If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass —
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is near.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail —
Be the best of whatever you are!
Life can seem an endless maze,
The twists and turns, lulls and delays,
But things
Life's brevity, so bittersweet,
depends upon just one heartbeat.
Brief as dusk an
Sometimes you may think you're alone,
And your feelings make you seem like a clone.
Life may not let me select my lot,
But whether I'd be happy or not...
That is my
Speak The Language Of Your Heart
Each day we wake is such a gift;
No moment's guaranteed.
Tomorrow isn't promised,
When I am born, you are here
In your eye, I see a tear
Time flies and already I'm
I've envied the people around me
So invested in living each day,
While I spent my
When into sorrow, my poor soul sinks
When a sound of despair in my heart rings
I'
Some feelings are shallow, some feelings are deep.
Some make us smile, some make us weep.
Hope is in the springtime,
When the first bird of the year chirps.
When the first
