Thursday, May 26, 2011

DON'T QUIT

I HAD TO SHARE THIS ...... ENJOY

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but dont you quit. 


Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow.



Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.


Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint on the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar.
So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.

~ Unknown

Friday, May 6, 2011

I Still Miss Him

So this evening, I've been crying after reading a blog of a Canadian man written while he was dying from cancer plus his last post that he had instructed his family to put up after he passed away. I was bawling my eyes out and sniffling all over the place.

That brought thoughts of the one close person in my life I've lost: my grandfather. After 3 years, I still miss him immensely! He passed in Jan 2008 and the sad thing is between 2004 and 2007, we were not in touch much because I was out of the country and even when I returned in late 2007 and he fell ill and was in hospital, I feel I didn't visit him enough. Too many late night-outs and the assumption that he would get better. I feel soooo guilty when I think I may have failed him towards the end.

I miss him, I miss him, I miss him, I miss him, I miss him, I miss him! But I know that he is with our Lord already, rejoicing in His presence. I am very very thankful that I grew up with my Papa and that he was the father that the Lord gave to me for the first few years of my life. He was a wonderful man and I'm glad he lived!

I miss you Papa. Always