The Decision
THE DECISION
No.
No more.
Never again.
I’m making a choice.
I’ve made the decision.
I’m taking back control.
I’m taking back my life.
I’m shutting you out.
I’m done letting you in.
In my life.
In my head.
Casting doubt.
Stabbing my heart.
Taking my sleep.
Stealing my smile.
Shaking my confidence.
Destroying my dignity.
Breaking me down.
Who are you to do that to me?
What am I if I let you?
You’re dust on a mantle.
You’re a gust of hot wind.
You’re a bad day.
And you’re done.
You’re gone.
No more.
No.
Rach
2015
“Look! The nations are like a drop from a bucket, and as a film of dust on the scales they are regarded. Look! He lifts up the islands like fine dust…
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
There is one who dwells above the circle of the earth, and it’s inhabitants are like grasshoppers… He reduces high officials to nothing and makes the judges of the earth an unreality…
“To whom can you liken me to make me his equal?” says the Holy One. “Lift up your eyes and see. Who has created these things? It is the One who brings out their army by number; He calls them all by name. Because of his vast dynamic energy and his awe-inspiring power, not one of them is missing…
Why do you say, O Jacob… ‘My way is hidden from Jehovah, and I receive no justice from God’?
Do you not know? Have you not heard? Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, is a God for all eternity. He never tires out or grows weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the tired one and full might to those lacking strength. Boys will tire out and grow weary, and young men will stumble and fall.
But those hoping in Jehovah will regain power. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary; They will walk and not tire out.”
– Isaiah 44:15-31
I Don’t Have a Penny
I don’t have a penny
I don’t have a dime
I don’t have a great big house
The marble floored kind
I don’t own designer labels
I don’t have anything Chanel
I don’t own a pair of Louboutin’s
Although I’m sure they’d rock my world
I don’t drive a brand new car
I don’t drive a Merc
In fact I don’t drive a car at all
Unless it’s already had a lot of work
I don’t take expensive vacations
I don’t stay in five star hotels
I don’t travel very often
Although I’d love to see the whole world
I didn’t go to Uni
I didn’t get a P. H. D.
I didn’t aim for lots of money
Or to be secure financially
I don’t want fame
I don’t want prestige
I don’t want a spotlight
I’m very content wearing beige
I don’t need approval
I don’t need applause
I don’t need recognition
To hold and stay true to my cause
For I have something solid
I have something real
I have something that’s forever
That no one can destroy or steal
I own a rare Treasure
I own a priceless Pearl
I own a wealth of Talents
Worth more than the whole entire world
I know a shining truth
I know the thoughts of God
I know the news that must be spread
And so with that my feet are shod
This world is an awful mess
This world is on fire
This world is ruled by a betrayer
A killer, and a liar
He offers shiny things
He offers things that appear to be fun
He offers things soon to perish
Things that fade, disappear and run
You can see his mind in the air
You can see the propaganda
You can see the all-pervasive filth
The fake, and the slander
This world is a testimony to his rule
This world has nothing of lasting gain
This world offers naught but heartache
Hard-heartedness and pain
But I know something important
I know the truth
I know this world will soon disappear
There’s a mountain of proof
Soon all the pain will be gone
And all hurts will be healed
All people will live as one
With all their dearest desires filled
The earth will be transformed
The earth will recover
The earth will be populated
With people that truly love one another
Meantime we must endure
We must find a way
We must keep seeking
Keep striving, to listen and obey
There is a secure anchor
There is a trusted guide
There is a guaranteed promise
He will always provide
Jehovah is my confidence
Jehovah is my friend
Jehovah is my shining hope
My towering refuge to the end
Now is the time to focus on the Kingdom’s work
Time to keep a simple eye
Now is the time to support our friends
As shoulder to shoulder we strive
We are proud to be his Witnesses
We are proud to sing his praise
We are proud to bear his name
As we proclaim his loving ways
This is his work
This is his creation
This is his will
To gather together people from every nation
So as we endure
As we obey
As we do the work
We must not listen to anything the world has to say
We listen to Jehovah
Listen to his faithful slave
Listen to his words
His words light the way
So we do our part
We do our best
We do our utmost
Always trusting that Jehovah will do the rest
Just wait
You will see
Just test him out
Jehovah will provide super-abundantly
You don’t need a penny
You don’t need a dime
You don’t need to worry
Jehovah will never, ever, leave you behind!
Rach
2014
“Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and his Righteousness,
and all these other things will be added to you.”
– Matthew 6:33
“May people know that you,
whose name is Jehovah,
You alone are the Most High
over all the earth.”
– Psalm 83:18
JW.org
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/meaning-of-life/
“Live simply that others might simply live.” – Elizabeth Ann Seton
“It’s not that successful people are givers; it is that givers are successful people.” – Patti Thor
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history”. – Mahatma Gandhi
“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.” – Wilfred Grenfell
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” – Joseph Addison
“Love the earth and sun and animals,
Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
Stand up for the stupid and crazy,
Devote your income and labor to others.
And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”
– Walt Whitman
“We ought to change the legend on our money from “In God We Trust” to “In Money We Trust.” Because, as a nation, we’ve got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.”
– Arthur Hoppe, 1963
“Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.” – Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
“Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism, 1891
“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” – Michael Leboeuf
“Your money, or your life.” We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966
“There are people who have money and people who are rich.” – Coco Chanel
“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. – Henrik Ibsen
People Are People
People Are People
From city or country
From mountains or sea
From desert or tropics
It makes no difference to me
Whether tall or short
Whether fat or thin
Whether dark or light
It’s just the shell we live in
Born to have plenty
Or born to be poor
Where we are born
Is all just luck of the draw
Faced with life’s stresses
Or relaxed and carefree
People are people
Are people you see
Experiencing similar problems
Heaving the same sighs
We are all looking for better
Just through different eyes
We all traveled from somewhere
At sometime in the past
Looking for a home
Searching for peace at last
Wanting a better life
Wanting to be free
People are people
Are people – its history
Below that skin
Just a heart beat away
We are all the same
Just in a slightly different way
We all cry sometimes
Laugh on a happy day
We all need love
Or a hug to chase care away
Just outside the box
That world that you know
Is another place
Another way to go
You can be happy
Wherever you roam
Because people are people
Are people you know
Customs and manners
How you drink your tea
Really it’s all
Just a way to be
If you open your heart
Let your mind run free
If you try that different way
You’ll see what they see
Because the place you live
Ain’t the center of the ‘verse
There’s a whole big planet
Out there to traverse
The differences around us
Are a blessing not a curse
Because people are people
Are people – no worse
Rach
2006
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek
I am a citizen of the world”
– Socrates
“Peter opened his mouth and said:
“For a certainty I perceive that God is not partial,
but in every nation the man that fears him
and works righteousness is acceptable to him.”
– Acts 10:34,35
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