People are often unreasonable,
Illogical and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
People may accuse
You of selfish motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,
You will win some false friends
And some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
They may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
People will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
It is between you and God;

It never was between you and them anyway.

~Mother Teresa~

Eyeglasses or contact lenses do not change what you see;
they change how you see it.

Many times you must change how you see something
before that thing is changed in your life.

If how you see it doesn't change, then IT will never change.

It is not a matter of denying the reality of your situation
but a matter of seeing beyond your situation.

Don't deny the reality of your situation.
Deny the finality of your situation.

~Dr. Reginald P. Garmon~

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil.
I am content to observe that there is evil,
and that there is a way to escape from it,
and with this I begin and end.

~John Newton~

He hung 50 feet in the air and raised his finger.

"One more time," he mouthed to the screaming crowd.

I was at the circus with my wife and three-year-old son.

The young trapeze artist had missed the rung and fell.
His tether rope caught him and he hung there for a few seconds
then began his climb back up to the swinging bar.

It was his third time missing and falling.
It was his third time raising one finger and mouthing the words,
"One more time."

It was A MountainWings Moment fifty feet above the ground.

We all slip and fall.
We all miss the bars that we reach for.
We all have the choice that the trapeze artist had.

We can give up.

Or we can raise our finger and ask of life,

"One more time please?"

Remember, you only fail when you stop trying.

~A MountainWings Original~

Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
Below are seven of his quotes.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's
consent.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your
grandfather was.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,
I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

~Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)~