General Chat

Good morning everyone. Loved your words Cynthia and bizzylizzy. They reminded me of the first verse of a hymn we used to sing at school:

O Brother Man, fold to your heart your brother,
Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there,
To worship rightly is to love each other,
Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

Morning Cynthia and all,

Lovely verse again and something to carry through
the day.

Bizzylizzy thank you also for your verse.

Emma :-)

Morning to you also Lyndi ~

It is a nice verse & one I always think about ~ a bit of human kindness & a smile goes a long way I have found & don't cost anything ~ have a lovely day :-)

Morning bizzylizzy,
Love your verse :-)

Good morning and thank you Cynthia <3

Lovely thread John very peaceful ~
Cynthia I enjoy your daily prayer thank you ~ the one this morning reminded of this verse an elderly lady passed on to me ~ a smile a kindness just think if we all passed them on what a better world it would be ~



Have you had a kindness shown
Pass it on.
It wasn't meant for you alone;
Pass it on.
Let it travel through the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
Till in heaven the deed appears;
Pass it on.

Morning Cynthia and thank you for the prayer and the smiles.
Today I have lots to smile about, but like you will smile at those I meet as I go about the day :-) :-)

~~~~ and :-) :-) :-) to the other popper-inners

Hi Cynthia...its my first time visiting this thread.....

I really enjoyed your prayer....I believe smiles should be passed forward it helps in life and also lifts the heart...... Thank you :-D <3

Very true and so meaningful. Thank you Cynthia, let's all try to share our smiles around because they are catching. I find if I am given a smile then I also feel the need to pass it on. Have a happy day today.

Good morning all poppers-inners :-D


I found this lovely prayer and I hope you like it too......


There’s Sunshine In A Smile


Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain,
Laughter and pleasure, tear-drops and pain;
All days can’t be bright, but it’s certainly true,
There was never a cloud the sun didn’t shine through.

So just keep on smiling whatever betide you,
Secure in the knowledge God is always beside you.
And you’ll find when you smile your day will be brighter
and all your burdens will seem so much lighter.

For each time you smile you will find it is true
SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE will smile back at YOU!
And nothing on earth Can make life more worthwhile
than the sunshine and warmth of a BEAUTIFUL SMILE.


- Helen Steiner Rice.


I've a busy day ahead of me but, I shall try and remember those words and smile at those I meet.


Cx :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

I'm doing fine thanks Cynthia - my friend is not doing too badly, all funeral arrangements made for the 22nd - it's going to take very long time for her to come to terms with this as Ken was an entertainer on the large cruise liners so she was well used to him being away for weeks, sometimes months - at the moment it seems to her that he's just gone away, which of course he has in some respects, just a different journey, that's all

No, it wasn't Morning has Broken that I was thinking of John and I don't, actually, know that other hymn....... :-(

Ah well, it must have been from something in my childhood I reckon.... :-)


Hi Ann, I remember you saying about the awful week you had had - hope you are coping okay. This getting older business is certainly not funny at times... :-(

Mind you, on the humorous side of things, I remember two elderly widows who used to go to every funeral they could manage ......they were well known for it and were referred to, rather irreverently, as 'professional mourners'.....but it did cause people to smile.


:-)

I'm another popper in Cynthia - so no, you're never talking to yourself :-)

Sandie's funeral last week and now next week I have another - the funeral of a dearly loved friend who died at 67 - I was with his wife when he passed in the early hours last Thursday - I only seem to go to funeral these days - the penalty of growing old I suppose

That was the one I thought of John :-)
I remember singing that with a choir when I was about 10, we won the competition ;-)
People would run a mile if I started to sing now :-D

Have a lovely day everyone :-)

And this hymn, written in 1832 by Samuel F Smith to support Protestant missions and based on "The darkness is past, and the true light now shines." (1 John 2:8)

The morning light is breaking, the darkness disappears;
The sons of earth are waking, to penitential tears;
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean brings tidings from afar
Of nations in commotion, prepared for Zion’s war.

Rich dews of grace come o’er us, in many a gentle shower,
And brighter scenes before us, are opening every hour;
Each cry to Heaven going, abundant answers brings,
And heav’nly winds are blowing, with peace upon their wings.

Blest river of salvation, pursue thy onward way;
Flow thou to every nation, nor in thy riches stay:
Stay not till all the lowly triumphant reach their home;
Stay not till all the holy proclaim, "The Lord is come."

Yet another wonderful day to enjoy God's glory and praise Him. Doubt this is the hymn you were thinking of, Cynthia. This hymn was written in 1931 and is very popular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWd3skb-Rw

Good morning everyone...........I do like saying that now........everyone....I am not alone......... spins round and falls over....... :-D


Thank you for that link Susan....I know that song well.....in fact, whenever I hear it sung, it takes me back to the funeral of a Vicar's wife about 20 years ago - it was a very uplifting and fitting tribute to her.


I see that it is linked to One More Step Along The Road I Go...........that is quite often sung at services held for those leaving school.


Personally, I don't say the same prayers every day.......the only time I recite the same ones are when I'm in church when they are part of the service. My prayers tend to be more of a 'conversation' with God. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if I give him earache........'cos I am a great 'natterer' - as Sylvia well knows.... :-D


So, must stop nattering .........here is this morning's prayer.. I think there is a hymn with similar words but can't, for the life of me, think what it is...


Morning Light


For this new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends.
For everything Thy goodness sends,
We thank Thee, dearest Lord. Amen.

- anon


Have a good day everyone.....


Cx :-)

and I, a-religious though I consider myself, pop in here at least every other day


so you are not alone or talking to yourself, Cyn

I was just wondering......The prayers I learned when young are the same prayers I recite before bedtime, every day. they have never changed.....does anyone else say the same prayers or do you learn new ones?.......I don't mean the prayers we read but the ones we have learned off by heart.


Here is a song I loved...one of the many we sang in the car to and from school

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mw-7CJhlbp0

Thank you - it's good to know that I am not alone on here............I get bored with myself after a while.... :-D


Cx <3