Photo taken in the United Arab Emirates posted courtesy of Akhilesh Sharma
June 21, 2002
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all"....Dale Carnegie.
This is the most encouraging statement....and Helen Keller comes instantly to mind.
The following is taken from Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook....
"A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea. Difficulties meet us at every turn. They are accompaniment of life. They result from combinations of character and individual idiosyncrasies. The surest way to meet them is to assume that we are immortal and that we have a Friend who 'slumbers not, nor sleeps,' and who watches over us and guides us--if we but let Him. With this thought strongly entrenched in our inmost being, we can do almost anything we wish and need not limit the things we think. We may help ourselves to all the beauty of the universe that we can hold. For every hurt there is recompense of tender sympathy. Out of pain grow the violets of patience and sweetness, the vision of the Holy Fire that touched the lips of Isaiah and kindled his life into spirit, and the contentment that comes with the evening star. The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valley to traverse"....Helen Keller.
I believe this with all my heart. I knew God throughout my time online, and He loved me....He never left me. I can see now the importance of the years I spent online. As I have said, those days and experiences gave me courage to share. And it's wonderful to look back and see the different people God brought into my life, both online and in real life :-) Each person has had something beautiful to teach me just as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross said. I didn't know it at the time and am only just seeing the lessons they taught me. For me, as some wise soul once said...."Giving us a friend is the simple way God tells us that he really cares."
song playing....Keep on Loving You