The Difference between a Boy and a Man

A boy often thinks he is a man – a man realizes how childish he can be.

A boy always tries to prove he is right – a man knows how imperfect he is and is willing to admit it.

A boy seeks excitement – a man is always excited with a moment of peace.

A boy expresses himself – a man helps others to express themselves.

A boy is content when he is fulfilled – a man is fulfilled when he is content.

A boy has big dreams – a man has patient plans.

A boy cries when he is hurt – a man cries when others are hurt.

A boy is eager to be known – a man is eager to know.

A boy finds happiness in what he is doing – a man finds joy in what he is being.

A boy’s next week is a long wait away – a man’s next week is suddenly upon him.

A boy sees the importance of the future – a man sees the importance of today that will affect his future.

Thank God for the men in your life - especially the Fathers.

The Romantic

Here, in the moonlight, he stands.The man whose heart is now broken.

His one and only love, gone.

The red rose dangles limp in his hand. This had not turned out the way they had planned.

She had to go. Beside the fact that he loved her so.


Love was like the roots of the trees in the circular grove.

Deep. Strong. Holding everything together.


She returned this affection to him as well, More then her red lips like the rose could tell.

It was in that last glance back she gave, when the look of sorrow and the tear in her green eyes whispered,

Good-bye.

Then she was gone.
Like a breath expelled in the cold night air - here for an instant, then gone...without a care.


He could not forget the image of her face.
After this beautiful creature, he longed to chase.

But he would not.

It had to be this way.

This rose will always be remembered. The flower, a story in itself.
The tale of two united by the soul
whose fire will burn on
from the intensity of the coal.


The flame ignited by that look in the eye. These are the ones who will always have each other, Until and also beyond the day they die.