I Shall Not Grow Old - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Debbie · 08-10-2003, 07:04 AM

<center>If night and loneliness disrupt my peace,
I think of all the glories of the day;
When chilling winter winds are loath to cease,
I still remember warmth and flowering May.
If I accept each challenge with a will
And laugh with youth and lend a child my hand,
I will not stop to think of every ill
While trying other lives to understand.
If I have loved my friends for their true worth
In trying times and when their fortunes shone,
There could not be a greater joy on earth
Than friendship ties to cherish as my own.
For youth is fleeting as a moth's white wings,
But age finds daily joy in simple things.</center>

Author: Josephine Stone Breeding

SkyIsFalling42 · 08-10-2003, 08:02 AM

Barbiedeb..this is so comforting..thank you.

2stop · 08-10-2003, 01:16 PM

What a beautiful poem Deb..thanks for this today, I've been sitting here driving myself insane with all I have to get done and just feeling like crap, this really helped!~

08-10-2003, 07:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,016	I Shall Not Grow Old <center>If night and loneliness disrupt my peace, I think of all the glories of the day; When chilling winter winds are loath to cease, I still remember warmth and flowering May. If I accept each challenge with a will And laugh with youth and lend a child my hand, I will not stop to think of every ill While trying other lives to understand. If I have loved my friends for their true worth In trying times and when their fortunes shone, There could not be a greater joy on earth Than friendship ties to cherish as my own. For youth is fleeting as a moth's white wings, But age finds daily joy in simple things.</center> Author: Josephine Stone Breeding

08-10-2003, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
SkyIsFalling42 Big kitty nose hugs Join Date: May 2003 Location: Center of The World Posts: 1,261	Barbiedeb..this is so comforting..thank you. __________________ Love In Spirit, Sky Where my heart is....... http://Writing.Com/authors/skyisfalling02 "Never Give In, Never Give In, Never Give In, Never, Never, Never." ~~Sir Winston Churchill~~

08-10-2003, 01:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	What a beautiful poem Deb..thanks for this today, I've been sitting here driving myself insane with all I have to get done and just feeling like crap, this really helped!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

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