February 8, 2011 Issue #059

Valentine's Day strategy
to keep you sane!

But it doesn't have to be that way, does it? No, of course not! That's because you--yes, you--who had the good taste and brains to subscribe to Inspire-O-Gram, have an extraordinary noggin on your neck, and you know how to use it.

You won't be manipulated by Valentine's Day hype. You won't be made to feel less than if you don't have a honey this year. And you definitely won't get depressed and eat a barrel of Haagen-Dazs thinking that will help.

Instead, you'll use that genius-class noggin of yours to rise above the usual guilt-trip, because you'll have read these thoughts on how to stop and think

Gonna find my love

I am wondering, always wondering
if my heart's dream can come true.
I can't seem to stop my wondering,
some days that's all I can do.

But there's a person and a promise,
the one I'm dreaming of.
There's a place where I will fit in
like a hand inside a glove.
Oh I know I'll get there some day
with some help from God above.
I never will surrender
'cause I'm gonna find my love.

There are days when I know heartbreak
and days when I feel joy.
But my faith is like a guiding star
that nothing can destroy.

I just have to keep on going,
it's the one thing I must do.
'til I find the thing I'm after
and my lonely life is through.

There's a person and a promise,
yeah the one I'm dreaming of.
There's a place where I will fit in
like a hand inside a glove.
Oh I know I'll get there some day
with some help from God above
No I never will surrender
'cause I'm gonna find my love.

--Jack Zavada, 2011--

How to see your life clearly

Looking at it through the wrong lens gives you a distorted view of what's real. The wrong lens is the influence of the world. The right lens is the influence of God's Word, the Bible.

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"It's life changing material, and I'll be sure to keep it handy to reflect on. Thank you so much for taking the time to write it." Tim S., New York, USA

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February Quotarama

I'll be 60 in May, so I guess that qualifies me for old nowadays. But I feel exactly like this guy. Clever, schmever. Anybody can be clever. Now, kind, that's a different story.

Kindness is such a rare thing you'd think it cost people money every time they practiced it. In fact, people think nothing about flipping open their cell phone, which does cost them money, but they can be downright stingy with kindness.

This Valentine's Day, be kind to people. People you don't even know. People you may never see again. People who look like they're starved for kindness and those who don't look like it, because kindness is a form of love, and we could all use more of that.

Like poems? Here's a heap more

Each back issue of this newsletter contains a poem you won't find anywhere else. I wonder why? Anyway, if you'd like to read more poems, take a trip back in time to our back issues page

Mary's cure for loneliness

And that wraps up my eValentine to you, fellow singles. As usual you can pass your thoughts along using our wrinkle-free contact form.

As I close, we're digging out from two feet of fresh snow here in Illinois, USA. For those of you in tropical climates who have never seen snow, trust me, you get tired of it.

Until our March issue, thank God for all the good things in your life, and if you stop and think, you know there really are many.

God's best to you,

Jack Zavada

www.inspiration-for-singles.com
401 Indiana Ave
Streator, IL 61364 USA