THE AMAZING "CIRCLE OF LIFE" given in a different way and some special pictures...

  THE AMAZING "CIRCLE OF LIFE" 

It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life

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LIFE AFTER 

DELIVERY???

In a mother's womb were two babies. One asked the other: "Do you believe in life after delivery?" The other replies, "why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later. "Nonsense," says the other. "There is no life after delivery. What would that life be?" "I don't know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths." The other says "This is absurd! Walking is impossible. And eat with our mouths? Ridiculous. The umbilical cord supplies nutrition. Life after delivery is to be excluded. The umbilical cord is too short." "I think there is something and maybe it's different than it is here." the other replies, "No one has ever come back from there. Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery it is nothing but darkness and anxiety and it takes us nowhere." "Well, I don't know," says the other, "but certainly we will see mother and she will take care of us." "Mother??" You believe in mother? Where is she now? "She is all around us. It is in her that we live. Without her there would not be this world." "I don't see her, so it's only logical that she doesn't exist." To which the other replied, "sometimes when you're in silence you can hear her, you can perceive her." I believe there is a reality after delivery and we are here to prepare ourselves for that reality.                 (I just love that picture above of the babies.. precious)

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ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE STORY ABOVE IS....
What I perceived from it is that there is life after death....Eternal life after death. And we have to believe even without seeing ! (Although his messages are in the Bible and miracles ALL around us!) And the mother is referring to our Father In heaven and we should prepare to meet him one day . YES a beautiful way of putting it so that hopefully everyone understands !
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My dear girl, the day you see I'm getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I'm going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don't interrupt to say: "You said the same thing a minute ago"... Just listen, please. Try to remember the times when you were little and I would read the same story night after night until you would fall asleep.

When I don't want to take a bath, don't be mad and don't embarrass me. Remember when I had to run after you making excuses and trying to get you to take a shower when you were just a girl?

When you see how ignorant I am when it comes to new technology, give me the time to learn and don't look at me that way ... remember, honey, I patiently taught you how to do many things like eating appropriately, getting dressed, combing your hair and dealing with life's issues every day... the day you see I'm getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I'm going through.

If I occasionally lose track of what we're talking about, give me the time to remember, and if I can't, don't be nervous, impatient or arrogant. Just know in your heart that the most important thing for me is to be with you.

And when my old, tired legs don't let me move as quickly as before, give me your hand the same way that I offered mine to you when you first walked. When those days come, don't feel sad... just be with me, and understand me while I get to the end of my life with love. I'll cherish and thank you for the gift of time and joy we shared. With a big smile and the huge love I've always had for you, I just want to say, I love you ... my darling daughter.

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When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.
Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.

And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.

Cranky Old Man

What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse .

you're not looking at me.

I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigor, depart.
There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man .
Look closer . . . . see .. .. .... . ME!!

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Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too! So show some compassion, give a nice smile, show a little respect, for one day we'll be there.

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REMEMBERING MY MOM AND DAD WITH 
                                                    

SO MUCH LOVE, AND PRIDE IN THE                                                                

PARENTS GOD GAVE ME... I KNOW THEY ARE BOTH PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE CIRCLE TO ALL BE COMPLETED, YET IN NO HURRY.. 

 JESUS PLEASE GIVE THEM BOTH A HUG FROM ME TODAY, THEY ARE BOTH ON MY MIND.. AND REMIND THEM THAT WE LOVE AND MISS THEM PLEASE AND THANK YOU

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SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR ALL THE GRIEVING, AND THE LONELY.
PLEASE GOD WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND EACH AND HELP THEM TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE AND LOVE, AND GRANT THEM SOME COMFORT AND INNER PEACE. THANK YOU FATHER FOR ALL YOU DO, AND FOR ALWAYS BEING RIGHT AT OUR SIDE.. WE LOVE YOU, AND GIVE YOU THE HONOR, PRAISE, OUR LOVE, AND THE GLORY FOR ALL THINGS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.





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Praying for you and yours today and daily that God will wrap His loving arms around each of you and bless you all spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally, financially, and with His awesome and unconditional love, His presence in your lives, His grace, forgiveness, guidance and a special blessing that only He knows you need. Praying for the sick, the hurting, the lonely, the jobless, and the grieving, that He will reach out and give you what you most need, sometimes all we have to do is call out to Him and ask. Praying for our country, that we will all turn our eyes and hearts to Him before it's to late. AND GIVING THANKS, HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY TO HIM IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN.