Lots of Power to you.....SonyaPhi

#19
Stay strong for your kiddos and for yourself I know you can do it.:flowers: Here's a poem I personally love I hope it helps.





Footprints in the Sand​

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One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.​

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.​

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.​

He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.​

He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.​

This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it: ​

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."​

The LORD replied:​

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."​



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#21
I read this poem yesterday, and it made me think of you.
On Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."

And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Khalil Gibran.

My thought being that you must be a 'bow that is stable' to make sure that your children walk the correct path in life, and more so now than ever before.
 
#23
merika said:
I read this poem yesterday, and it made me think of you.
On Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."

And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Khalil Gibran.

My thought being that you must be a 'bow that is stable' to make sure that your children walk the correct path in life, and more so now than ever before.
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That is a beautiful poem ...Thank you!:heart:
 
#25
One day at a time SonyaPhi, it is gonna hurt like hell some days and feel good some others, but remember the gals and guys here at tPF got your six! (Got your six is an avaition saying meaning got your back).

Thanks Bag for starting this thread.
 
#26
this has been helping me a lot lately:

the deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? --kahlil gibran (if you're christian, jer 29:11 and phil 4:13 are helping a lot too...)

i hope things get better for you. :flowers:
 
#28
(Great idea for a thread, Bagnshoo!)



I'm going to tell you something my dad tells me whenever I've had a rough day. (And, trust me, I've had lots of them): "This, too, shall pass."
 
#29
To add:


I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me


Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive
 
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