NOVEMBER 6^th, 2012

ELECTION DAY

There has to be a winner

And there has to be a loser

It’s up to you to go out and choose her

There’s so much at stake

It’s up to the people to make their choice

For their hopes and dreams lie in the balance

So people stand up and come out

Speak your voice

To the winner we congratulate

And we pledge our support to spur you on

To the man that can lead us to the promised land

Who can demonstrate the leadership that we surely need

To be the best that we can be

And who can handle the responsibility

And to the loser we say

Thank you for your effort

You gave it all you had

You stood up for your convictions

And that’s all we can ask

So people stand up and rejoice

For the opportunity to live in a democracy

And so stand up and speak your voice

And we thank you God for that is all we can ask

Robert P. Wallman

11-4-1980

Ps        “I pledge allegiance

             To the Flag

             Of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

             And to the Republic

             For which it stands

             ONE NATION UNDER GOD

             INDIVISIBLE

             With liberty and justice FOR ALL”

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY

Go out and VOTE for the people who BEST represent this-in YOUR mind

“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves FULL acceptance

Christ Jesus came into the world to SAVE sinners

-Of whom I AM the worst

But for that very reason I have SHOWN MERCY

So that in me-the WORST of sinners-Christ Jesus might display

His unlimited patience as an example for those

Who would believe on him and receive ETERNAL life”              1 Timothy 1:15-16

NOVEMBER 5^th, 2012

HAPPY TRAILS ROY

He was my childhood hero

There was a time

When I only answered

To the name of Roy

He was known

As the singing cowboy

But he was

So much more

He worked

For abused women

He worked

For troubled teens

He worked

For the handicapped

And the chronically ill

He was a man

Of good will

He had

Much heartbreak in his life

Too much

To get into

But when asked

About his faith

He said

I am

Not doing anything

Anyone else

Wouldn’t do

Roy I know

That is not true

But on one thing

We do agree

It’s in the valleys

We learn

How small we are

Happy Trails Roy

“Until we meet again”

Robert P, Wallman

7-01-06

Ps        Roy Rogers would have been 101 today, were he still alive.

            Dale Evans wrote the song-“HAPPY TRAILS.”

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were known as advocates for adoption and were

Founders and operators of many children’s charities.

He Just Kept Playing Cards

There once

Was a famous person

Who played cards

All the time

Word had got around town

From a reliable source

That the world

Was going to end

People were running here

People were

Running there

The whole town

Was in a panic

Except this one man

He just kept

Playing cards

Finally a woman

Approached him and said,

“Charles, don’t you have

Something to do

Some affairs

To put in order”

Charles looked at the woman

And said,

“What could be more important

Than playing cards

With our Lord”

Robert P. Wallman

April 2^nd, 2011

Ps        Inspired by a story by Father Leo Clifford

            And dedicated to the memory of Saint Charles Borromeo

            Whose feast day is November4th

NOVEMBER 4^th, 2012

I CARE

When your troubles are many

And your friends are few

And you don’ know

Who to turn to

I care

When the world

Keeps turning the other way

Even treats you mean

Please know

I care

When you are looking

Deep within your soul

And just feel empty

Please know

I care

I care

When the troubles are many

I care

When the troubles are few

I care

When you feel old and empty

I care

When you feel brand new

I CARE

Robert P. Wallman

4-16-06

Ps        “The righteous CARE about justice for the poor

              But the wicked have no such concern”                                              Proverbs 29:7

            “Again Jesus said-“Simon son of John, do you truly love me?”

              He answered-“Yes Lord-you know that I love you”

              Jesus said-“Take CARE of my sheep”                                               John 21:16

             “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your CARE

               Serving as overseers-NOT because you must

               But because your are willing-as God wants you to be

               NOT greedy for money-but eager to serve

               NOT lording it over those entrusted to you

               But BEING EXAMPLES to the flock”                                             1 Peter 5:2-3

RACISM---MARTIN LUTHER KING---MARTIN DE PORRES---us

How many of us

Have ever a looked at a person

Of another race, color, creed

 Doing something that we don’t like

Or demonstrating a quality

That is particularly ugly

How many of us

Have then taken that experience

And associated it with

An entire race, color, sex, religion, etc……..

If you say that you have NEVER done it

You are a far better person than I

Martin Luther King

Began a movement some 50 years or so ago

That still lives on and is in us today

He died for what he believed

God bless him for what he stood for

It may surprise you to know

That there was a man that lived

From 1579 to 1639

He was known as “Half Breed” or “War Souvenir”

Cruel names inflicted on him

By those of “pure” breed

He was the illegitimate son

Of a freed black woman from Panama

Who possibly had some Native American in her too

His father was a man of Spanish descent

From Lima, Peru

Because Martin was black like his Mother

It took his father 8 years to acknowledge him

Martin never became bitter---even as a child

He gave his heart and all that he had

For the poor and despised

Early on---Martin became a barber

And drew blood and administered medicines

In hospitals

Martin then applied to the Dominicans

To be a “lay helper”

Not feeling himself worthy

To be a religious brother

TALK ABOUT HUMILITY

In his medical duties---and in life

Martin treated ALL people with dignity

Regardless of race, color, status, etc……..

He worked side-by-side with ALL

In the kitchen---in the laundry

And in the infirmary

Martin’s life

Reflected God’s extraordinary love

And he became so highly thought of

That many of the religious

Took him on as their spiritual advisor

Saint Rose of Lima, Peru

Became his very good friend

Dear Lord---we pray

That we become like Saint Martin de Porres

Who lived his life

For the dignity of ALL

We pray that we become

Like the great Martin Luther King

Willing to live out our lives

In life and in death

For the dignity of all

And most of all---Dear Lord---we pray

That when we look at people

We see---NOT color---NOT sexuality---NOT creed

We pray that we just see people

People and their NEED

May we build a better world

Robert P. Wallman

Ps        Saint Martin de Porres’ feast day is November 3^rd

            Racism is not only wrong---it breaks God’s second commandment:

            “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”

NOVEMBER 3^rd, 2012

TO BE A NURSE

When the nights get long

When there is

No time for sleep

And your eyes

Are so tired

That you just

Want to weep

Remember what

You are doing it for

To be a nurse

To be a nurse

Is to

Give love and compassion

To be a nurse

Is to live life

With a passion

To be a nurse

Is quite a calling

To give help to another

When they are

In danger of falling

What could be more noble

Than to be a nurse

So when the nights are long

And there is no time for sleep

And you are hurting so bad

You just want to weep

Remember to help

Another human being

Is the greatest calling of all

What could be more noble

Than to be a nurse

Robert P. Wallman

8-06-06

Ps       For ALL the nurses in the world.

My niece, Lindsay, is studying to be a nurse.  My cousin, Kimberly, is

A nurse.  My cousin’s wife, Ramona, is a nurse.  My good friend, Theresa

C., is a nurse.  And for Rowena-who is a nurse.  And for all the nurses who

Took care of me when I was in the hospital over the years.

I think NURSING is one of the noblest professions that we have.

“Be KIND and COMPASSIONATE to one another-forgiving each other

Just as in Christ GOD forgave you”                                                            Ephesians 4:32

NOVEMBER 2^nd, 2012

A PERFECT LIFE

A perfect life

A perfect heart

A perfect love

Wouldn’t it be great

If we all

Could live a life

Like God

As far as I know

There is only one man

That achieved this goal

A perfect life

A perfect heart

A perfect love

This is something

We should aspire to be

To live

A perfect life

A perfect life

We will fall short

But maybe success is

Being just smart enough

To try

To try

And live a perfect life

Robert P. Wallman

8-18-06

Ps        “Do NOT conform any longer to the pattern of this world

             But be transformed by the renewing of your mind

             Then you will be able to test and approve

             What God’s will is-his good, pleasing, and PERFECT will”           Romans 12:2

             “EVERY good and PERFECT gift is from the above

              Coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights

              Who does not change like shifting shadows

             

              He chose to give us birth-through the word of truth

              That we might be a kind of first fruits of ALL he created”              1 James:17-18