If you can hear the whispering about you
and never yield to deal in whispers too,
If you can bravely smile
when loved ones doubt you,
And never doubt, in turn,
what loved ones do;
If you can keep a sweet
and gentle spirit in spite of fame,
fortune, rank or place
And though you win
your goal or only merit,
you can win with praise
or lose with equal grace.
If you can meet with unbelief, believing,
And hallow in your heart a simple creed.
If you can meet deception, undeceiving
and learn to look to God for all you need,
If you can be what a girl should be to mothers,
And be unto the others as
you 'd have the others be unto you . . .
no more and yet no less.
If you can keep within your heart
the power to say that firm,
unconquerable "no"
If you can brave a present
shadowed hour
rather than yield to
build a future woe.
If you can love,
yet not let loving master,
but keep yourself within
your own self's clasp
And not let dreaming
lead you to disaster.
Nor petty fascination
lose your grip.
If you can lock your heart on confidence,
nor even needlessly in turn confide.
If you can put behind you
all pretenses of mock humility or foolish pride;
If you can keep the simple homely
virtue of walking right with God,
Then have no fear that
anything in all the world can hurt you,
And, which is more, you'll be a woman, dear.
~J P McEvay, If
I found this piece in a old book this morning and loved it and thought
that I would share it with all of you. These are things that are so
lacking in today's society . . . tender virtues, once taught in the
home and re-enforced in school . . . that are now deemed old fashioned
and out of touch, but boy . . . would they make a difference in life and
in the world were they to come back in vogue. I guess I am just a simple person with simple values.
Sometimes I have a really difficult time understanding the world that we are living in. I see a photo of a beautiful woman, such as the one above but . . . then I see all those tattoos and I find myself questioning why anyone would want to do that to themselves when they were already perfect? Its not like a t-shirt or a sweater that you can just take off when you get tired of it. Its forever.
Not that I have anything against tattoos. My sister has a sleeve and its quite pretty. Its the fact that this person has their whole body tattooed. That I have a problem comprehending. And they're not even beautiful ones. Skulls . . . huge words . . . evil looking snakes. It just boggles my mind.
I think we are living in a "look at me" world. A world where millions of voices are screaming look at me, look at what I am, what I've done, what I have, etc. but its not like its even that they want you to look at them because they are extolling virtues that are worthy of extolling. And yet our world is crumbling around our ears. We're destroying our planet almost faster than we can hope to repair it. People are dying, hurting, suffering . . . in unimaginable ways. And yet, we hold people up on pedastles that are famous for simply being famous . . . whose only redeeming quality might be that they are easy on the eyes and have lots of money.
We live in a world where people cultivate followers rather than compassion . . . sometimes I guess it just makes me sad . . .
Oh, I was finally able to get in touch with a chiropracter. It took me most of yesterday, but I now have an appointment. Its not until Monday, so I have to be patient until then I guess. I sure hope that he can help me! In the meantime I am going to risk going out of the house today.
I had Todd book me into a hair salon for a trim and style. I need a new photo for the new site I am writing on and my hair is a bit of a mess to be honest. I haven't had it cut or styled or anything in about 7 years or so. I guess I am worth it. I did tell my boss that I was not very photogenic, so he can't say he wasn't warned. I just hate having my photo taken, but if I have to have it done, then my hair might as well look half decent.
I am thinking longish layers with a light fringe in front. Nothing I can't just blow dry and straighten and go. I am hair lazy. If its work then I can't be bothered. Its that simple. And with that I best leave you with a thought for today . . . I hope I can sit in the chair long enough to have my hair cut. I will just have to do what I have to do.
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*"Success is the sum of small efforts
repeated day in and day out."
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Melt in Your Mouth Pumpkin Muffins. In The English Kitchen today . I baked them at the weekend and they turned out really nice. The original recipe made 24 and I cut it in half. Now I am wising I hadn't lol, but my hips are grateful that I did.
Have a wonderful Wednesday. Don't forget!
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