevails
Ticking clocks, second hands moving like snails
Hunkering down, persistent virus sprawls
Waiting day by day, patience makes its call
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Originally published April, 2020 (near the beginning of the Covid pandemic).
Cowgirl is an attitude really. A pioneer spirit, a special brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head-on, lives by her own lights, and makes no excuses.
It’s the way you ride the trail that counts.
Dale Evans (1912-2001) was an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She also just happened to be married to one of the most famous of Hollywood cowboys, Roy Rogers.
As long as you are dreaming, there is always a way out.
What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with trouble when it comes.
Paul Auster (born 1947) is an American writer and film director. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.
Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. Her body of published work is found in autobiographies, essays, poems, and numerous credits in plays, movies, and television shows.
Walking
God’s highway
Taking His way
Now becoming our way
Devotedness
Following
Christ’s example
Breathing with perseverance
Surrounded with countless witnesses
Steadfastness
Accepting
Father’s discipline
Tested by trials
Feeling His unwavering love
Righteousness
The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.
It is impossible to control conditions that others have created.
Esther Hicks (born 1948) is an American inspirational speaker and author.
You have to listen to the sound of your own breathing and honor the truth inside you.
Everyone messes up, lets people down, and makes mistakes. Not because we’re inadequate or fundamentally inept, but because we’re imperfect and fundamentally human.
Daniell Koepke is an American writer.
Fragile, yet unbroken
Remaining soft-spoken
Perplexed, yet answers found
Feeling free, homeward bound
Deadlocked, yet finding key
Moving on, let it be
Homeless, yet seeing light
Making nightly campsite
Troubled, yet finding peace
Forging life’s brand new lease
Hidden, yet discovered
Finding future covered
Misplaced, yet always found
Sleeping on softest ground
Wounded, yet walking free
Earning final degree
Useless, yet finding worth
Flying high above earth
Hungry, yet always fed
Tasting life’s daily bread
Shortchanged, yet now fulfilled
Making steps, always thrilled
Forgotten, yet now loved
Sharing days with beloved
There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well.
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet. Many of her writings are considered classics in English literature.
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