A Poem....

Pain inside
No one cares
No one knows
Just how hurt I am
No one knows just what is wrong
No one wants to know the pain
It gets to be so much

With God around
I can feel his touch
With god around I feel the pressure
Of the lime-light of faith
Staying true to one so long

Sometimes I brake away
Sometimes I feel it getting to me
It brings me down to the ground
Tears flow like a river
Suppressed by others telling me
What to do, who to be
Saying, “You CAN’T do that!”
“You WON’T make it!”

As I dwell in the torments of others
As I dwell in the past pain

I am alone
I am in pain
I am ME

George Carlin Humor....

CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years and we're not using it anymore.

TEN COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment!

Dreams (Part E)

Dreams are amazing, They let you live! They let you think about the "big" things in life that you want and dreams give you a look into having that thing. Dreams are truly amazing. They keep you alive, they help to give you hope. Don't stop dreaming- It is an amazing thing and a wonderful gift from God.

1. "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."-- Thomas Jefferson
2. "The problems of the world cannot possible be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."-- John Keats
3. "The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die."-- Edward Kennedy
4. "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"-- Robert Francis Kennedy
5. "I have a dream that my 4 children will one day live in a nation Where they will not be judged by the color of their skin But by the content of their character."-- Martin Luther King, Jr
6. "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."-- T. E. Lawrence
7. "It may be that those who do most, dream most."-- Stephen Butler Leacock

Dreams are truly a Godsend. He let us dream so that we may have a wonderful excape from this world and think about the wonders of a next world. There are many reasons that Dreams are Great, Go Discover Them!!!

"Dreams are the cushions of the soul." ~Mindy Bartzen

Dreams (Part D)

Walt Disney had dreams. He had many fantastic dreams- Mickey mouse, Alice in wonderland. All wonderful dreams- that turned into fantastic movies. Those wonderful movies will live on for generations to come in the minds of all the little children. Even in the minds of the adults who used to be those bright eued kids in front of the giant wonderus movie screens.

1. "When you cease to dream you cease to live."-- Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
2. "I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge That myth is more potent than history That dreams are more powerful than facts That hope always triumphs over experience That laughter is the only cure for grief And I believe that love is stronger than death."-- Robert (L.) Fulghum
3. "A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you."-- Doris Wild Helmering
4. "Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments."-- Napolean Hill
5. "We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams."-- Libby Houston
6. "Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly."-- James Langston Hughes
7. "My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair."-- Thomas Jefferson

*Coming Soon- Part E of this series

Dreams (Part C)

Imagination... Dreams help to shape our imagination. They help to keep us youthful and keep us imagining those good times long gone. Dreams are a wonderus thing. They can scare someone or they can make you feel like there ain't a care in the world. Dreams give birth to some very cool things. I mean look at orval and welber wright- they dreamed, they dreamed up the Airplane. Look at columbus, he dreamed of a far off land shore waiting to be discovered. There are so many wonderful things that come from dreams. They are a splinded wonder. Keep Dreaming.

1. "If you can dream it, you can do it."-- Walt(er) Elias Disney
2. "All of our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them."-- Walt(er) Elias Disney
3. "In your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go and sheltered so may thrive and grow."-- Louise Driscoll
4. "Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities."-- Sue Atchley Ebaugh
5. "To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed."-- Bernard Edmonds
6. "I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough."-- M(auritis) C(ornelius) Escher
7. "There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other."-- Douglas H. Everett
8. "Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."-- William Faulkner
9. "More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams."-- Amy Grant
10. "I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage. I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true."-- Arsenio Hall
11. "You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?"-- Oscar Hammerstein, II
12. "The only credential the City (NY) asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, Not caring who they were or where they came from."-- Moss Hart

* Coming Soon- Part D of this series

Dreams (Part B)

I'm back, I told you I would be back to finish what I started. Dreams really are helpful. When we have a bad day and are mad we can dream about how it could have been better. We can dream about anything! We dream everynight- maybe we dont remember our dreams, but we definatly have dreams. Dreams TRULY help people. I mean look something that truly changed the entire outlook for the whole nation about racial discrimination. Was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He had a dream- He had a wonderful dream. Were everyone could go to the same schools, and get along. Rosa Parks even helped change it so that anyone can sit where ever they want on a bus. She and King helped shape our world/nation today. They had a dream, that we could all get along, and it hasn't completely happend. I mean unfortunatly we still stuggle sometimes with things but we do get along without killing each other everyday over something as simple, as stupid as the color of skin or whether you were a guy or a girl. We do have many advantages now. BECAUSE someone had a DREAM and that someone acted upon it. Thank the good lord that they DID act upon their dreams. That they did find they courge- the shear determination and will power to do so. Thank GOD!!!
Now as I have promised here are a few more of those wonderful quotes:

1."Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world."-- Joel Barker
2. "Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams--daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing--are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to invent, and therefore to foster, civilization."-- L. Frank Baum
3. "There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in."-- Erma Louise Bombeck
4. "The Human Spirit can never be paralyzed. If you are breathing, you can dream."-- Michael Brown
5. "There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream-whatever that dream might be."-- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
6. "When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go."-- Carol Burnett
7. "Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that ..."-- George (Denis) Carlin
8. "Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so."-- Belva Davis

* Coming Soon- Part C of this series

Dreams (Part A)

Well- what can I say when I have an idea for a post, I have to run with it.
So- My big idea this time is DREAMS. Do you realize how important dreams are? They shape our lives. They give us hope and keep us young and alive. As I have been doing my last few posts around quotes, I have many quotes on Dreams. Many that are VERY useful- and even funny. In this 5part series that I am going to do. I have 42 quotes that I am going to use to entertain you and also to teach you a bit about dreams and just how great they are.

1. "Life Is A Challenge - Meet It! Life Is A Song - Sing It! Life Is A Dream - Realize It! Life Is A Game - Play It! Life Is Love - Enjoy It!"-- Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2. "Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."-- Claude T(homas) Bissell
3. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."-- Pamela Vaull Starr
4. "Heal the past, Live the present, Dream the future."-- Unknown
5. "It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams."-- Eric Anderson
6. "I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success - the earliest spark in the dreaming youth - is this; dream a great dream."-- John A. Appleman
7. "In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities."-- Janos Arany
8. "The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality."-- Toni Cade Bambera

*Coming Soon~ Part B of this series

"A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party!"-- Les(ter Louis) Brown

Determination (Part B)

As I have promised, here are some more quotes to help you along the way with your walk of life. Stay strong and keep true.

1. "Energy and persistence conquer all thing."-- Benjamin Franklin
2. "An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men."-- Dr. Thomas Fuller
3. "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."-- Robert Anson Heinlein
4. "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."-- Napolean Hill
5. "Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory."-- Herbert Kaufman
6. "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination."-- Tommy Lasorda
7. "A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."-- Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
8. “The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."-- James Whitcomb Riley
9. "The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10. "Not only as each new year dawns, but constantly, persistently, the God of all grace urges His blood-bought children to give themselves to Him in complete surrender and so to prove to themselves how much more blessed it is to yield to His will than to indulge in their own."-- Cornelius Stam
11. "When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."-- Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher Stowe
12. "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."-- Harry S. Truman

"Keep your determination high and healthy. For with that you will succeed." ~Mindy Bartzen

Determination (Part A)

Determination is a big part of our everyday lives. Wheather we realize that or not, it is.
If we have a Great determination to do something then we can surely do it. It may take time to accomplish the task or dream, but in good time we can accomplish it. Here are a few in a two part series of quotes that I am going to give you - all about determination and persistance.

1. "A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough." --Hoshang N. Akhtar
2. "Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it."-- Dr. Joyce (Diane Bauer) Brothers
3. “Where the determination is, the way can be found."-- George S. Clason
4. "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."-- (John) Calvin Coolidge
5. "I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader."-- Stephen R. Covey
6. "Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance."-- Anthony J. D'Angelo
7. “If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, "Here comes number seventy-one!"-- Richard M. Devos
8. "I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time..."-- Charles Dickens
9. "Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters."-- Deciderius Erasmus
10. "Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over."-- F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald

There are some very insightful things put into those quotes. Maybe just as simple words- but hey, Whoever said that the best advice had to be long and drawn out intelligant speaking? I mean sometimes we can get the best advice- the best "helping hand" from a simple sentance. Take a min. and just think. Think about what it is that you truly want, then go after it- but go after it with all your might. Go at it with all your determination. Go at it with Jesus at your side- he can help you. If your want, your desire, is true and just and something really worth having. The lord is a great helper. He can give you that extra push- that "fire" for your goal. So what do I say here? I SAY GO FOR IT!!! GO FOR IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART!

Reality

Lets face it, reality bites! Right? I once seen a tee shirt that read "When I get a grip on reality, I'm going to choke it to death" All I have to say about that t-shirt is that probably about 95% of todays working force and students would 100% agree. The other 5% are just plain nuts.

Right here is six qoutes that totally agree on that statement.

1. "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. "~Albert Einstien
2. "Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable. "~Cyril Connolly
3. "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. "~Garrison Keillor
4. "Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. "~Jane Wagner
5. "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. "~Jules de Gaultier
6. "Humankind cannot stand very much reality. "~T.S. Elliot

Life is hilarious.
"Reality is but a mere perception of the greatest thinkers of time to explain the weirdest things of our time, namely tiring daily work schedules that we all hate but go to everyday anyway."~Mindy Bartzen

Stupidity

Sometimes the funniest thing in life is plain stupidity. We find ourselves laughing when someone is "stupid". But they are not stupid, but merely uninformed of the correct information. Possibly even just merely confused at what you're saying. Don't ever label someone "stupid" unless referring to ones self. That way you will be able to avoid hurting someone else's feelings.

Here for you funny bone pleasure , are eight quotes about stupidity. Some are from some very respected and highly dignifid people and others are from some lesser known characters.

1. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. " ~Albert Einstien

2. "Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. " ~Elbert Hubbard

3. "To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. "~Gustave Flaubert

4. "The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity. "~Harlan Ellison

5. "There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. "~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

6. "If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? " ~Scott Adams

7. "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. "~Unknown

8. "Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege. "~Unknown

Just try and think for a second before you open your dangourus mouth. Words ARE truly deadly to anothers heart. Be careful. Have fun in life but, DON'T go to far when it comes to the foolishness of things.

"The tounge is but a sword that can Kill ones imagination and innocence."~Mindy Bartzen