Tag: strength
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November 25, 2009 02:32 PM EST --
What good is life
Without a song
What will be there
When all is gone
But a melody
It sang to me
If you can dream it
You can be it
And my fear had no say
At the end of the day . . .
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September 14, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
Jehangir dropped down into the tunnel, his bare feet hitting the warm soil with a thud. He moved quickly through the darkness, around corners and bends, through narrow openings and tight passageways. . . .
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October 21, 2009 11:51 PM EDT --
Saying Goodbye to Tippie
This morning started . . .
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September 26, 2007 04:44 AM EDT --
Perhaps
strength
doesn't reside
in having
never
been broken
but in the
courage
required
to grow strong
in the broken
places
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April 16, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
Well, Mom, you've gone and done it now!
Left me here to cope somehow
Without you.
I guess you really never knew
How much I depend on you.
How can I go from day to day
When you are now . . .
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April 22, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
'People are like tea bags - you have to put them
in hot water before you know how strong they are.'
Don't know who said it, but it is one to pass on.
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July 28, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape.
A woman of strength builds relationships to keep her soul in shape.
A strong woman isn't afraid of anything.
A woman of . . .
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May 27, 2009 03:03 AM EDT --
Robert B. published a poem entitled "Inside the Day of a Strong Woman". That poem inspired this write. Thank you Robert! You can find that here:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977692655 . . .
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August 29, 2006 02:05 PM EDT --
Somewhere in the midst of the tears we cry
is a river that flows, strong and sure,
transporting our joy and pain
to a place where all becomes clear;
A river no longer muddied by that
. . .
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November 14, 2006 10:41 PM EST --
How can you love
this restless woman child?
Stubborn, needy,
constantly changing,
so sure, yet so afraid,
pretending to be so strong,
but crying inside,
looking for strength
and running when I . . .
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November 29, 2006 02:23 PM EST --
Most people don't have to live with mental illness. They carry on
with their normal lives. With the occasional depression over
the normal day to day stressful events, or a loss of a friend, family . . .
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May 31, 2007 07:58 PM EDT --
The darkness presses all around
and tries to bring our spirit down.
Our past is used to haunt us there
As all of our sins are brought to bear.
I step back under the heavy load
stagger and fall to . . .
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September 14, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
While I was growing up, I had 3 examples of faith and Christian love. Because of the chance to get to know 3 of my grandparents, I was able to see how faith, and the love of God could . . .
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September 17, 2007 07:03 PM EDT --
As I sit here this afternoon, I have been overwhelmed with a desire to repay the kind words and sunshine that some of my friends have been trying to shed in my life!
I have spent the last few weeks on . . .
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September 21, 2007 02:15 AM EDT --
I was reading my mom's bible tonight, and realized I hadn't finished putting the book tags on it. I was flipping to the next chapter, when it opened to a page that mom had highlighted. This passage . . .
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July 05, 2009 12:16 PM EDT --
Old woman
with fire in her eyes
sits up straight
though her illness
is pulling her down.
Somewhere inside
she knows
that when she lies down
she will never get back up.
She smiles
through . . .
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December 18, 2006 05:28 AM EST --
When I was younger I had the belief that if a man shown weakness it made him a coward.
And I would try to degrade anyone who shown weakness around me.
Then one moment in my life . . .
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September 22, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
Hello my friends. I went to that specialist finally Friday to see what he decided. The biggest surprise in all of it was my own reaction. I thought I knew exactly how I would feel when it came time . . .
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October 20, 2007 03:57 AM EDT --
Here's to all that remains
To the freedom to chose
What to do
What to say
What to think.
Here's to all that remains
To my heart cracked and bruised
Hoping still
Flying still
On love's . . .
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June 02, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty . . .
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