[Faith-talk] Some Thoughts

[Paul Smith]

Here are some random thoughts that an unknown person compiled, and 
which I read just a while ago on my "dry run" program, for those who 
would rather read and ponder them than to have listened to this humble 
servant of God.

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right 
one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to 
be grateful for that gift.

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but oftentimes we 
look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has 
been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing 
with, never say a word, and then walk away, feeling like it was the 
best conversation you've ever had.  (My response to that is that it 
would be difficult for a blind person to get anything out of such an 
encounter).

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's 
also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love 
you back.  Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in 
their heart but, if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like 
someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive.  Don't go for wealth; even that 
fades away.  Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a 
smile to make a dark day seem bright.  Find the one that makes yuor 
heart smile.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just 
want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what 
you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, 
because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you 
want to do.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make 
you strong, enough sorrow to make you human, enough hope to make you happy.

Always put yourself in others' shoes.  If you feel that it hurts you, 
it probably hurts the other person, too.  The happiest of people don't 
necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of 
everything that comes along their way.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have 
searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the 
importance of people who have touched their lives.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.  The 
brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past.  You can't 
go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was 
smiling.  Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is 
smiling and everyone around you is crying.

And there you have it for today.  Based on reactions I received last 
Saturday, tomorrow will be another message posted from Tim Smith from 
the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, a place I hope to go to at 
its dedication.  Until tomorrow may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob 
just keep us safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in 
which we live.  Your Christian friend and brother, Paul