Mary Stevenson (Zangare) is the author of the poem "Footprints
in the Sand". She wrote it in 1936 (when she was only 14 years old).
Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from anguish,
sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints,
so I said to the Lord,
“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life
there has only been one set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”
The Lord replied,
“The years when you have seen only one set of footprints,
my child, is when I carried you.”
Written by Mary Stevenson
© 1984 All rights reserved.
Reprinted with permission by Basil Zangare.
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I Know Something Good About You
Wouldn't this old world be better,
If the folks we meet would say,
'I know something good about you',
And then treat us just that way.
Wouldn't it be fine and dandy,
If each handclasp warm and true,
Carried with it this assurance,
'I know something good about you'.
Wouldn't things here be more pleasant,
If the good that's in all,
Were the only things about us,
That folks bothered to recall.
Wouldn't life be lots more happy,
If we'd praise the good we see,
For there's such a lot of goodness,
In the worst of you and me.
Wouldn't it be nice to practice,
This fine way of thinking too--
'You know something good about me,
I know something good about you!'
~Author unknown~
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