CategoryPhilosophy

INNER BEAUTY

When I was young and fair of face,And my curves were in the right place –Often I would gaze with prideOn what my mirror showed outside.That was...

GRADUATION

Here’s a little messageTo all graduates tonight,You are standing on the thresholdOf a new step in your life. Soon you’ll cease to be boys...

WHY WE STAY

Folks so often ask me, “Why do you people stayWhen so many of your neighbors are moving away”?Now the reason for the question is, the...

SMILE AT THE SHOESTRING MAN

We were having hard times and no work could he findAnd his children were crying for bread.His heart was sad and he took what little he hadBought...

RAINY DAYS

Before we had depression I made a lot of doughAnd as easy as I made it, that’s how I let it go.I’d drop the children off at mother’s and...

VALENTINES

To honor old St. Valentine many years ago,They set aside a “sweetheart’s day” as most all of you know.It was a day for bashful lovers to...

KEEP THE CANDLES GLOWING

Heard this little story on my radio the other day,Found a world of meaning in what it had to say.It told of a woman that had lost an only child,The...

Life’s Fountain of Youth

Never measure youth by the years you’ve livedFor youth is a state of mindBrought about by the joys and trials you’ve livedAnd the marks that...

Giving Credit Where it is Due

I went to a football game one damp and chilly night,There were a lot of things about the game I didn’t seem to like.A fellow made a touchdown and the...

The Road to Happiness

One of our evening papers ran a little wishing well,If you followed the directions closely your fortune it would tell.Oh, they explained, you were...

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