Catching a Falling star

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket,
never let it fade away!
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
save it for a rainy day!

For love may come an tap you on the shoulder,
some starless night!
Just in case you feel you wanna hold her
you'll have a pocketful of starlight!

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade way!
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day.

For when your troubles start multiplying,
An' they just might!
It's easy to forget them without trying,
With just a pocketful of starlight.
Music and Lyrics by Lee Pockriss.

I had a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels,
Something good in everything I see
I bvelieve in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream.

I have a dream,  a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream , I have a dream
I'll cross the stream, I have dream.

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I beleive in angels
Something good in everything I see,
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream, I have a dream
I'll cross the stream, I have dream.
Abba

Life Lessons from a 90 year old.

• Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
• When in doubt, just take the next small step.
• Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
• Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.  Your family and friends will.  Stay in touch.
• Pay off your credit cards every month.
• You don't have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.
• Cry with someone.  It's more healing than crying alone.
• It's ok to get angry with God.  He can take it.
• Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
• When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
• Make peace with your past so it won't screw up your present.
• It's ok to let your children see you cry.
• Don't compare your life to others.  You have no idea what their journey is all about.
• If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
• Everything can change in the blink of an eye.  But don't worry, God never blinks.
• Take a couple of deep breaths.  It calms the mind.
• Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
• It's never too late to have a happy childhood.  But the second one is up to you and no-one else.
• When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
• Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.  Don't save it.  Today is special.
• Over prepare, then go with the flow.
• Be eccentric now.  Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
• The most important sex organ is the brain.
• No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
• Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?".
• Always choose life.
• Forgive everyone everything.
• What other people think of you is none of your business.
• God and time heal almost everything.  Give them time.
• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
• Don't take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
• Believe in miracles.
• Gold loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
• Don't audit life.  Show up and make the most of it now.
• Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
• Your children get only one childhood.
• All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
• Get outside every day.  Miracles are waiting everywhere.
• If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
• Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need.
• The best is yet to come.
• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
• Yield.
• Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Seizing the opportunity.

What good does bitterness offer you?

If, as many others do, you thrash about in the wilderness of anger and disappointment, you will fail to see the opportunities that God will lay in front of you.  Anger and disappointment blind us.  If not that, they distract us.  They make it impossible to keep our eyes open since when we rage, we squint and thus we cannot see all that surrounds us.  If we instead accept what the present moment is offering, if we simply move forward through it doing whatever task is in front of us, we then have the serenity necessary to be an observer.  Observation is our way of recognizing the next thing we are meant to do.

It is not the circumstance of one's life but what one does with the circumstance that is important:  choices, outcomes, and knowledge gained from outcomes.

When you reach a turning point and must choose between bitterness and serenity.  What is it that you intend to do with all of this bitterness, I ask you?  
Elizabeth George: What came before he shot her pg 448