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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. - Jose Ortega Y Gasset We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. - Lloyd Alexander True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Confucius If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong. - Terry... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 2, 2025

Everything is a miracle, not just the beautiful and lovely things. - Anonymous There can be no joy without gratitude. - Richard Paul Evans Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness: forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude... the absence of profound thankfulness. - Mary Anne Radmacher Gratitude bestows... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. - Marie Curie Seek to understand, rather than to fear. Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks, makes no discoveries. - J. G. Holland No pessimist ever discovered the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. - William Ellery Channing There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen If life were predictable, it would cease to be life and be without flavor. - Eleanor Roosevelt If... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. - Dan Millman Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.. From the movie Forrest Gump Welcome the Unexpected. Most people think... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Stay Alert, and doors will open. You can never know when and where a magic door will open for you, so pay attention, stay watchful, and never give up hope. Every problem has in it the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with them than if we had settled for a lesser label. - William Glasser Labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people. - Michael Graves Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp People always want to put a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. - Mary Anne Radmacher Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. - Henry Ward Beecher It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest. - Lindsay Wagner Good... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 26, 2025

I thank you, God, for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. - e. e. cummings Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. - Garrison Keillor... Sign in to see full entry.

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I've collected and savored 'quotes' since I was young. Some were from 'famous' people, and some were from folks like you and me. If it caught my fancy, I saved it. Now, I'll share them with you.

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