Poems that we Applied in Al-Anon

How can you say? "There is no God."

As down life's pathway we humbly trod

Look deep into the hearts of the lovely flowers,

The touch of a baby so tender and sweet,

The grass that grows beneath our feet,

The sun that shines, the moon that glows,

Gentle breeze and blustry wind that blows,

The stars that shine so bright at night

Look up! Isn't it a beautiful sight?

There is no God? Oh yes there just has to be;

For He has given all these things to you and me.

If I can do a little deed of kindness every day;

If I can bring a little cheer along life's weary way;

If I can speak a loving word of comfort to the sad,

Then life will be worth living by making someone glad

If I can say a little prayer for someone feeling blue;

If I can chase the clouds away and let the sunshine through;

If I can have a little faith like a grain of mustard seed,

Then life will be worth living by helping someone in need.

Many times we grope in darkness, knowing not just what to do,

All our skys seem clouded over, not a rift where light shines thru;

Not by peering or by straining can we penetrate the gloom, our horizon does not brighten, it's as cheerless as a tomb.

The mistake that we are making, as a lot of folks have found,

Is that we become despondent, keeping eyes upon the ground,

So of course our range of vision, takes in nothing but the mud,

And we fail to see the rainbow, that ensures against a flood.

If we exercise the privilage, with which every man's endowed

We can see the silver lining; That's behind the darkest cloud;

It becomes to us a beacon, lightning up the darkest way;

changing shadows into sunshine, turning darkness into day.

Once we've learned life's greatest secret, that help cometh from the skies,

We will find that our misfortunes, are but blessings in disguise,

Many thorns we may encounter' in the path that we must trod,

Thorns can never pierce the armor of abiding faith---in GOD