~The Dance~
She had wings, but no one could see.
She was filled with the rhythm of being set free.
Content with the size of the stage,
And complete in detail, she moved like a pen on the page.
The motion of her body held everyone's eye.
She had their attention as she reached for the sky.
Like none other, she danced her dance.
Ignoring all problems caused by lost romance.
Speaking one word for all to hear,
She softly whispered "dance" showing no fear.
Following her path laid before her, she didn't hurry.
She laid down her trust and chose not to worry.
This is all she has, a single dance.
She kept in time, as if this were her last chance.
Trapped between two worlds, she put up no fight.
She held her frame, her turns were smooth and tight.
She remembered the song, so she held the beat.
The dance had reached the peak, causing too much heat.
As beads of sweat formed on her glossy skin,
The crowd saw her stumble. She had remembered him.
She put on a smile for all to see.
She thought to herself, how could this be?
The confidence of knowing the dance so well,
Caused her to stumble. She almost fell.
It was time for the concluding leap.
Her pulse was racing, she could hear her heart beat.
The song came to an end so fast.
The chance for her leap had past.
She turned to the judges after the dance.
She said, "There was a mistake. Please, one more chance."
Having a tear in their eye all the while,
The judges gave a tender smile.
They showed sympathy. They gave her the chance.
With a new confidence, she completed the dance.
Michele '07'
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
--Goethe
Do not die without having lived. Give yourself the
opportunity to show your true color and when you do
go, go out in a blaze of glory.
--Bernie S. Siegel
Success is going from failure to failure without
a loss of enthusiam. --Winston Churchill
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget
that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them. --John F. Kennedy
Every noble work is, at first, impossible.
--Thomas Carlyle
If you want to get the best out of a man,
you must look for the best that is in him.
--Bernard Haldane
If you think you can, you can. And if you
think you can't, you're right.
--Mary Kay Ash
When we see problems as opportunities for growth,
we tap a source of knowledge within ourselves
which carries us through. --Marsha Sinetar
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself,
become the maker of your own life.
--Warren G. Bennis
To know even one life has breathed easier
because you lived...is to have succeeded!
--Emerson
When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk
of your life...Time is the only wealth we're given.
-Barbara Sher
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important
thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life
and repeat to yourself the most comforting words
of all: "This, too, shall pass."
--Ann Landers
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
--Helen Keller
Sometimes you gotta create what you want
to be a part of. --Geri Weitzman
It's not the years in your life but the life
in your years that counts.
--Adlai Stevenson
Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.
--Alfred Whitefield
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he
who finds himself, loses his misery.
--Matthew Arnold
For every minute you are angry, you
lose sixty seconds of happiness.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can have anything you want if you want it
desperately enough. You must want it with an
exuberance that erupts through the skin and
joins the energy that created the world.
--Sheila Graham
The most powerful weapon on earth is the
human soul on fire. --Ferdinand Foch
All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.
--Walt Disney
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks,
jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always
going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling
for what it is you are doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.
--George Lucas
Do what you can where you are with
what you've got. --Theodore Roosevelt
Without hope, we cannot survive, much less progress.
--Warren G. Bennis
When I stand before God at the end of my life,
I would hope that I would not have a single bit
of talent left and could say, "I used everything
you gave me". --Erma Bombeck
"Courage is Being Scared to Death- But Saddling Up Anyway" - John Wayne
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AS A DOG LOVER, THIS IS FOR YOU MICHAEL VICK!!
I hope we stay friends forever, sharing our dreams, ideas, views and thoughts together and although we're off to different worlds, somehow we're together. And even though we're far apart, our friendship and respect for each other are deep held within our hearts. Keep smiling, Cheerio!!
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