God grant me the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change;
the courage to change
the things I can;
and the wisdom
to know the difference.

-Reinhold Niebuhr-

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”

Sometimes fear causes our hearts to waver. We think were not good enough. We think we can’t even befor we try. Because we are afraid to fail. All my life, I live with fears, I fear to enter a relationship because what if, one day I woke up that I don’t want to be with that person. I will only broke someone heart for my unreasonable reasons. I don’t know when will I overcome my fear to love someone. They say if you don’t have a guts you cannot get the glory of Love and Happiness. I always dream to spend my whole life to someone I love, whom I can share my happiness and even in my sadness. It’s only in my dreams I can live my life happily. I don’t have to feel my fears of getting hurt and be left alone. Maybe soon I will overcome my fears if I have the guts to gamble my life, my happiness, my love….Soon!

I believe that there are five elements of life; Truth, Courage, Wisdom, Hope and Love. You can have one without the other, for each element is very strong, but when the first four are combined you must unlock their power with the main key to life, which is love. We must all remember, one can start a war of hate, but to truly achieve something from such a horrible thing, one must end it in love. Don’t think about how much you truly hate your enemy, think about the people that are getting hurt, and your love for them will end the war. I believe that life is a war and I intend to end it in LOVE.

You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all he’s left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what he’d want;
“Smile, Open your eyes, Love and Go on”.

“As a face is reflected in the water, so the heart reflects the person.”

The Bible uses the term “heart” to describe the bundle of desires, hopes, interests, ambitions, dreams, and affections you have. Your hearts represents the source of all motivations - what you love to do and what you care about most.

Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember: those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
Challenges come along, inevitably; how you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be. Increase the chances of reaching your goals by working at them gradually. The very best you can do is all that is asked of you. Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that it’s up to you to find the key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it - and get beyond it. Cross your bridges. Meet your challenges. Reach out for your dreams, and bring them closer and closer to your heart. Get rid of the “if only’s,” and get on with whatever you need to do to get things right in your life.

By: Collin McCarty

Bridges can be built,
one day at a time.
Forgiveness can be felt,
one day at a time.

Balance can be achieved,
one day at a time.
Dreams can be believed,
lost smiles can be found,
and your most meaningful
plans can succeed.

New horizons can be reached,
one day at a time.
The journey inward can be complete,
one day at a time.
Spiritual meaning can be your guide.
one day at a time.
Health, healing, and
happiness thrive…

one day at a time

By: Alin Austin

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep…wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hands in front of his friends, who thinks you’re just as pretty without make-up. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you..the one who turns to his friends and says, “That’s Her.”

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life… you give them a piece of you. They didn’t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love makes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phase like “maybe we should be just friends” turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination, not just in the mind, it’s a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you apart pain. I HATE LOVE.

I don’t pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; Love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person. Love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, Love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.