Searching for Life's Meaning

About This Poem 

This is an inspirational poem about life. 

At some point in our lives, we keep on searching for our life's purpose and meaning. 

Given all that we have been through; God has a special plan for us.

Searching for Life's Meaning

Thinking

Feeling

Looking in

Searching for life’s meaning

Sensing

Savoring

Reflecting

With my heart’s deep longing

Experiencing

Analyzing

Evaluating

Searching never ends

Life’s twists and turns

Expecting the unexpected

Go with the stream of life

In this searching shall I find

Sense of belonging

Committing oneself for a cause

So everything would make sense

With this search to subside

Signs what I need

Listening to my heart’s hunches

With my greater reality’s call being considered

Obedience in my searching for self-fulfillment

In my searching, I heartily found

Found yet unfound

Things seem confusing, course of events seem changing

Hope in my searching, I will finally find God’s special plan for me.

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Inspirational Poem By John Greenleaf Whittier | Don't Quit

Let us keep going, never giving up on life! jpco

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won if he'd stuck it out.

Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup,

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are -

It may be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -

It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

By John Greenleaf Whittier

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Children Learn What They Live Poetry | By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

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Children Learn What They Live 

By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If a child lives with criticism,

he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,

he learns to fight.

If a child lives with fear,

he learns to be apprehensive.

If a child lives with pity,

he learns to feel sorry for himself.

If a child lives with ridicule,

he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with jealousy,

he learns what envy is.

If a child lives with shame,

he learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with encouragement,

he learns to be confident.

If a child lives with tolerance,

he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with praise,

he learns to be appreciative.

If a child lives with acceptance,

he learns to love.

If a child lives with approval,

he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with recognition,

he learns that it is good to have a goal.

If a child lives with sharing,

he learns about generosity.

If a child lives with honesty and fairness,

he learns what truth and justice are.

If a child lives with security,

he learns to have faith in himself and in those about him.

If a child lives with friendliness,

he learns that the world is a nice place in which to live.

If you live with serenity,

your child will live with peace of mind.

With what is your child living?