MARCO MARNEWICK...

Netball South Africa
Umpire - 2008

ANGELS...

Two Travelling Angels....... this one will make you think twice!!!!! ..

Keep reading to the bottom of the page -- don't
stop at the feet (You'll see).

Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a  wealthy family.

The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the
mansion's guest room.

Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.

As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole
in the wall and repaired it.

When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,

"Things aren't always what they seem"

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but
very hospitable farmer and his wife.

After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels
sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.

When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.

Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in
the field.

The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen?
The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused.

The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and
you let the cow die..

"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied.

"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.

Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it."

"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death
came for his wife I gave him the cow instead.

Things aren't always what they seem."

Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things  don't turn out
the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that
every outcome is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until sometime later...

~*~
                                 Oooo
 Some people           (    )
 come into our lives   )  /
 and quickly go..      (_ /


          oooO
            (    )       Some people
             \\  (        become friends
              \\_ )    and stay awhile...


 leaving beautiful          Oooo
  footprints on our         (    )
    hearts...                    )  /
                                   ( _/


                 oooO
                  (    )      and we are
                   \\  (          never
                    \\_ )      quite the same
                                because we have
                               made a good
                                friend!!
~*~
 Yesterday is history.
 Tomorrow a mystery.
 Today is a gift.
 That's why it's called the present!
~*~
 I think this is special...live and savour every
 moment... This is not a dress rehearsal!
~*~
 This message comes from a very special angel.
         Right Now -
 -somebody is thinking of you.
 -somebody is caring about you.
 -somebody misses you
 -somebody wants to talk to you.
 -somebody wants to be with you.
 -somebody hopes you aren't in trouble.
 -somebody is thankful for the support you have provided.
 -somebody wants to hold your hand.
 -somebody hopes everything turns out all right.
 -somebody wants you to be happy.
 -somebody wants you to find him/her.
 -somebody is celebrating your successes.
 -somebody wants to give you a gift.
 -somebody thinks that you ARE a gift.
 -somebody loves you.
 -somebody admires your strength.
 -somebody is thinking of you and smiling.
 -somebody wants to be your shoulder to cry on.
~*~
Never take away anyone's hope.  That may be all they have. 

~*~

If Tears Could...

~*~
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. I have never known a better caring soul in this world...
~*~

IF I COULD CATCH A RAINBOW...

IF I COULD CATCH A RAINBOW,
I WOULD DO IT JUST FOR YOU
AND SHARE WITH YOU ITS BEAUTY,
ON THE DAYS YOU'RE FEELING BLUE

..

IF I COULD BUILD A MOUNTAIN,
YOU COULD CALL YOUR VERY OWN
A PLACE TO FIND SERENITY;
A PLACE TO BE ALONE.......

..


IF I COULD TAKE YOUR TROUBLES ,
I WOULD TOSS THEM IN THE SEA
BUT ALL THESE THINGS I'M FINDING, ARE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME


..


I CANNOT BUILD A MOUNTAIN,
OR CATCH A RAINBOW FAIR
BUT LET ME BE WHAT I KNOW BEST ....
A FRIEND THAT'S ALWAYS THERE..

..

David Harkins quotes...

“You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him only that he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what he'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.”
~*~

Inspirational Quotes...

Inspiration...

We freely accept the necessity of transition in nature, but we are resistant to apply the same principle to our own lives. Many of us tend to hold steadily onto the past, neglecting the possibility that something better might be up ahead. A tree can not hold onto its flowers and leaves for fear of losing its treasure. It simply lets go of them knowing that its full beauty will be restored. The same blossoms will not return, but ones that are just as, if not more beautiful than the originals. Everything comes full circle. Keeping this principle in mind should allow us to accept change more readily.
~*~

If
If all there was to know

Was known by only me

And the only place to go

I was all there was to see.

I'd start at the beginning

And I'd make myself anew

With a will that's free for sinning

To forget all that I knew.

Then I could learn again

That which I could only teach

That the truth of I as man

Is there's nothing I can't reach.

- Robert James -

~*~

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

- Maya Angelou -
~*~

I have found

that among

its other

benefits,

giving

liberates

the soul

of the giver.

- Maya Angelou -

~*~