Touching Hearts
There's a comforting thought at the close of theday
When I'm weary and lonely and sad
That sort of grips hold of this poor old heart
And bids it be merry and glad.
It gets in my being, and drives out the blues
And finally thrills through and through,
It's just a sweet memory, that chants this refrain,
"I'm glad I touched hearts with you."
Did you know you were brave?
Did you know you were strong?
Did you know there was one leaning hard?
Did you know that I waited, and listened and prayed?
And was cheered by your simplest word.
Did you know that I longed for the smile on yourface?
For the sound of your voice ringing true.
Did you know I grew stronger and better because
"I had merely touched hearts with you."
I'm glad that I live, that I battle and strive,
For a place that I know I must fill.
I'm thankful for sorrows, I'll meet with a grin
What fortune may bring, good or ill.
I may not have wealth, I may not be great
But I know I will always be true,
For I have in my life, that courage you gave,
When once, "I touched hearts with you."
(Author unknown)
A Friend
A friend is like a flower
A rose to be exact.
Or maybe like a brand new gate
That never comes unlatched.
A friend is like an owl,
Both beautiful and wise
Or perhaps a friend is like a ghost,
Whose spirit never dies.
A friend is like those blades of grass
You can never mow
Standing straight, tall and proud
In a perfect little row.
A friend is like a heart that grows
Strong until the end.
Where would we be in this world
If we didn't have a friend?
(Author unknown)
Angel Unaware
(author unknown)
It was a rainy night in New Orleans,
At a bus station in the town.
I watched a young girl weeping
As her baggage was taken down
It seems she'd lost her ticket
Changing buses in the night.
She begged them not to leave her there
With no sign of help in sight.
The bus driver had a face of stone
And his heart was surely the same.
"Losing your ticket's like losing cash money."
He said, and left her in the rain.
Then an old Indian man stood up
And blocked the driver's way.
And would not let him pass before
He said what he had to say
"How can you leave that girl out there?
Have you no God to fear?
You know she had a ticket
You can't just leave her here.
You can't put her out in a city
Where she doesn't have a friend
You will meet your schedule,
But she might meet her end."
The driver showed no sign
That he'd heard or even cared
About the young girl's problem
Or how her travels fared.
So the old gentleman said,
"For her fare I'll pay.
I'll give her a little money
To help her on her way."
He went and bought the ticket
And helped her to her place
And helped her put her baggage
In the overhead luggage space.
"How can I repay." she said,
"the kindness you've shown tonight?
We're strangers who won't meet again
A mere 'thank you' doesn't seem right."
He said, "What goes around comes around
This I've learned with time --
What you give, you always get back.
What you sow, you reap in kind.
Always be helpful to others
And give what you can spare,
For by being kind to strangers,
We help angels unaware.
