On the New Life We Live For
Passing on …
Not leaving behind,
But, going forward
To new horizons
Lead by Faith
In beliefs
That stood up to our time here …
Which fills our Soul for the journey ahead
With knowledge that we can trust
That Truth harbors no lies
It kindles perfect honesty
Freeing our blessed Spirit
To finally become who we were created to be.
Inspired by the life and passing of
Bruce Benjamin
Cloud, Feb.15, 1920 – March 12, 2007
Bruce Cloud, Jr. 070314
The following poem is one my Father believed in and quoted many times:
Don't Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out,
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worse,
That you must not quit.
Kristone
My Dad always encourage us with this poem, especially when he spoke at his 50th wedding anniversary, June 5, 1994
Picture & Story
Mom's & St. Theresa's Rose
Thank you for honoring Bruce &
Virginia with your time to read
these thoughts.
Bruce Jr. & Family

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