Seeing Rejection

Supposedly my entry for another blogging site but I opted to post the poem here. 

Could this be another closed door? 

I’ve been through this many times before. 

Again here I am wondering ‘what went wrong?’ 

Then I whispered ‘ Stay calm… be strong!’ 

Despite the fact that you’re doing your best, 

You’ll be taken to a difficult test. 

And no matter how good you try 

You would end up with a deep sigh. 

Alas!, life is a sea of ups and downs 

Keep afloat or you might get drowned. 

Some people would turn against you. 

Find peace within, this shall pass too. 

Come what may life must go on. 

See rejection as a stepping stone. 

Move ahead and look at the brighter side. 

Keep going.... Let God be our guide. 

~Ric@lifencanvas

background photo credit: morguefile.com 

Closed Door

Feeling bad for closed doors? I do, (sometimes)...
but of course there'll be more 'open' doors (and windows!). Got to keep the faith..

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~Helen Keller 

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls ~Joseph Campbell 

Have you also been fired? Have you been rejected? Has a door closed in front of you? Don’t be discouraged. You’re in a Detour. Believe that God is preparing you for a bigger door! ~Bo Sanchez

Waiting For You

This is how I felt  the past few days.  

And just like anybody, I need a reminder!

Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods. ~C.S. Lewis

To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. ~Tony Dorsett

The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you. ~author unknown

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. ~John 14:18

Believe in Yourself

"Your works are non-sense and you really don't matter at all"  I've heard the lady telling the boy. What a cruel  remarks! And guess what?  Many times, we meet people like her. Don't listen to them. Don't  believe in them because God knows our worth and  we do matter to Him!

Believe in yourself when others don't...

because GOD believes in You!

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ~Norman Vincent Peale 

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

~Philippians 4:13

Hang in There

Life is tough. That is true. but....  we have  to hang in there!

Let's strive to keep the faith!   We're going to make it!

When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. ~author unknown 

A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn. ~author unknown 

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. ~Josh Billings

Flowers Fall

Everything passes away – fame, wealth, youth, time... but  God's word stands forever.

Sunrise doesn't last all morning, a cloudburst doesn't last all day, seems my love is up and has left you with no warning. It's not always going to be this grey. All things must pass, all things must pass away. ~George Harrison

What is fame? Fame is but a slow decay, Even this shall pass away. ~Theodore Tilton

The time is always right to do what is right. ~Martin Luther King Jr. 

The past cannot be regained, although we can learn from it; the future is not yet ours even though we must plan for it. Time is now. We have only today. ~Charles Hummell

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. ~1 John 2:17