A Secret

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Sometimes when things

go dead wrong,

and i get so discouraged,

i find great wisdom

and much comfort

thinking of a secret

i learned many years ago.

One simply can't

have everything.

In this old world

of sorrow and strife,

regardless of how

hard we work,

we simply can't have

every pleasure

without a little pain.

We can't have all sunshine

without a little rain.

So, just be happy

day by day,

and be content with

what we do have.

Smile, sing and laugh,

because all our fears

aren't half as bad

as they might have been,

if we hadn't learned

the little secret,

one simply can't

have everything.

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Too Much Stress!

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I dearly loved the good old days,

with peaceful, sane simplicity.

I am greatly disturbed

by this present life,

of hurry, scurry, stress

and eternal strife.

With this age of technology

we are forced to face,

the ever maddening race

for the dollars and the power.

Tomorrow is too late to finish

the work we must do today,

to prevent the shirk of

head lines and tensions,

which erase all sense of fair

play and thoughtful kindness.

In the pressure of this frantic

world, with its stress, greed,

lust and single mindedness,

we fail to understand the true

meaning of this life God gave to us.

We strive, we work, dream

and toil, struggling not to let

this mortal strain break us.

But no matter how much stress

we face, we must fight the

good fight the best we can,

trying not to leave this deadly

mess to future generations.

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Shimmering Summer

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Do you ever view the

gorgeous summer sunrise,

as it's new born morning

brightness softly pierces

the shifting nightly haze?

And marvel at the softly

inspired beauty of it's

life giving summer rays?

Do you ever marvel at

the crystal rain drops,

which softly imprints

all the glorious colorings

of the new born rose?

Do you ever marvel

at all the shimmering

enchantment summer

brings to all the

other beauty that in

your garden grows?

Do you ever wonder

how the life giving

wonders of summer

brings out all the

unbelievable aromas to

everything it touches?

Is your heart in tune

each fleeting day of

wistful dreaming,

that summer stays forever

and winter never comes?

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The Call Of The Desert

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Limitless brilliance of the desert day.
The slowly sinking sun
seemingly hangs motionless
over the distant horizon,
loathe to give up
as the day is done.
As the newborn night
silently stirs the desert
night life to play,
the little star eyes
sleepily blink open,
to promise coolness for awhile.
The distant mountain range
denotes power to beguile.
The steady heart beat
of desert night life with
a heart warming music,
rhythmic clear.
A new born evening breeze,
springs to life,
to give much needed
coolness to the desert flowers
eternal fight for life.
Only a lonely wanderer
of this desert land
could possibly know
or understand the
real fascination,
and intense coloration
of the great,
patient monoliths,
as they stand
among their kind,
in the infernal heat
of the desert sand.
The indescribable delicacy
of the desert plants
and flowers that so far
out class the carefully
tended flowers of our
civilizations clustered stand.
The soft, enchanting nights,
where the ethereal
magic of the moon,
makes desert night
seem like noon,
causing each fleeting,
dancing shadow,
seem ever changing,
never twice the same.
The great red walls
of the castle like cliffs,
tells the story of eternal
patience and bliss.
Where there is no
beginning and no end,
in this brooding,
beautiful desert wonderland.
I love to listen to this song
the desert wind is singing:
"May love and beauty
walk with you forever."

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