If

IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MIND ON POSITIVE THINGS

BE HAPPY AND KEEP UP A SMILE.

IF YOU CAN "TAKE IT SLOW" WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW, YOU'LL RECEIVE EVERYTHING THAT'S WORTHWHILE.

IF YOU TREAD SOFTLY AND ARE TACTFUL WITH OTHERS AND EVERY EFFORT YOU MAKE IS YOUR BEST,

IF YOU'RE LOVING AND KIND, IT'S PATIENCE YOU'LL FIND THAT WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED AT LIFE'S TEST.

IF YOU'RE HONESTLY INTERESTED IN EACH PERSON YOU MEET, YOU'RE TRUTHFUL AND SINCERE FROM THE START.

IF YOU FOLLOW YOUR PLAN, YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU CAN REALIZE EVERY DREAM IN YOUR HEART.

WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR EACH MORNING, THERE'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO SEND.

IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH,

THE FUTURE IS YOURS TILL THE END.

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Newborn lambs and kittens calling,

Flower buds and robins tune.

Sun, so warm, or rain that's falling.

The signs that spring is coming soon.

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A CAUTIOUS SMILE,...

An unsure look

A heart that's warm,

a touch, concern.

Love and Caring

An ear for sympathy

Hope, Encouragement, Endurance

A FRIEND.

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How I'd Love to make your dreams come true.

Be everything you want me to.

Right now I really need to be me.

To figure out who that could be.

And when I'm through, if you still want me

We'll be together in reality.

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Those tiny children born to you

were loved and nurtured, and as they grew

You taught them well, throughout their youth.

They learned right from wrong and lies from truth.

The teen years were hard as most teens are.

They were eager to be old enough

to drive their own car.

Their decisions were based on what was taught by you.

They made mistakes, but successes too.

The keys to life would come with knowledge.

They married, worked hard, or went to college.

They're all grown now and it seems to me,

the adults you always hoped they'd be.

They are caring, strong and proud parents too.

They're those tiny children born to you..