Age is a question of mind over matter:

If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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Among the great and glorious gifts our heavenly Father sends,

Is the gift of understanding that we find in loving friends,

For in this world of trouble that is filled with anxious care,

Everybody needs a friend in whom they're free to share,

The little secret heartaches that lay heavy on their mind,

We seek our true and trusted friend in the knowledge that we'll find,

A heart that's sympathetic and an understanding mind.

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A smile costs nothing but gives much

 It enriches them who receive without  making poorer those who give

It takes but a moment, 

yet the memory of it may last forever

A smile creates happiness in the home, 

fosters goodwill in business, and is a sign of friendship.

It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, 

sunshine to the sad, and is natures best antidote to trouble

Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged or borrowed or stolen; 

it is something of no value to anyone unless it is given away

Some people are too tired to give you a smile. 

Give them one of yours

No one needs a smile so much as those who have none to give  

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Do not stand at my grave and weep;

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry:

I am not there. I did not die.

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will.

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low, and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When are is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns.

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don't give up though the pace seems slow,

You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are.

It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit.

It's when things seem worse, that you must not quit.

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Enjoy today

Yesterday is now the past,

Tomorrow, maybe, the future

Today is a gift!

That's why it's called the present

 

Enjoy today

For too soon

Today's become yesterdays

Tomorrows become today's

And if another day, that's tomorrow.

 

Enjoy today

Then yesterday is not gone

But part of today's memory

And can only help today

To look forward to tomorrow as today.

 

Enjoy today

And when it comes for you there's no tomorrow

As it must to all in the end

People will think back and say

You enjoyed your life, every day

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Forgiveness is a special gift we all have 

to give to others and ourselves.

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Great Spirit

Give me strength

Not to be stronger than my brother

But to fight my greatest enemy; myself

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O our Mother the Earth, O our Father the Sky,

Your children are we, and with tired backs

We bring you the gifts of love.

Then weave for us a garment of brightness;

May the warp be the bright light of morning,

May the weft be the red light of evening,

May the fringes be the falling rain,

May the border be the standing rainbow.

Thus weave for us a garment of brightness,

That we may walk fittingly where birds sing,

That we may walk fittingly where grass is green,

O our Mother the Earth, O our Father the sky.

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Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort,

Of feeling safe with a person,

Neither having to weigh thoughts, nor measure words,

But pouring all right out just as they are

Chaff and grain together

Certain that a faithful friendly hand

Will take and sift them.

Keep what is worth keeping

And with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.

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