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The Dogwood Tree

My favorite flower comes from the dogwood tree
Which just blooms only one time each year in the South  which is at Easter
Now the petals are called “bracts” and the center contains it‘s “blossoms”
And the “bracts” can range from white to pink to an almost red color
But that’s not what makes that tree so significant to me.

It’s amazing to me that if you look closely at the dogwood flower
 That you can see the resemblance of the cross
Because on each “bract” you can plainly see
Bloodstained nail prints of brown and rust stained with red
And then the “blossoms” of it contain what looks like a crown of thorns.

It’s also amazing just to think
How it’s “blossoms” bloom before Easter every year
It must be one of God’s miracles that is unexplainable
And then it stays in full bloom for three weeks
Kind of like Jesus was in the grave three days
Have you ever thought that a week could of been a day in God’s timing.

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Choices and Consequences

In life there are choices that you must make
Now some of them can turn out good and others bad
But the way you handle whatever the consequences are
Determines the strength you have
And I can’t promise you they will always be easy. 

Some of the choices you make
May lead to stiffer consequences than others
And then they also could ruin your life forever
Not only could they affect your everyday plans
But they could affect your plans for the future. 

It just takes one bad choice
To uproot your life and make you change your plans
And then it could happen in just one second
So think before you make a choice
Because it could be the wrong one and lead to suffering.

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The Importance of Organ Donation

I’m not sure how you feel about this
But it’s an extremely important decision
That you may choose or choose not to make
Which is the gift of life for someone
Through the gift of organ donation.

Just think if you do decide to be an organ donor
You may have the chance to live again
Although not in the physical sense
But just think a small piece of you
Might be helping someone else to live.

It’s not a definite that they’ll live
But if they do you can feel a sense of pride
In knowing that it’s your organs that’s helping them to live
Because the risks sure do outweigh the reality
After all isn’t that what you should do help preserve life.

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A Golden Girl

For the first time in the history of the Olympics
Has there been someone from the U.S. at the time 
Who has won the Individual All-Around 
In an Olympics that was fully attended
That was until Carly Patterson came along 
And became a golden girl in the gymnastics world.

Yeah I know that Mary Lou Retton 
Won the All-Around title twenty years ago 
But those Games had countries to boycott them 
I’m not saying that she would have lost the gold 
Because she earned it but we’ll never truly know 
And then with Carly’s you knew that she beat the best.

That wasn’t the only medal that she won
However it was the most prestigious 
But she earned two other medals also 
Which was a team silver and an Individual silver 
And also with one other woman in gymnastics 
Became the most decorated women gymnasts in the 2004 Olympics.

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My Little Heroine

Heroes come from all corners of the world
I hadn't thought about that until the 1998 Goodwill Games
Where she got injured and could be paralyzed
Meet my 17 year old little heroine Sang Lan!! 

The fact that she's alive is a pretty amazing feat
Because when she overpowered on a front handspring vault
She struck the mat head-first and has a fracture-dislocation injury
Which is where she injured two vertebrae at the base of her neck. 

Sang is an amazing young Chinese lady
Who has high spirits despite whatever her condition
She's had plenty of support from people around the world
And she has shown tremendous strength through this ordeal. 

China's 1997 national vault champion is hoping
That an experimental nerve-building drug helps her paralysis
And she can do more for herself than the doctors ever thought possible
Because before her surgery she couldn't even sit up and hold her head up. 

It looks like her gymnastics career could be over
Unless some kind of miracle takes place
Because she still had no feeling in her hands, wrists, and legs
However she did get some positive news after her surgery.

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A Heart of a Champion

Sometimes people only consider people a champion
When their team wins or they win an event
But that’s not all of what makes a champion
It’s when they do something for the right reason and set an example
And whenever that happens their hearts are sure to follow.

Now there’s only a few people with a heart of a champion
Because most are so competitive and want to win
And here’s a perfect example of someone with a heart of a champion
It’s when a person thinks they might stand a chance to win
But they give up that chance to let someone else shine.

 Another example of someone with a heart of a champion
Is when someone who doesn’t finish at the top or win
They are just as happy coming in second place or worse
Because they put forth the effort and at least tried
So do you consider yourself to have a heart of a champion?

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You Must Have Perseverance

P     Patience it’s an necessity
E     Envision your goals
R     Reaction is key
S     Show initiative
E     Encourage each other
V     Victory is attainable
E     Earn respect
R     Reach out and take hold of whatever you strive for
A     Achieve greatness
N     Nothing comes easy
C     Champion status is something earned not made
E     Expect only the very best for yourself

If you want to be successful at whatever you do
Then you must go after it with all of your heart
Along with some perseverance and also a never say quit attitude
And you will be amazed at what you can accomplish
Because I know whatever you strive for is within reach
But now I can’t promise you that it will come easy.

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Don'T Label People

I wish people wouldn’t label people with disabilities
As being different and would get to know them
Now I’ll admit that I’ve got a disability
And also did some volunteer work at a Middle School
But the students there tend to look past my disability
And most seemed to want to get to know the real “me.”

Which was really good because I never got to experience that in school
Because when most students saw my wheelchair they labeled me
As handicapped and didn’t care to take the time to get to know me
And that really did hurt me more than anything else
But now I realize that they were just scared
So the next time you see someone with a disability
Get to know them before you label them as being different.

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Find Your Passion

P    Positive attitude is a key thing
A    Apply yourself at whatever you set out to do
S    Stay on course with whatever you do
S    Success is something you must earn
I     It’s up to you to decide what you want to do
O    Offer your time to help others
N    Now is your time to shine

You may have to look deep inside
And then it also could take you years to find
But when you do find what your passion is
You must hold onto it with everything you have
And don’t let it slip through your hands like grains of sand.

When you do discover your passion
Go after it with all of your heart
And don’t let anyone frustrate you with their words
Because I believe in you and I hope you do too
And I know you can do anything you set your mind to.

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Another Special Sweetheart

You might think that I just have sweethearts
That come from the United States
But that is where you are wrong
Because I have an international sweetheart too in Lilia Podkopayeva! 

She comes from the country of the Ukraine
And really bursted onto the scene at the 1996 Games
Where she won three medals: two gold and one silver
And today she's another special sweetheart of mine. 

I know you're probably asking how she became a sweetheart of mine
Well I will tell you the story behind her
It was that I was watching the Rock 'n' Roll Gymnastics Challenge
Of course, she was there performing
And I began to think of how "cool" it would be
To have an international sweetheart too
So my heart opened up and let my fourth sweetheart come in! 

She became the first woman gymnast
Since another Ukrainian did it in 1972 named Ludmilla Turischeva
To be both the reigning World and Olympic All-Around Champion.

At only seventeen years old this young lady
Is also known as the "Queen of Gymnastics"!