Well the last month of a hot, hot summer is finally here—I find it hard to believe that it’s time that children are getting ready to go back to school— in August! I remember my school days- we didn’t go back to school until after Labor Day—as is life, things sure change!
In thinking about what to share with you in this article, I decided that today, I'm going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far: the accomplishments, the many blessings, and, yes, even the hardships because they have served to make me stronger.
I'll go out of my way to perform an unexpected act of kindness for someone I don't even know. Today, I'll give a sincere compliment to someone who seems down. I'll tell a child how special he is, and I'll tell someone I love just how deeply I care for them and how much they mean to me.
Today is the day I quit worrying about what I don't have and start being grateful for all the wonderful things God has already given me. Join me and take time to smile, love and laugh—life is too short to worry—
We continually asked our residents to share a short story or poem that we can put in our newsletter to share with our readers.
Lois Clark took us up on our invitation! She gave us a clipping that was found among her husband’s mother papers and she would like to share.
Eternity
A Hundred Years Ahead
By Walt Huntley
Tell me, friend, what will it matter,
Say a hundred years from now,
If you owned ten thousand acres
Or just one old broken plow;
If you bought your suits in Paris
And your shoes in Italy,
Or your clothes were made in patches
As the bed quilts used to be;
Whether you lived in a mansion
With the finest broadlooms laid,
If you had a private chauffeur,
Butler, cook, a nurse and maid,
Or if you lived in a cottage
With your health gone on the skids,
Out of work and out of money,
Just your wife and seven kids?
But there’s more to life than livin’,
More for those who will believe,
More in store laid up in heaven
If the Savior we receive.
Whether we are lost forever
Or to Jesus here we bow,
This is what will make the difference
In a hundred years from now.
