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Are winners defined by prowess
In business or in sport
Or by intellectual power
Backed by academic report?
Is losing determined
By lack of financial wealth
In lieu of big-hearted happiness
Or optimum good health?
Why do moguls and titans
With no Faith take the leap
While penniless paupers
Leap for joy from their feet?
How come rich men's wives
Are miserable, children spoiled
While laborers are elated
Though clothes and hands are soiled?
Are winning and happiness one and the same
When the affluent are unhappy is money to blame?
Why are the poor who struggle hard to survive
Still able to know jubilation in their lives?
Their money's still here when the rich are long gone
Just like when they came they leave naked and alone
With wealth or in poverty life is borrowed time
Where prime dividends are the spiritual kind
Abundance is far too uncommon to be the standard
By which winning in life might be judged
Suggesting those without means or money
Were never in favor with God
The value of winning might be in dollars and cents
But the price of happiness is the lack of pretense
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Saw us come, watched us grow
Will witness the day we must go...on
Saw us through the wounds we beared
Shared the tears we shed
For all we cared...
Lent us smiles that warmed our hearts
Never asked to be repaid
Like Mother's love
Gives and gives...
Nurtures all we are
Like Father's foresight
Knows that day must come
When days must end.
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It is a fallacy to imagine
I could know your pain
The depth of loss for one we love
And who's loved us
Could never be transposed.
But I do understand...
Your loss is very great
And very distressing
I offer all the sympathy..
Empathy...support...
I can summon.
I'm hear to give...
Comfort and companionship
Through these terrible, difficult days...
My thoughts and prayers are with you
As are my time and attendance
You are never alone.
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Almighty! Almighty!
Grant us each others love
Grant us Unity
Almighty! Almighty!
We are you, you are we
One commUNITY
Almighty!
Make me an instrument
Of your will
Almighty!
'Til my prayers for peace
Are fulfilled
Precious Yahweh!
To the downtrodden
Lord impart justice
Beloved Jehovah!
We must embrace
For the sake of our children
Mighty Allah!
Hate is a condition
We must fix
Jah Love!
We are Unity's tools
We must build it
Great Buddha!
Stop us tearing down love
With impunity
Sweet Jesus! Sweet Jesus!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
Exalted Muhammad!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
Krishna! Krishna!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
Gay brother, my brother
At society's table
Take your seat
Gay sister, my sister
There's a welcome mat
At your feet
Brethren of no faith
Are all blessings from above
Bless and believe
In each other
Seek common ground
Faith differences be resolved
Yeah brother, my brother
Symbolize a love
For all Humanity
Yeah sister, my sister
Nurture like mother's love
Preserve dignity
See no need for Unity
You have blindness
Build Unity right now
Spread Human-Kindness...
Right Now!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
Build it right now!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
Brother, brother!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
Sister, sister!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
All mankind!
GOLDEN OpportUNITY FOR UNITY
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You were there for me...
After the birth of my child
When I needed time
To marvel, and rest, and adjust.
I appreciated the flowers,
And condolences...
On the passing of my parent.
And the patience and empathy
You expressed after the funeral...
For my car.
When I missed time
Due to fever and chills...
You reassured me
I could cover my bills...
And welcomed my return
From a much needed vacation
With a standing ovation.
Kindness, understanding, consideration
Not the standard definition
Together, how many barriers we have crossed...
That redefine me, the employee
And you, the boss...
I appreciate all that you do.
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Let’s celebrate!
Let’s get together soon
Maybe today
And have a toast
For all we’ve achieved
To this point in our lives
Recent headlines remind me
How much I have to be proud of
And grateful for
Very much including you.
The face time we share…
And the face I saw smiling back
In the mirror this morning
Give me twice as many reasons
Than some people have
To celebrate…
So hit me back!
With the time
And the place.
Peace!
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Strangers meet, merge their lives
Shadows fade...
Time revives the highs of life
Dreams renew, nightmares die
Two hearts may find that life provides...
A refuge from their strife
Old wounds heal, when life reveals
What kindred spirits share
Tears dry up, smiles from frowns
Happiness from despair
We find that all life's maladies
Were there to make us grow
Pains and strains of former times
Were there to let us know
A friend would come...to make us see
That pain was not in vain
Loneliness of bygone days...gone
Because we're friends
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Twenty score years ago, and some
The evil merchants crossed the waves
Gleeful as they raped and pillaged
Their cargoes of dark-skinned slaves
En route to the land of Liberty
Where all men are created equal
In their most frightening and wildest nightmares
They could never have envisioned the sequel
After four centuries of hatred, violence and exploitation
Against the human chattel who built this nation
The values upon which America was built
Would overcome its culture of greed
On the backs of unknown, unsung masses
Who bore the burden of long labor and whips lashes
And the prayers and Faith of prophet preachers
Came a man, half black, half white…
A new breed leader
Who dared to believe against all odds
That he could unite these United States
Seen only, perhaps, by The Dreamer…in ‘68
Who could have known our country’s fate
For the first time, truly, since 1776
A Golden Opportunity For Unity exists
That all Americans could possibly be One
Our new president alone cannot get this done
This is for you, for me, for we, for us
E Pluribus Unum, from many – one...
If God we trust?
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It's hard to imagine
There was ever a time
When we were strangers
Friends?
Not for two spirits who share
The affinity, admiration and respect
That we share
Brotherhood!
That's what defines us
Whether it's giving love through tough times
Or giving tough love
A shoulder to lean on
Or shouldering the weight
When the load is too heavy to carry alone
Do we always see eye to eye?
No.
Do we suffer permanent warm and fuzzies?
Nope.
Do we wish each other long life, health and prosperity?
Yep.
Would we do whatever we could
To help each other live long and prosper?
Absolutely.
I appreciate your love, brother...
I love you back.
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The day has arrived for me to share, with all who have gathered here,
what has flowered in my heart since God brought her into my life.
The sweetness of my love is in full bloom this day and so I stand before
God and this assembly to share the rich harvest of my love for him.
To you I offer the wholeness of my mind and spirit; the commitment to be forever true.
In all ways and for always I am yours; in body and soul we are hereafter one.
I promise to make God my adviser; to speak with Him, to listen to Him, and follow His counsel in all affairs of our lives.
And I too will hold a covenant with God that our coupling will be strong and forever lasting.
Let all who witness my promise to defend, protect and honor my bride know that we will be together even beyond the gates of Heaven.
Let all who see and hear this celebration know the extent of my sharing and caring for my groom is as close as Heaven could be to Earth
And so, in keeping with the Master’s Plan, please accept me as your husband.
And answering the will of God, please allow me to be your wife.
For our lifetimes.
For all time.
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