http://www.vicnet.net.au/~aussiecn/john.txt published by HAPPINESS There is every reason to believe That happiness can be wrought from disaster Despite the evil that befalls By praying that the will of God Will triumph over all The misery and hell on earth Which appalling fate can bring John Furnissc Heartache When sorrow for thy love Afflicts thy eternal soul Thou needst not seek thy doom As thy loved one's desire May well be to wed. Thus seek the will of almighty God And ask thy boon of him Through earnest pray of supplication and thanksgiving True happiness and contentment Thou whilst find. John Furnissc Past Mistakes There is absolutely no use in thinking if only That things had not been Wishing and hoping for the future Unless one is striving for "achievable realistic goals" Which can be realized despite life's rigors Regrets and fretting for what life might have held As hindsight is not necessarily insight Unless one has learnt one's lessons from past mistakes Thus not repeating them with lack of insight History has its laws, which if civilizations do not follow They ceaselessly wax and wane As such are the lives of men Should wisdom and righteousness flourish Eternal life may begin John Furnissc The Realms of the Mind When delusion tears one's mind apart With torment destroying one's being Hallucinations, fixations, obsessions, And mania switches to depression, Where all else is mental hell on earth Would those who seek Sanity, health, happiness, Salvation and redemption, eternal life Turn but to the Godhead ? "Faith, hope, and agape love" With miraculous healing and relief are Found at the Saviour's feet If only holistic medicine were practiced . by John Furnissc Truth in Love The light of life The truth beneath the sham If only sincerity and integrity In interpersonal relationships Were truth and honesty What suffering could be avoided What horrors of abject sorrow would cease By John Furnissc