Poems for Friends
from 1998 Emails
Never say I love you
Never
say I love you If you really don't care
Never talk about feelings If they aren't
really there
Never hold my hand If you are going to break my heart
Never
say you are going to If you don't plan to start
Never look into my eyes If
all you do is lie
Never say hello If you really mean good bye
Never say
forever Cause forever makes me cry
If you really mean forever then say you
will try
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The ABCs of friends:
A FRIEND.....
(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls
you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of
you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust "be" with you
(K)eeps you
close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your
life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffers support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your
fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you
the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks
beside you
(X)-plains things you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't
listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality
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I have in my hands two boxes
I have in my hands two boxes
Which
God gave me to hold
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black,
And all
your joys in the gold."
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both
my joys and sorrows I store
But though the gold became heavier each day
The
black was as light as before
With curiosity, I opened the black
I wanted
to find out why
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
Which my sorrows
had fallen out by
I showed the hole to God, and mused aloud,
"I wonder
where my sorrows could be?"
He smiled a gentle smile at me.
"My child,
they're all here with me."
I asked, "God, why give me the boxes,
Why the
gold, and the black with the hole?"
"My child, the gold is for you to count
your blessings,
Tthe black is for you to let go."
We should consider all of our friends a blessing. Send this to a friend today just to let them know that you are thinking of them, and that they are a joy in your life.
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I WOULD DO IT JUST FOR YOU
I WOULD DO IT JUST FOR YOU
AND SHARE
WITH YOU ITS BEAUTY
ON THE DAYS YOU'RE FEELING BLUE
IF I COULD BUILD A
MOUNTAIN
YOU COULD CALL YOUR VERY OWN
A PLACE TO FIND SERENITY
A PLACE
TO BE ALONE IF I COULD TAKE YOUR TROUBLES
I WOULD TOSS THEM INTO THE SEA
BUT ALL THESE THINGS I'M FINDING
ARE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME
I CANNOT BUILD
A MOUNTAIN
OR CATCH A RAINBOW FAIR
BUT LET ME BE WHAT I KNOW BEST
A FRIEND THAT'S ALWAYS THERE.
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- I'm starting a list here of some things we are going to do to try to prepare
for this... somehow.
We Put Solar Lights in our
House - We've had a set of outdoor solar lights outside our house for 3 years,
and thought, "Why not put outdoor solar lights "inside" the house?
Wind
Turbine Test - We started thinking about how we could build a wind turbine
to generate our own electricity.
Magazines
for Toddlers - I wanted to send some magazines to the grandbaby for something
to do during winter.
