We all have to believe
in something as sometimes
circumstances are beyond
our control but how we react
to those circumstances
is in our power.

2014 is here and as
I throw away another calender
I wonder if there was
anything or anybody in
the past year that I can hold
to be dear and I wish
everything was just that easy
as just throwing away the old
and starting new.

There's got to be something
better than this I am thinking
but there is a smile when
the pain comes because
the pain gonna make
everything all right because
when we can't change something
about somebody that causes us pain
we are challenged to
change ourselves.

Love comes to those who
still hope as well as those
who still believe and to those
who can still love even though
they have been hurt before,
so we must let the love
in our hearts find the love
waiting in our dreams.

So in this new year of 2014
let the laughter that we
might find in our tomorrows
wipe away the pain
that we had in our yesterdays
and may we find comfort
on difficult days, smiles when
sadness intrudes and rainbows
that will follow the clouds
and love that will complete
our lives.

The power of our thoughts
create our universe,
be it hit or miss, sadness or bliss,
which all come at the
whim of our minds,
so in this new year of 2014
we have to focus and believe
and all that we desire will
be ours to receive.                        Jon York       2014