The Toughest Things - Bob Perks

To love a dog is easy, but to be worthy of its love is tough...

Our pets love us unconditionally. Which means we hardly need to

do anything to get that love. But ask yourself based on the time

and attention you give, if you really deserve it? This applies

to our relationship with people, too.

To teach a child is easy, but to live what we teach...

I can remember the old phrase "Do as I say, not as I do!"

What you do may be the true lesson your child is learning.

Teach by example.

To watch a sunset is easy, but to see it as a new beginning...

How many times have you said, "I can't wait until this day is over!"

When it ends, do you simply brush it off? Linger in anger and

stress over it? Adjust your attitude and see the day's end

as a new chance to begin again?

To see what's wrong is easy, but to make it right...

We can't right every wrong in the world, but just pointing

out what's wrong won't make the world a better place.

What the world needs are people who take action. If you

don't have the ability to change it, find someone who does

then help them. "Our lives begin to end the day we become

silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King Jr.

To fall down is easy, but to get up again and again...

Sometimes life is unbearable. Failure is not how

many times you fall, but the last time you chose

not to get up again.

To give is easy, but to give when it calls for sacrifice...

Even in these tough economic times there are things

we can do to help others. It may call for belt tightening,

or giving a little extra time to a cause, but sacrifice gives

to both the giver and the receiver.

To lie is easy, but to tell the truth when you have lied...

The greatest enemy in any relationship is the lie. Upon it

grows mistrust. Revealing it brings about rebirth and a

chance to grow even closer.

To be angry is easy, but to forgive...

It is said that "forgiveness frees the forgiver."

One can let go through forgiveness or be weighed

down with the burden of remembering forever.

To criticize is easy, but to praise...