In this society of today
Where achievements make men brag
Failure downs your soul like dregs
Left behind as if you're a snag.
Rise up and take your stand
Pick your self up and change
Do your best and for that do brag
Make no comparison
For we are not made in the same fashion,
Stand and make a difference!

When life gives you a reason to cry
Let the tears flow and run dry
Remember we can fail to change
But we'll never fail to try
Take the lesson and pick yourself up
Leave the past and make your mind up
Never to drink from that same cup
Stand and make a difference.

Your heart, when it is full of love
As you pour it on someone for whom you care
Without restraint, even giving away your own share
Then you wake to find all gone
Left to yourself, forever to groan
Pitying yourself about all that is lost
Heartrending even to sum up the cost.
Pick your injured heart up and fly
In a while or two you'll just be fine
For broken hearts need only some time to mend
Then the pain will reach its deserved end.

Death when it strikes
Leaves us all so much stricken
Crying as we do for the permanent loss
Leaving our hearts filled with 'if onlys'
'If only' we had tried some other means
'If only' we had known the day
If only we accept the loss
And persuade our hearts to move on
Knowing that we can no longer change the past
But the future is still ours to win or lose
Only then can we stand and make a difference.

Expectations fill all of our hearts
The inherent imaginations of our nature
Hoping that our dreams will someday mature
And grow into full blown realities
Then the future unveils, uninformed and unruly
Changing the course of our plans.
Be the river of change yourself
And let your sails match the current
And glide into the future of your dreams.

I know you are strong enough
To walk through the hardships of life
Yes, even with fire on the fringes of your garments
But not burnt down to ashes
Be strong enough to keep the pace
For tomorrow the sun will shine on you
Letting its glory pave your path
For you to glide past all the stumbling blocks
Let your heart be full of hope
Let courage spur you on
Just because you're alive today
Stand up and make a difference!
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