JoyFull
08-06-00, 02:02 PM
Bad is easy, Good is hard.
Losing is easy. Winning is hard.
Talking is easy. Listening is hard.
Watching TV is easy. Reading is hard.
Giving advice is easy. Taking advice is hard.
Flab is easy. Muscle is hard.
Stop is easy. Go is hard.
Dirty is easy. Clean in hard.
Take is easy. Give is hard.
Dream is easy. Think is hard.
Lying is easy. Truth is hard.
Sleeping is easy. Waking is hard.
Talking about God is easy. Praying to God is hard.
Watching basketball is easy. Playing basketball is hard.
Holding a grudge is easy. Forgiving is hard.
Telling a secret is easy. Keeping a secret is hard.
Play is easy. Work is hard.
Falling is easy. Getting up is hard.
Spending is easy. Saving is hard.
Eating is easy. Dieting is hard.
Doubt is easy. Faith is hard.
Laughter is easy. Tears are hard.
Criticizing is easy. Taking criticism is hard.
Letting go is easy. Hanging on is hard.
Secret sin is easy. Confession is hard.
Pride is easy. Humility is hard.
Excusing oneself is easy. Excusing others is hard
Borrowing is easy. Paying back is hard.
Argument is easy. Negotiation is hard.
Naughty is easy. Nice is hard.
Going along is easy. Walking alone is hard.
Dumb is easy. Smart is hard.
Cowardice is easy. Bravery is hard.
Messy is easy. Neat is hard.
War is easy. Peace is hard.
Sarcasm is easy. Sincerity is hard.
An F is easy. An A is hard.
Growing weeds is easy. Growing flowers is hard.
Reaction is easy. Action is hard.
Can't do is easy. Can do is hard.
Feasting is easy. Fasting is hard.
Following is easy. Leading is hard.
Having friend is easy. Being a friend is hard.
Dying is easy. Living is hard.
If you ask why all this is so, why is life so hard, I'll tell you, it
just is. Nothing in life that is good and worthwhile comes without
effort. We are torn, all of us, with a nature that is drawn to the
easy rather than the hard. Surely you've noticed that no child ever has
to be taught to be
Naughty; we're all born knowing how. It's easy for us. What's hard is
learning to be good.
Knowing this about oneself and others softens the heart and builds iron
into the will, keeps us going when all around is crumbling, when friends
forsake, when the heart breaks, and the courage and confidence shatter.
Knowing that such experiences are part of the deal gives us
opportunities to choose to do hard things. Constant challenges make our
journey exhilarating, wonderfully fulfilling, never, never boring. As
the Arabs put it, all sunshine makes a desert.
And here's a small secret that most sad and lonely people never learn:
Deep down inside we are all asking the same question. No matter who we
are, life is hard, and we all ask why it should be so.
But there is comfort in knowing we're not alone. So maybe your child or
the person sitting over there needs to hear from you right this minute
that sometimes you question, too, but that the One who knows us best and
loves us most promises that for those who choose the hard way, the dawn
gives way to morning splendor while the evil grope and stumble in the
dark. Easy is its own reward. Hard is much, much finer.
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Tonight...I looked up at the stars, and I wonder where you are. Tonight I gazed upon the moon, in hopes that I would see you soon.
Losing is easy. Winning is hard.
Talking is easy. Listening is hard.
Watching TV is easy. Reading is hard.
Giving advice is easy. Taking advice is hard.
Flab is easy. Muscle is hard.
Stop is easy. Go is hard.
Dirty is easy. Clean in hard.
Take is easy. Give is hard.
Dream is easy. Think is hard.
Lying is easy. Truth is hard.
Sleeping is easy. Waking is hard.
Talking about God is easy. Praying to God is hard.
Watching basketball is easy. Playing basketball is hard.
Holding a grudge is easy. Forgiving is hard.
Telling a secret is easy. Keeping a secret is hard.
Play is easy. Work is hard.
Falling is easy. Getting up is hard.
Spending is easy. Saving is hard.
Eating is easy. Dieting is hard.
Doubt is easy. Faith is hard.
Laughter is easy. Tears are hard.
Criticizing is easy. Taking criticism is hard.
Letting go is easy. Hanging on is hard.
Secret sin is easy. Confession is hard.
Pride is easy. Humility is hard.
Excusing oneself is easy. Excusing others is hard
Borrowing is easy. Paying back is hard.
Argument is easy. Negotiation is hard.
Naughty is easy. Nice is hard.
Going along is easy. Walking alone is hard.
Dumb is easy. Smart is hard.
Cowardice is easy. Bravery is hard.
Messy is easy. Neat is hard.
War is easy. Peace is hard.
Sarcasm is easy. Sincerity is hard.
An F is easy. An A is hard.
Growing weeds is easy. Growing flowers is hard.
Reaction is easy. Action is hard.
Can't do is easy. Can do is hard.
Feasting is easy. Fasting is hard.
Following is easy. Leading is hard.
Having friend is easy. Being a friend is hard.
Dying is easy. Living is hard.
If you ask why all this is so, why is life so hard, I'll tell you, it
just is. Nothing in life that is good and worthwhile comes without
effort. We are torn, all of us, with a nature that is drawn to the
easy rather than the hard. Surely you've noticed that no child ever has
to be taught to be
Naughty; we're all born knowing how. It's easy for us. What's hard is
learning to be good.
Knowing this about oneself and others softens the heart and builds iron
into the will, keeps us going when all around is crumbling, when friends
forsake, when the heart breaks, and the courage and confidence shatter.
Knowing that such experiences are part of the deal gives us
opportunities to choose to do hard things. Constant challenges make our
journey exhilarating, wonderfully fulfilling, never, never boring. As
the Arabs put it, all sunshine makes a desert.
And here's a small secret that most sad and lonely people never learn:
Deep down inside we are all asking the same question. No matter who we
are, life is hard, and we all ask why it should be so.
But there is comfort in knowing we're not alone. So maybe your child or
the person sitting over there needs to hear from you right this minute
that sometimes you question, too, but that the One who knows us best and
loves us most promises that for those who choose the hard way, the dawn
gives way to morning splendor while the evil grope and stumble in the
dark. Easy is its own reward. Hard is much, much finer.
___________________________________
Enjpyable time with JoyFull http://www.omania.net/evip/ubb/smile.gif
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Tonight...I looked up at the stars, and I wonder where you are. Tonight I gazed upon the moon, in hopes that I would see you soon.