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“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak." -- Paul Wellstone
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“We never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures.”
--Gail Caldwell |
"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet."
~Rudyard Kipling |
Excerpting part of an OPed on Ted Kulongoski (a two term governor from Oregon)
I was reading a news article published in the newest edition of the Willamette Week newspaper about Ted Kulongoski and felt that his mindset, quoted in the lines below, struck a familiar chord with me...
From page 14: "And he discussed a topic that shaped his approach to everything: his mother placing him in a St. Louis orphanage for much of his childhood. "I spent a lot of time in my life denying certain things about how I was raised"..."And what I know now more than anything at the age of 70 is, bad things happen to all of us. And we're not judged by how many bad things happen but by how you overcome them and actually make something of yourself."Jacquiss, N. & Zusman, M. (2010). "Goodbye, Gov: Ted Kulongoski's take on what's wrong with Unions, Higher Ed and Oregon Business." In, Willamette Week, pp. 13-17. City of Roses Newspaper Company. |
Bigamy is having one husband too many, Monogamy is the same.
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Before telling others what to do, one must be an instructor to oneself.
Zen Koan |
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Sometimes... when you cry... no one sees your tears. Sometimes... when you are in pain. no one sees your hurt. Sometimes. when you are worried.. no one sees your stress Sometimes. when you are happy.. no one sees your smile .. - - - - - - - - - - But FART !! ; just ONE time... And every bugger knows!! |
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Albert Schweitzer |
The world is too big for us, too much is going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will, you get behind in the race in spite of yourself. It's a constant strain to keep pace. . . and still, you lose ground. Science empties its discoveries on you so fast that you stagger beneath them in hopeless bewilderment. The political world is news seen rapidly, you're out of breath trying to keep pace with who's in and who's out. Everything is high pressure. Human nature can't endure much more.
Atlantic Journal June 16, 1883 |
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"If I'm away from you for more than an hour, I can't stop thinking about you. I carry you in my spirit. I pray for you more than I pray for myself. " Diary of A Mad Black Woman |
The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money...or the most awards. They simply are the ones who care the most.
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“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world"
C.S. Lewis |
My favorite wedding vows ever to hear... Madea's Family Reunion Vanessa And Frankie :
I never thought that I could meet someone like you. You are my friend. You are my smile. You are my everything. You are a breath-taking reflection of God's heart for me.... Of how he pursued me... And loved me even when I didn't love myself. You held my hand in the darkness and you pulled me out into the light. I love you... You are my light. And it doesnt matter what happens in this life as long as you're with me. When I look at you, I know that there's a God and that he loved me so much that he took the time to create you...just for me. I love you....past my mind....beyond my heart.... I love you for my soul. And that's the space where only you and God dwell. |
There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway. ~Mark Burnett
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For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have learned how to enjoy the minute particulars of life once again, the grace of a hot cup of coffee, the presence of a friend, the blessing of having a new cake of soap or an hour without pain. Such humble experience is the stuff that many of the very best stories are made of. If we think we have no stories it is because we have not paid enough attention to our lives. Most of us live lives that are far richer and more meaningful than we appreciate.
Rachel Naomi Remen |
"Déjame que te hable también con tu silencio claro como una lámpara, simple como un anillo"
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
~Henry Ward Beecher |
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
~Twyla Tharp |
"I once thought lettuce was a vegetable, but now I know it's in the appetizer family."
-Bear (dinner table talk) :) |
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