“That’s English to Me”

Never laugh at a person’s efforts to speak or write English correctly. Of the four major languages, it is the most difficult to learn: Here’s why:

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Your Working Day

If you’re an adult of average weight,

here is what you accomplish in 24 hours:

Your heart beats 103,689 times.

Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles.

You breathe 23,040 times.

You inhale 438 cubic feet of air.

It isn’t the size of your house so much

That matters so much at all,

It’s the gentle hand, its loving touch,

That maketh it great or small.

The friends who come, in the hour they go,

Who out of your house depart,

Will judge it not by the style you show–

It’s all in the size of your heart.

I do not know, I cannot know

Why this deep cup of sorrow

Was pressed so hard against my lips;

Perhaps I’ll learn tomorrow.

But if not, someday I’ll know

For mysteries all explained

Faith hears assuring words when not a word is spoken;

Faith sings aloud with joy when every heart is broken;

Faith sees good things to come when not one thing appears;

Faith tells of hopeful dreams when others embrace fears;

Faith smiles when skeptics frown and faith always believes–