IT'S DESTINY

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> ''PRECIOUS MEMORIES''</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-486/Precious_memories.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> SOUND CONTROL</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK">GUESTBOOK</A></div> <bR> <div> BACK TO :</div> <div> <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ideals"><B>''IDEALS'' SELECT</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ideals"><B>PAGE''</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*****</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>HOME PAGE-3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>*****</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT IDEALS</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>IT'S DESTINY</I></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="240" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2078 WIDTH="236"><div> <B>"DESTINY"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>There is a highway in each life</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and each one has a bend.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>They are the roads that may bring strife,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>or ones without contend.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We know not where our steps will lead;</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>nor route we choose to tread,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>but somewhere we will "sow the seed"</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>that grows there, hope or dread.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And somewhere down along the line</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>we'll meet up face to face-</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>with destiny, some point in time,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>where fate will take its place!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Now, only hindsight tells what knows</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>of one's own timely goals.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>The many things that life bestows,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>that reaches hearts and souls,</B></div> <div> <B>like some dear spouse whose always near</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>in daily "thick and thin",</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and being there with loving care</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and when you need a friend,</B></div> <div> <B>or like the small ones in their cribs</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>all cuddled safe and sound,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>or many times they soiled their bibs</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>when flinging food around.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And now these children all are grown</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and live around the bend,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>now, bringing grandkids to our home,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>rings joy that has no end,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and many friendships that were made,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>and not some, I suppose,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>for all the groundwork that was laid-</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>not always bloomed a rose!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>No, we never knew what other fate</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>lay waiting down the line;</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>lurking there 'til judgment date,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>lest someone came to find!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's all because of one right turn</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>along life's rocky ground,</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>where all true fate was there to learn-</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>success, or failure bound!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So, "to each his own" are words that send</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>a message without doubt;</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>that all these facts would not have been</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>had we chose some other route!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>William E. 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