LIFE'S TUG OF WAR

          Life can seem ungrateful ~ and not always kind.
          Life can pull at your heartstrings ~ and play with your mind.

          Life can be blissful ~ and happy and free.
          Life can put beauty ~ in the things that you see.

          Life can place challenges ~ right at your feet.
          Life can make good ~ of the hardships that we meet.

          Life can overwhelm you ~ and make your head spin.
          Life can reward those ~ determined to win.

          Life can be hurtful ~ and not always fair.
          Life can surround you ~ with people who care.

          Life clearly does offer ~ its ups and its downs.
          Life's days can bring you ~ both smiles and frowns.

          Life teaches us to take ~ the good with the bad.
          Life is a mixture ~ of happy and sad.
          So.....
          Take the life that you have ~ and give it your best.
          Think positive, be happy ~ let God do the rest.

          Take the challenges ~ that life has laid at your feet.
          Take pride and be thankful ~ for each one you meet.

          To yourself give forgiveness ~ if you stumble and fall.
          Take each day that is dealt you ~ and give it your all.

          Take the love that you're given ~ and return it with care.
          Have faith that when needed ~ it will always be there.

          Take time to find the beauty ~ in the things that you see.
          Take life's simple pleasures ~ let them set your heart free.

          The idea here is simply ~ to even the score.
          As you are met and faced with ~ Life's Tug Of War.

          There are only two ways to live your life;
          One is as though nothing is a miracle.
          The other is as though everything is.

          ~unknown~