Monday, September 23, 2013

Walk with me

Photo taken by Jaiden Patterson at 7 years old last summer

Walk with me

Take my hand

Look around

Look within

Watch the birds

As they fly

Bask in the sun

Stare at the sky

Walk with me

Side by side

Talk to me

No reason to hide

See the trees

Always changing

Leaf after leaf

The trunk remaining

Walk with me

Arm in arm

Safe you are

No reason to run

Look at the squirrel

On the ground

Forward and back

Yet always around

Walk with me

In solitude

You with me

Me with you

Hear the children

As they laugh

Soon they will walk

A similar path

Walk with me

Feel my love

All is possible

Through God above

Valerie Maldonado 2012

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My AngelsSeptember 23, 2013 at 11:15 AM
I do love it...I could picture myself walking...
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Valerie MaldonadoSeptember 24, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Thank you so much my dear cousin, I was eagerly awaiting my first comment, so happy it was from you! xoxo Still trying to learn more to fix the look and post different things. I need a class LOL
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Desiderata

By Max Erhmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,

even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter,

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble,

it's a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life,

keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Walk with me

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