TweetThis Too Shall Pass Away When sorrows come into your life And threaten to destroy The very things you treasure most, Your happiness and joy; And when that crushing power Threatens everything worth while, And clouds of darkness gather And you find it hard to smile; Then lift your head and let the world Hear [...]

TweetTriumph If you can sing, When there is no song in your heart; If you can keep on being loving, lovable, and lovely, When those who should be loving you are blind; If you can hold a lifted brow, Despite the weights your shoulders cannot beat– There is benediction there For you to share. If [...]

TweetYou Tell On Yourself You tell on yourself by the friends you seek, By the very manner in which you speak, By the way you employ your leisure time, By the use you make of dollar and dime. You tell what you are by the clothes you wear, By the spirit in which your burdens [...]

TweetI Will Do More When others do me serious wrong, I will forgive to keep me strong; When others speak an unkind word, I will forget what I have heard. When others fail to do their part, I will do more with loving heart; When others fail to give me praise; I still will go [...]

TweetIf Nobody Smiled If nobody smiled, and nobody cared, And nobody helped us along; If every fellow looked out for himself, And the good things all went to the strong; If nobody cared just a little for you, And nobody thought about me, And we stood all alone in the battle of life, What a [...]

TweetWealth is not the things we own– A stately house upon a hill, Paintings, rugs and tapestries, Or servants taught to do one’s will. In luxury, a man may dwell, As lonely as in a prison cell. Wealth is not a plenteous purse, The bonds that one has stored away, A boastful balance in a [...]

TweetHow foolish is the pessimist, despondent and forlorn, who always when he gets a rose goes hunting for the thorn. The optimist has better sense; the charm of life he knows.  He doesn’t mind a scratch or two if he can get the rose. So don’t be a pessimist, bogged down with discontent; the optimist [...]