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The Dash

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend

He referred to the dates on his tombstone

From the beginning...to the end.

He noted that first came his date of birth
And spoke the following date (1934 - 1998) with tears.

But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
That he spent alive on earth

And now only those who loved him
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own;
The cars...the house...the cash,

What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard
Are there things you'd like to change?

For you never know how much time is left,
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real,
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger,
And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile

Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy's being read
With your life's actions to rehash

Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

"Live for today not for tomorrow for tomorrow may never come"

"Heaven is the place dreams come true"

"Dreams are like diamonds, treasure them"

"You can't lose what is in your head and in your heart"

"Friends come and go, love comes and goes but your family does not -always remember that your family is with you for life"

"Trust with your heart, but always remember your head!"

"If you have a passion -a dream- go the distance to make it happen"

"Only you might see it, but your dream is special always believe"

"If you trust enough, you will believe"

"Whatever life throws up, you will be the inspiration to someone"

"Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams and others will believe"

"The Lord loves everyone irrespective of colour, ability, financial capabilities and belief in him"

"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you" [Matthew 17:20]

"We are better prepared emotionally and socially if we have good family relationships and good friends"

"People prepared through the obedience to the commandments of God need not fear"

"If you prepare, you shall not fear, if you trust you will believe"

"The saviour will help you stand strong by the power of His love. He showed us the way. He taught truths we still try to live. He willingly suffered for our sins because He loved us so completely"

"There cannot be love if you don't believe. Belief gives us strength, strength gives us trust and thus trust gives us belief"

"Ah - Leeds Road is the Home of my dreams!" [Thomson describing the former home of HTAFC]

"Life is full of memories"

"The futures bright, the futures orange"

"Where there is no vision the people perish" [Proverbs 29:18]

"Whatever will be will be, the futures not ours to see..."

"Make today the best day of your life"

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense" [Tom Clancy]

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go" [Oscar Wilde]

"The fruits of ones home tastes the sweetest of all"

"Dreams and myths are often better or as good as the truth"

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken" [Warren Buffett]

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy" [Abraham Lincoln]

"An emotional wound is real, debilitating and painful. It's OK for you to need, and ask for comforting"

"Often we do not know what we can endure until after a trial of our faith"

"Limitations live only in our minds, but if we use all the help available, our possibilities become limitless"

"Whatever you do may seem most insignificant, but it is most important that you do it" [Ghandi]

"It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearance. The true mystery of the world is the visible and not the invisible" [Oscar Wilde]

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" [Napoleon Hill]

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envisage the fact that you can do something, you can do it - as long as you really believe it 100%. It's all mind over matter" [Arnold Schwarzenegger]

"Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavours" [W. Eugene Smith]

"If you lie with good intentions, can it be wrong? Equally if you tell the truth with bad intentions is this not as bad or worse?"

"The lives of our people must become the most meaningful expression of our faith and . . . the symbol of our worship" [President Gordon B Hinckley, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]

"'The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind..."

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