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			 "If you have to keep telling people how real you are, its probably because you're fake." Unknown  | 
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			People lie and they tell you what you want to hear. That's how you end up falling in love with the person you thought they were.	 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.- Aristotle 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			It isn't how you speak the word; it's how you stand behind the word you speak.- unknown I have always loved the time before dawn because there is no-one around to remind me who I am supposed to be, so it is easier to remember who I am.- Unknown 
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			Oriah Mountain Dreamer: Lately. . . . frequently. . . . I just stop & reallize how happy I am feeling for no particular reason, just because. . . I am alive. It takes my breath away, & I am so filled with gratitude. The sweetness of tasting food, walking in the sun, being with friends, or being alone & fully with myself in solitude. We are surrounded by truth & beauty that feeds the soul. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			~I like to add coffee to this list, and BFP, and pillows, and text messages, and my kitties, and...~ 
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	I want to think again  of dangerous and noble things; I want to be light and frolicsome; I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing as if I had wings Mary Oliver 
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			 "The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite."  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	William Shakespeare "True love begins when nothing is looked for in return." Antoine de Saint-Exupery  | 
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			"I told you once you son of a b....., I'm the best there's ever been!"  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “Suffering has been stronger than all other teachings. I have been bent and broken, but I hope...into a better shape.” ― Charles Dickens “Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.” ― Alan Moore  | 
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			All of us have had the experience of a sudden joy that came when nothing in the world had forewarned us of its coming - a joy so thrilling that if it was born of misery we remembered even the misery with tenderness.  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galantière 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it. ~Robert Brault Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust  | 
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			 "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country ... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign ... until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." -Abraham Lincoln 
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			Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.- Thomas Edison 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.-Unknown Most of the important things in this world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.- Dale Carnegie 
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			“Remember the moment, not the day. Remember why you were there, not why you left. But most importantly, remember why you loved that person, not why you stopped.” 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	― Samuel Ballesteros “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible, is music.” ― Aldous Huxley “To be fully seen by somebody, and be loved anyhow...this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert  | 
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			There are those who shine so brightly, their flame is extinguished all too soon. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	...and all in a moment's passing, gone was the women for whom I would have died, gone was the woman whom lived for me... Three little words, "you need me", were the words that tumbled from my lips, my person, and my heart. When she finally spoke, she offered only an "I do, huh?". I nodded, telling her if only she would dance with me, I would tell her all the reasons why. She did, I did...and it was done.  | 
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			 “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” ~ Albert Schweitzer 
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			Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer.   
		
		
		
		
		
		
			Unknown We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public. Unknown War does not determine who is right - only who is left. Unknown Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't. Unknown If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining. Unknown Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish? Unknown 
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			"Ordinary riches can be stolen from a man. Real riches cannot. In the treasury-house of your soul are infinitely precious things that may not be taken from you." ~ Oscar Wilde
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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	I want to think again  of dangerous and noble things; I want to be light and frolicsome; I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing as if I had wings Mary Oliver 
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			Such a delicate thing- caring for ourselves & offering assistance & support to others where we are able. The impulse to assist is genuine & heart-felt. Sometimes we only know in hindsight that we have dangerously depleted our inner or outer resources, neglected to take care of our own lives/health so we can continue to give from a place of joy & generosity. This discernment- knowing what we can offer in a sustainable way- rests on deep self-knowledge & acceptance of our resources we have in this moment, (which are always changing) & motives (which are sometimes tangled in old beliefs about needing to "earn" our right to be.) And still, it is our in nature to reach out & offer what we can- we are inter-dependent beings. May we draw a wide circle of compassion & make sure to put ourselves on the inside along with all other sentient beings. ~Oriah Mountain Dreamer
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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