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			"For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile." 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			thought this poem may be apropos for the new year 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			 
		
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			Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.--John Ruskin
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			“Our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment.” 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë 
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			 "Letting go  
		is like a mental, emotional, and spiritual delete button. It doesn't change what happened, but it removes that event's power to continue hurting you. Until you make peace with your difficult memories, that pain will continue to bleed into your current and future experiences."  | 
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			 "THERE ARE SOME THINGS 
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			"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life waiting for us" 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 
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			The people who want to stay in your life will always find a way
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			"Keep a guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlet, lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness.” 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë 
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			We look before and after, 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley  | 
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			I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life."  ~Helen Exley
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			"It’s simply about having the audacity to dream big and the unswerving conviction that you can make any lifestyle a reality."
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.--Thomas Fuller
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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