"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."

This is a copy of a poem I wrote about 4 years ago and just wanted to put it out there for anyone who hasn't read it. I just got back from the NAAF conference and I remembered someone saying something about this "thing" and it reminded me of my poem. I literally sat down and wrote this in less than 2 hours. I hope you like it.





THIS "THING" CALLED ALOPECIA



Okay world, where do I start?

I guess I'll tell it straight from the heart.

This condition I have… Continue

What Makes a Dad



God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,

The warmth of a summer sun,

The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,

The comforting arm of night,

The wisdom of the ages,

The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,

The faith of a mustard seed,

The patience of eternity,

The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,

When there was nothing… Continue

Some sound advice!!!!





ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.







TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.







THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.







FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.







FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the… Continue

Change Your World

By Brian Tracy



You cannot change the world, but you can present the world with one improved person, yourself.



You can go to work on yourself to make yourself into the kind of person you admire and respect.



You can become a role model and set a standard for others.



You can control and discipline yourself to resist acting or speaking in a negative way toward anyone for any reason.



You can insist upon always doing… Continue

Achieve Your Dreams

by Author Unknown



Life is what happens while you are making other plans.



A person of words and not deeds

is like a garden full of weeds.



It's better to be trusted than liked, Underpromise - Overperform.

The key to happiness and success is to have a dream.

All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.

You always pass failure on the way to success.



You have to wake up in order for… Continue

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be!

by: Donna Levine



There is inside you

All of the potential

To be whatever you want to be;

All of the energy

To do whatever you want to do.

Imagine yourself as you would like to be,

Doing what you want to do,

And each day, take one step

Towards your dream.

And though at times it may seem too

difficult to continue,

Hold on to your dream.

One morning you will awake to find

That… Continue

You Better Slow Down

By: David L. Weatherford



Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,

or listened to rain slapping the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight,

or gazed at the sun fading into the night?



You better slow down, don't dance so fast,

time is short, the music won't last.



Do you run through each day on the fly,

When you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you… Continue

When you are sad,

I will dry your tears.

When you are scared,

I will comfort your fears.



When you are worried,

I will give you hope.

When you are confused,

I will help you cope.



And when you are lost

and can't see the light,

I shall be your beacon,

shining ever so bright.



This is my oath,

I pledge till the end.

Why you may ask,

because you're a friend.



In a friendship

We're free to… Continue

Angels Unaware

By: Author Unknown



It was a rainy night in New Orleans

At a bus station in the town,

I watched a young girl weeping

As her baggage was taken down.



It seems she'd lost her ticket

Changing buses in the night.

She begged them not to leave her there

With no sign of help in sight.



The bus driver had a face of stone

And his heart was surely the same.

"Losing your ticket's like losing cash money" he… Continue

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

"Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours."