(I received this via email today)

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved.

I've learned that no matter how much I care some people just don't care back.

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And, just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt, and you will hurt in the process.

I've learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.

I’ve learned you only get to keep what you give away.

I’ve learned we are responsible for everything we do.

--Wise Advise~~

----SIX TINY STORIES "WITH "GREAT MEANINGS"

{1} Once all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella.
** That's FAITH**

{2} When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs, because she knows you will catch her.
** That's TRUST**

{3} Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the alarms to wake up.
** That's HOPE**

{4} We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future.
** That's CONFIDENCE**

{5} We see the world suffering, but still we get married and have children.
** That's LOVE**

{6} On an old man's shirt was written a sentence 'I am not 90 years old.... I am sweet 16 with 74 years experience'
** That's ATTITUDE**

---Have a good week and live your life like the six tiny stories!--

---May you always have love to share, health to spare & friends who care...

--A Matter of Perspective~~

--BOBBY: When You Can't Be Strong for Yourself~~

--AS a physician involved in the care of children I am very fortunate to witness daily the wondrous power, strength and faith of the most physically fragile among us. One such event involves Bobby, a five-year-old child who had been diagnosed with leukemia at age four. Bobby's cancer was in remission--he was free of disease--and he had come to the hospital for a series of diagnostic tests that were a routine part of his treatment plan. Bobby had bright blue eyes and a shy smile that at first glance didn't reveal the wisdom gained through his one-year struggle against cancer.

Bobby had lost all of his hair secondary to his regular chemotherapy treatment. The chemotherapy often left him nauseous and unable to eat. Bobby had experienced numerous painful procedures and treatments and this day was to be no exception. Bobby was undergoing a procedure that was indeed painful. He had been through it before, so he knew what to expect. I explained to him what we were going to do, and why, and the importance of him remaining very still. Bobby assured me that he would be very still, and he promised the nurses and technologist in attendance would not need to hold him down.

As we began, Bobby asked, "Dr. Brown, would it be okay if I say the Twenty-third Psalm while you stick me?"
"Of course, that would be fine," I said, and we began.

Bobby recited beautifully, no tears, no movements. The procedure went well. Bobby, in his young wisdom, reassured me, "Dr. Brown, that really didn't hurt much." We knew it had. Then Bobby caught me by surprise when he asked, "Dr. Brown, do you know the Twenty-third Psalm?"
"Well, sure," I answered him.

"Can you recite it like me?" he asked, a bit doubtfully.
"Well, I don't know. I think so," I said, realizing that I was going out on a limb.

"Let's hear you," said Bobby.
So I proceeded to stumble through it. My performance was quite shabby in comparison to Bobby's, and I didn't have a needle sticking in my back. I noticed all the other white-coated professionals in the room were trying to disappear as they feared being called on next, a prospect more frightening than being asked to perform at grand rounds.

-Then beautiful and bald Bobby said to all of us, "You know, you really should learn the Twenty-third Psalm by heart. Because when you say it out loud, God hears you and he lets you know inside your heart that he is being strong for you when you can't be strong for yourself."

"Allow the little children come unto me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."(Matthew 19:14) ~~

-[Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul~]

--YOU ARE VALUABLE~~

--BIBLE MEDITATION:
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
--(Romans 5:8)

--DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Grace is the most beautiful word in the Bible other than Jesus. Grace is why God loves us when there is nothing lovely about us. We are not loved because we are valuable. We are valuable because we are loved. 1 John 4:10 says, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
That, friend, is God’s amazing grace. We are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. I love Him for His grace. It is all Jesus. It’s not the church. It’s not good deeds. Amazing grace is in the Lord Jesus Christ. He loves you. He died for you. The Bible is a personal 'Love Letter' for each individual. (John 3:16-17).

--ACTION POINT:
-Thank God for the justification you have through Jesus Christ. Thank God for the grace He has abundantly given you.
--Adrian Rogers~~--'All For Love' / Hillsong ~
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