Dear Tim & Joy,
I sat here wanting to say something special to let you know you mean so much
to me. I haven't sat down in awhile and wrote any of my poetry, so I sat
here and thought of you and Joy and what we are all going through and so I came
up with this just for you and to let you know I truly care about you both!
Look to this day
For it is life
The very life of
life.
In its brief course lie all
The realities and verities of
existence
The bliss of growth
The splendor of action
The glory of
power
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today, well lived
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And
every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Written by: Melyssa Williams 9-2-99
Dedicated to Tim & Joy
I truly hope that you two make it through the problems you have
going on right now. I pray that God keeps you in his arms and wraps you up
in his love and carries you through all of this. You two mean so much to
me/us!
I want to also share this with you:
Life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about who
you make happy or unhappy purposefully. It's about keeping or betraying
trust. It's about friendship used as a sanity or a weapon. It's
about what you say and mean... maybe hurtful, maybe heartening. About not
starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip. It's about what
judgements you pass and why.
And who your judgements are spread to. It's about who you've
ignored with full control and intention. It's about stopping jealously,
fear, ignorance and revenge. It's about stopping inner hate and fostering
inner love, letting it grow and spreading it. But Most of all its about
using your life to touch and not poison other people's hearts in such a way that
could have never occurred alone. Only you choose the way those hearts are
affected and those choices are what life's all about.
I believe that you two definitely have shown me a lot of what life
is about in our friendship that has grown over the months. I can't wait to
meet the both of you and just give you a great big hug!!