you do matter

Think about this. You may not realize it, but it’s 100% true.
 
1. At least 2 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.
 
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
 
3 A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don’t like you.
 
4 Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
 
5. You mean the world to someone.
 
6. If not for you, someone may not be living.
 
7. You are special and unique.
 
8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won’t get it, but if you trust God to do what’s best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you will get it or something better.
 
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.
 
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the world.
 
11. Someone that you don’t even know exists loves you.
 
12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
 
13.. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you’ll both be happy.
 
14. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great. 

** Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take

but by the moments that take our breath away** 

on Children

FROM “THE PROPHET”

by kahlil gibran

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, “Speak to us of Children.”

And he said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

on LOVE

from THE FORERUNNER

by kahlil gibran 

They say the jackal and the mole
Drink from the selfsame stream
Where the lion comes to drink.

And they say the eagle and the vulture
Dig their beaks into the same carcass,
And are at peace, one with the other,
In the presence of the dead thing.

O love, whose lordly hand
Has bridled my desires,
And raised my hunger and my thirst
To dignity and pride,
Let not the strong in me and the constant
Eat the bread or drink the wine
That tempt my weaker self.
Let me rather starve,
And let my hearrt parch with thirst,
And let me die and perish,
Ere I stretch my hand
To a cup you did not fill,
Or a bowl you did not bless.