i browsed through my emails and here is a forwarded email from my bestfriend maff. it has been there for weeks now and this was the only time i actually opened it. it was such an eye opener that i decided to post here in my blog. it made me realize that we need tough times in life to become stronger and braver individuals. most of the situations mentioned on this forwarded email, i have been through or still going through already. and there are more yet to come....but we should be ready. difficult moments and circumstances should not be a crumbling rock for us, we shoudl take is as stepping stones to progress. but it takes determination and requires a lot of patience. i am experiencing it now, and i do not expect things to be easy along the way, but i am a fighter and there are people like my betsfriend maff who fightf every battle with me. with my Lord by my side and my courage to face each and every battle, i can survive anything. tears at night, harsh words, broken words and promises, shattered heart, battered soul, sleepless nights, being put down by peopel i thought cared for me, working 16 hours just to give my siblings something to spend, even nothign for myself, studying until two in the morning and waking up at 5 am just to get to school on time, having only 5 dollards on my pocket to survive me a week, walking home alone, living alone, feeling alone, and more....these are the things that makes me appreciate life.
well, here's the email entry written by paul harvey. quite inspiring, must say. and i am sharing it with you. i hope it inspires you, too.
Paul Harvey Writes:
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that wemade them worse.
For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes
and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches,
I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born
and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in,
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother.
And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,
but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he'sscared,
I hope you let him.
When you want to see a movie and your little brother wants to tag along,
I hope you'll let him.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends
and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy dayswhen you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away
so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a girl,
and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain,
burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.
And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbour's window
and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment,hard work and happiness.
To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you.
And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
....Paul Harvey
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