Inspiration
| You can shed tears that she is gone, Or you can smile because she lived, You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back, Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her Or you can be full of the love that 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 her and only that she is gone Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on, You can cry and close your mind be empty and turn your back, Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. |
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Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die.
Mary Frye
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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Kahlil Gibran
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While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.
John Taylor
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Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
Rossiter Worthington Raymond
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Say not in grief “he is no more,” but live in thankfulness that he was.
Hebrew proverb
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Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Irish prayer
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The Comfort and Sweetness of Peace
After the clouds, the sunshine,
after the winter, the spring,
after the shower, the rainbow,
for life is a changeable thing.
After the night, the morning,
bidding all darkness cease,
after life’s cares and sorrows,
the comfort and sweetness of peace.
Helen Steiner Rice
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Where I have gone I am not so small.
My soul is as wide as the world is tall.
I have gone to answer the call, the call
Of the One who takes care of us all.
Wherever you look, you will find me there-
In the heart of a rose,
In the heart of a prayer.
On butterflies’ wings, on wings of my own,
To you, I’m gone,
But I’m never alone-
I am home
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He Only Takes the Best
God saw that he was getting tired,
A cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around him
and whispered, “Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes, we watched him suffer,
And saw him fade away.
Although we loved him dearly,
We could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes “the best”.
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Miss Me but let Me Go
When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little–but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me–but let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone. It’s all a part of the Master’s plan
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss Me – But Let me Go!
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Our father kept a garden
A garden of the heart
He planted all good things
That gave our lives a start
He turned us to the sunshine
And encouraged us to dream
The seeds of what we’ll be
We are our father’s garden
We are his legacy
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“What the caterpillar perceives as the end, to the butterfly is just the beginning.”
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Don’t weep at my grave,
for I am not there,
I’ve a date with a
butterfly to dance in the air.
I’ll be singing in the
sunshine, wild and free
playing tag with the wind
while I am waiting for thee.
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Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on,
and cherished memories never fade
because a loved one’s gone.
Those we love can never be more than a thought apart,
for as long as there is memory, they’ll live on in the heart.
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If I could have a lifetime wish
a dream that would come true
I’d pray to God with all my heart
for yesterday and you.
A thousand words can’t bring you back
I know because I’ve tried
And neither will a million tears
I know because I’ve cried.
You left behind my broken heart
and happy memories too
I never wanted memories…
I only wanted you.
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There is always a face before me
A voice I would love to hear
A smile I will always remember
Of a brother I loved so dear
Deep In my heart lies a picture
More precious than silver or gold
It’s a picture of my brother
Whose memory will never grow old.
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Sad was the parting, no one can tell
So sudden on earth the sorrow fell
The blow was hard, the shock severe
To part with one I loved so dear.
Dearer still as years depart
Her memory lives within my heart.
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Though your smile is gone forever
And your hand we cannot touch
Still we have so many memories
Of the ones we loved so much
Your memory is our keepsake
With which we’ll never part
God has you in his keeping
And we have you in our hearts.
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It’s lonely here without you
We miss you more each day
For life is not the same to us
Since you were called away (name)
To your resting place we visit
Place flowers there with care
But no one knows our heartache
When we turn and leave you there
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Words are few, feelings deep,
Memories of you are mine to keep.
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Peacefully sleeping, resting at last
His weary trials and troubles past
In silence he suffered
In patience he bore
Till God called him home
To suffer no more.
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God grant us the serenity to accept
Things we cannot change
Courage to change the things we can
And wisdom to know the differenc
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I do not need a special day to bring you to my mind.
The days I do not think of you are very hard to find.
Each morning when I awake I know that you are gone.
And no one knows the heartache as I try to carry on.
My heart still aches with sadness and secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you no one will ever know.
My thoughts are always with you, your place no one can fill.
In life I loved you dearly; in death I love you still.
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Irish Saying
May the good earth be soft under you when you rest upon it
and may it rest easy over you when at the last, you lay out under it, and
may it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly,
and up, and off, and be on its way to God.
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Do dhá láimh a Chríost anall tharainn
Your two hands o Christ around us / Safe in the arms of Jesus
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I liónta Dé go gcastar sinn
May we meet in God’s nets
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