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"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of
a single candle"
- Francis of Assisi
RA-ISM'S by LauRA
"Courage is stepping up even though you know you might get stepped on"
"Just put one high heel in front of the other, and try to love one another"
"Ya got to be out there to be out there"
"Abracadabra Ala Shalam I wish for peace throughout the land"
"Magic beans they keep you young and lean"
"When we judge we can cause a smudge"
"
You are never too old to do something bold"
" Throw someone a kiss even if you have a bad aim
and you miss"
" Try, try, sigh, sigh before you can fly high"
" Give a hug instead
of being smug"
For Now
For now I will get myself up and dressed
For now I will not look back or forward because I might get depressed
For now I will embrace the day with a smile
For now I will stop and thank God and look to the heavens for a while
For now I will not blame others or point
my finger
For now I will be kind instead of mean because that could linger
For now I will
be responsible for myself
For now I will not cast aside my feelings and put them on a shelf
For now I will love
like I have never been hurt
For now I will not worry that I cannot fit into my skirt
For now I will be happy
for what I have and had
For now I will just simply be thankful and most of all glad
-LauRA Sheridan
The RA!RA! Poem
As I go through my day with worry
and dismay
I will look to the heavens and RA!RA! I will say
When gloom and darkness come by my side
These few
words will take me on a joy ride
I will make myself laugh, love and smile
Even if it takes a long time or a short
while
My spirit will be lifted and a bright light will shine on me
Because RA!RA! will shine a light of hope for
all to see
- LauRA Sheridan
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent
people and the affection of children,
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayel of false friends,
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a
healthy child,
a garden patch... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
- Emerson
There once was
a lady who said she could have done better If you ran into her she would tell you that when you met her In her eyes she
could always have done better than another If
she wasn’t always doing things for others She
would point her finger and criticize Especially when others gave something a try Convinced she was smarter than the wise woman up the street After all, she
was well-educated and with her intellect she didn’t miss a beat This lady would of, should of and of course
could have done better But in the end, she couldn’t have done better because she was waiting for someone
to let her!
- LauRA Sheridan
More RA-isms By LauRA
"Find your passion
and it will bring cash in"
" I will not look back on my bad decision only forward with great vision"
"Don't eat that extra treat it could enlarge your seat"
" I thought I had all the answers until I started
asking myself lots of questions"
" Life is easy it's the world that makes it hard"
" You are
what you think so don't tell yourself you stink"
" It's not a crime to write these rhymes in lime"
It Is What It Is
It is what it is so let it go
It's not up to you to understand it or know
God made a decision for this to be
If you try to change it you will
never be free
A great disappointment, loss or anger you feel
Whatever it is your soul will be able to heal
I
am sure you have heard of blessings in disguise
Sometimes we have knowledge, smarts and are even very wise
But we
still feel the need to cry and sorrow we may bestow
It is what it is so let it go
And you will find it will allow
you to grow
- LauRA Sheridan
"I don't want to be a
bitter old lady yelling about the apples
in the supermarket when I am really not angry about the
apples.
I am angry that I didn't follow my dreams".
- LauRA Sheridan
The Man I Love
God watch over the man I love
Help him stop today and look to the heavens above
Let him know that he can cry if he needs to
That it is not
a sign of weakness but to himself he is true
Make him understand that he doesn't always need the answers to all the questions
That I will still love him and give him all my affections
Allow him to listen to his inner voice and you speaking in
his ear
To help him cope with the wordly things and chase away all his fear
Most of all let him know there is a
woman in the world that loves him so
She is always praying for him and her love is deep and it will always flow
- LauRA Sheridan
I Like You But I’m Afraid
of You
I like you but I’m afraid of you
Is what the man said to her with eyes of blue He
had such interest in what she was saying But wasn’t sure if to
God he was obeying A woman to have such courage, wisdom and insight
He questioned how she could cause him to laugh in one moment and the next
feel fright What if she was a witch, a magician or maybe even a wizard
Could she put him under a spell and turn him into a toad or worse a lizard
I like you but I’m afraid of you what is a man to do? But listen to his own inner voice and to himself be true
- LauRA Sheridan
For every girl who is tired of acting weak when she is strong,
There is a boy tired of appearing strong when he feels vunerable.
For every boy who is burdened with the constant expectations
of knowing everything,
There is a girl tired of people not trusting her intelligence
For every girl who is tired
of being called over sensitive,
There is a boy who fears to be gentle and weep.
For every boy from whom competition
is the only way to prove his masculinity,
There is a girl who is called unfeminine when she competes.
For every
girl who throws out her E-Z Bake Oven,
There is a boy who wishes to find one.
For every boy struggling not to let
advertising dictate his desires,
There is a girl facing the Ad Industry's attack on her self esteem.
For every
girl who takes a step toward her liberation,
There is a boy who finds the way to freedom easier
- Unknown
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