D-Xirable Poem! Kent M. Keith "The Paradoxical Commandments"!

Hello, my wonderful and amazing loves!

Here is another one of my fave poems. It's "The Paradoxical Commandments" by Kent M. Keith. I love how this poem encourages you to stay positive despite the negatives. I love how it tells us to love people anyway, to do good anyway, to succeed anyway, to be honest anyway, to think big anyway, to build anyway, to help people anyway, and to do your best. It's a very encouraging and inspiring poem.

The Paradoxical Commandments

By Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.

Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.

Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.

Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.

Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world the best you have anyway.

I hope you enjoyed the post and poem by Kent M. Keith!

With love,

LaTasha B.

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D-Xirable Poem! Deborah Ann "Blessed"!

Hello, my wonderful and amazing loves!

I came across this beautiful poem a while ago. It's called "Blessed" by Deborah Ann. I think it's a great poem to read whenever you're having a bad day. It's so encouraging, inspiring, and uplifting.

Blessed!

By deborah ann

Look at me,

I am wonderfully made

I am so delighted to be

skillfully, wonderfully made and formed

into marvelous ~ wonderful me.

Look at me,

I am fearfully made

I am so glad to be

brilliantly, amazingly made and formed

into the likeness ~ of Thee.

Look at yourself,

look at what God has made

I am so happy for you

magnificently, superbly made and formed

fearfully, skillfully ~ wonderful you.

Look at us,

look who we’ve become

now that our life has been transformed

we’re so very blessed to be

fearfully, wonderfully made and formed!

I hope you enjoyed the post and poem by Deborah Ann!

Love always,
LaTasha B.
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A D-Xirable Holiday: Happy LOVE Day!

Hello, my wonderful and amazing loves!

It has been a while since I've posted anything. I've been busy with other things I suppose. :)

Anyways, since today is "Valentine's Day", "Single Awareness Day", or  "LOVE Day" (as I call it), I've decided to do a post about love and kindness.

I recently came across this wonderful website: http://www.givesmehope.com/.

On this website there's a lot of beautiful and amazing stories about love, friendship, kindness, and hope.

It's really nice to look at whenever you are feeling down because you get to read all of these inspiring and beautiful stories about so many kind people.

I figured that I would share some of my favorite stories from this site since it's Valentine's Day/LOVE Day. These are real stories from various people around the world. I would list the names of those who shared/posted these incredible stories onto the site, however, I just saved the pictures of the stories and not the names. Sorry!

However, you are more than welcome to browse through the site and see who they are. :)

Some of my favorite stories:

These are my top 3 favorite stories:

This is extremely beautiful! Talk about devotion and a love that never dies!

This one made me cry the first time I read it.
To lose someone you love only to have them save your life, that's tragically beautiful.
The ultimate sacrifice for love.
And the strength that this woman has, even more beautiful.

Again, a love that never dies, so beautiful!

I hope that these stories help make your Valentine's Day/LOVE Day a little more sweeter or a little more pleasant and hopeful! Please check out the site whenever you are in the need of inspiration and encouragement!

Last but not least, a lovely poem by Emily Dickinson:

"If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking" by Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

Thank you for reading this post. I hope you have a lovely Valentine's Day/LOVE Day/Single Awareness Day/Friday! :)

With love,

LaTasha B.

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D-Xirable Holiday! New Year's Eve and New Year's Day!

Hello my wonderful and amazing loves,

Today is New Year's Eve! Happy New Year's Eve and Happy New Year's Day to to you all! I hope you all have an incredible one! I decided to do this post early since I will be busy enjoying the holiday myself! This post will have some lovely quotes to get your New Year's off to a great start! :)

Quotes for New Year's Eve:

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” 

—Brad Paisley

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

~Albert Einstein

Claire Morgan Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. Then how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?

–Claire, New Year’s Eve (2011)

“Sometimes it feels like there are so many things in this world we can’t control. Earthquakes, floods, reality shows… But it’s important to remember the things that we can. Like forgiveness, second chances, fresh starts… Because the one thing that turns the world from the longing place to a beautiful place… is love. Love and any of its forms. Love gives us hope… Hope for the New Year. That’s what New Year’s Eve is to me. Hope and a great party!”

–Sam, New Year’s Eve (2011)

Quotes for New Year's Day:

“Another fresh new year is here . . .

Another year to live!

To banish worry, doubt, and fear,

To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity

Once more to right some wrongs,

To pray for peace, to plant a tree,

And sing more joyful songs!”

~William Arthur Ward

“What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” —Vern McLellan

“Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.” —Ellen Goodman

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain

A new heart for a New Year, always!

~Charles Dickens,The Chimes

“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”

~Oprah Winfrey quotes

“Approach the New Year with resolve to find he opportunities hidden in each new day.”

–Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.

~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

“You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own.” 
– Mark Victor Hansen

Quotes on Goals:

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reach, don’t adjust the goals; adjust the action steps.” 

– Confucius

“If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.” 

– Zig Ziglar

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” 

– Larry Elder

“A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at.”

 – Bruce Lee

“You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own.” 

– Mark Victor Hansen

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” 

– C.S. Lewis

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” 

– Eleanor Roosevelt

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing Something.” 

~Neil Gaiman

So may your New Year's be hopeful, may it be lovely, may it be blessed, may it be prosperous, and may it be as bright as you are! :)

Happy New Year's Eve and Happy New Year's Day!
Hope you enjoyed the post! :)

With love,

LaTasha B.

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