He almost didn’t see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road. But even
in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in
front of her Mercedes and got out.

There are two days in every week that we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

Say! Let’s forget it! Let’s put it aside!
Life is so large and the world is so wide.
Days are so short and there’s so much to do,
What if it was false–there’s plenty that’s true.
Say! Let’s forget it! Let’s brush it away
Now and forever, so what do you say?

Sure, this world is full of trouble
I ain’t said it ain’t.
Lord, I’ve had enough and double
Reason for complaint;
Rain and storm have come to fret me,
Skies are often gray;
Iloms and brambles have beset me
On the road-but say,
Ain’t it fine today?

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Listen to these words and take heart. I am only 40 years old, yet I have been told I have wisdom beyond my years. I know that at times you feel you must do everything at once. Slow down. You have the rest of your life.

One of our favorite patients had been in and out of our small, rural hospital
several times, and all of us on med-surg had grown quite attached to her and
her husband. In spite of terminal cancer and resulting pain,

A large family with several children had just moved to a home in the country. The children were delighted to discover that on the property there was a pond suitable for swimming. On a bank at the side of the pond a young oak tree was growing. The tree was so young that its trunk and branches were thin and quite flexible–not capable of supporting much weight.

Tomorrow’s cares may never come,
They’re locked up in the future,
Your troubled thoughts may sometimes roam,
For that is human nature.

Timmy was a little five year old boy that his Mom loved very much and, being a worrier, she was concerned about him walking to school when he started Kindergarten. She walked him to school a couple of days but when he came home one day, he told his mother that he did not want her walking him to …