Eight-teens

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="042d4c03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="04f905d0.png" border=0 width="144" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="05221593.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sparkles</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sparkles"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="a_year_older_today.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Year Older Today"><U>A Year Older Today</U></A>   |   <B>Eight-teens</B>   |   <A HREF="joeliz.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joeliz"><U>Joeliz</U></A>   |   <A HREF="pieces.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pieces"><U>Pieces</U></A>   |   <A HREF="the_blessed.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Blessed"><U>The Blessed</U></A></div> <div> Eight-teens</div> <bR> <div> <I>Eight-teens</I></div> <div> <I>          Eight-teens</I></div> <div> <I>There should have been eight-teens</I></div> <div> <I>Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen</I></div> <div> <I>Eighteen, nineteen and…</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Thirteen and fourteen ~ getting to</I></div> <div> <I>Know yourself, a human being separate from family, </I></div> <div> <I>friends and foes, a unique creature of God</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Fifteen and sixteen~ forming your own character,</I></div> <div> <I>Perhaps molding it after your heroes,</I></div> <div> <I>-people you cherish and you want to emulate</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>one-seven and one-eight~ realizing</I></div> <div> <I>yourself, you cant really be like miss</I></div> <div> <I>a or b, you've got to be yourself,</I></div> <div> <I>your own woman.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Nine-teen and twen-teen~ accepting </I></div> <div> <I>Yourself as what you are, totally</I></div> <div> <I>You, accepting the responsibility of </I></div> <div> <I>Being what you are</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>You put your plans into action and</I></div> <div> <I>Watch them bloom into success</I></div> <div> <I>Or come crashing down- depending</I></div> <div> <I>On the foundation laid.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>You are eighteen today,  time to </I></div> <div> <I>Start discovering, to come to realize</I></div> <div> <I>Yourself and set your priorities straight</I></div> <div> <I>     Time to set your policies right</I></div> <div> <I>And have your goals before you,</I></div> <div> <I>     Look to the past and remember not to make the same mistakes twice</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Aria006c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">mistakes made once are learning tools </I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Aria006c002d00f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">but those made twice are those of a fool.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith</I></div> <div> <I>Christ hast made you fee</I></div> <div> <I>And be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage (Gal 5:1)</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Plan for the future- remember</I></div> <div> <I>Put God first in everything, for it is</I></div> <div> <I>Not by power nor by Might by</I></div> <div> <I>By the spirit of God</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>And the grace of God will keep </I></div> <div> <I>You, spirit soul and body, even unto </I></div> <div> <I>The coming of Christ Jesus.</I></div> <div> <I>     Happy Birthday</I></div> <div> <I>And merry happy returns.</I></div> <bR> <div> J'alpha  090393</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>