Today is better than Yesterday- it's Hope

HOPE IS THE THING THE FEATHERS  

Hope is the thing with feathers  

that perches in the soul  

And sings the tune without the words,  

And never stops at all. 

And sweetest in the gale is heard;  

And sore must be the storm  

That could abash the little bird  

That kept so many warm  

I've heard it in the chillest land,  

And on the strangest sea;  

Yet,never,in extremity,  

I'll be a tree, if you are its flower

I'll be a tree

Pet fi sandor 

I'll be a tree, if you are its flower, 
Or a flower, if you are the dew. 
I'll be the dew, if you are the sunbeam, 
Only to be united with you. 

My lovely girl, if you are the Heaven, 
I shall be a star above on high; 
My darling, if you are hell-fire, 
To unite us, damned I shall die.

Look not in my eyes  

Alfred Edward Housman 

Look not in my eyes, for fear 
They mirror true the sight I see, 
And there you find your face too clear 
And love it and be lost like me, 
One the long nights through must lie 
Spent in star-defeated sighs, 
But why should you as well as I perish? 

Gaze not in my eyes. 
A Grecian lad, as I hear tell, 
One that many loved in vain, 
Looked into a forest well 
And never looked away again. 

There, when the turf in springtime flowers, 
With downward eye and gazes sad, 
Stands amid the glancing showers 
A jonquil, not a Grecian lad. 

Where's the way lead to? --share The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth; 

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear,

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day! 

Yet knowing how way leads on to way

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference. 

Into the sunshine by James R. Lowell

Into the sunshine

From morn till night

Into the moonlight

Whiter than snow

Happy at midnight

Happy by day

Ever in motion

Blithesome and cheery

Still climbing heavenward

Never aweary

Still seeming best

Changed every moment

Ever the same

Darkness or sunshine

let me heart be

Fresh, changeful, constant

Upward like thee

-by James R. Lowell

Thanks for your always company with me, Friends

To My Friends

No friendship is useless and no day is in vain.

Just as God has a purpose for sunshine and rain.

All can be discouraged and everyone cries,

But we have friends to comfort us.

Beneath these cloudy skies.

All hearts can break… they’re fragile as glass

But with a friend beside us, this too shall pass.

Friends who are faithful are noble at heart,

You may be afar, but we will never be apart.

Be swift to give praises for the friendship we have gained,

And remember God will raise the sun just after it has rained.

Your friendships are a gift,

So be sure to thank all

My friends. 

Never forget--Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.

Never forget

Your presence is a gift to the world.  

You're unique and one of a kind.     

Your life can be what you want it to be

Take it one day at a time.            

Focus on your blessings, not your troubles.  

And you'll make it through what comes along.

Have belief in your ability.           

Persist, have courage, be strong. 

     

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.   

The longer a problem is carried,            

the heavier it gets.     

                   

Don't take things too seriously.             

Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets. 

     Don't put limits on yourself.                  

Your dreams are waiting to be realized.   

    

            Don't waste time making excuses.              

Reach for your peak, your goal!