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Adversity
Change
Courage / Risk
Dreams
Faith
Hope
Humorous
Love
Self Improvement
Christmas
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Adversity
 | If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did
not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
-Anne Bradstreet |
| The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst,
there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory. Edith Hamilton
(1865-1963) Scholar and educator |
| Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts....
Felicia Hermans (1793-1835) Poet |
Change
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Wise King Solomon wrote that “there are times… and
seasons for every activity under heaven… a time to keep and a time
to give away.” Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane!
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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
–Harry Emerson Fosdick
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"Those who try to hang on when God is trying to move on will always be miserable."
-Joyce Meyer
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"Remember that things do always change. The way things look right now, and the way you’re feeling right now, isn’t how they’ll always be." Author Unknown
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Our only security is our ability to change. - John
Lilly
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"Often God has to shut a door in our face so that
He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to
go." - Catherine Marshall
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Courage/Risk
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's
courage. –Anaïs Nin
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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly
find out how far one can go. -T.S. Eliot
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"I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I
took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't
take." –Garth Brooks
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"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin
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Dreams
| Your DREAMS aren't slipping away... they're just waiting for a
plan. Anon. Sender: Diane Green
Thank-you Diane! |
| "You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream
things that never were; and I say 'Why Not?' " -- George Bernard
Shaw Thank-you Jana!
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| "The key to realizing a dream is to focus not
on successes, but on significance -- and then even the small steps and
little
victories along your path will take on a greater meaning."
Oprah Winfrey Thank-you Jana
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"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many
things which escape those who dream only by night" -- Edgar Allan
Poe Thank-you Jana!
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Faith
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Leap, and the net will appear. - Julie Cameron
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All prayers are answered... sometimes the answer is NO
! --- unknown--- Sender Jeanne Thank-you
Jeanne!
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"Just because God didn't answer your prayer the way you wanted him to doesn't mean he hasn't answered it! Remember that he knows best & may have something better for you!" Author Unknown
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"Keep praying, but be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your prayers!"
-William Culbertson
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"Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?"
-Mark 4:40 (Revised Standard Version)
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"When I have a choice, I choose to believe. It
does me no harm to believe. If I am wrong, I will cross that bridge
when I come to it. In the meantime, I have nothing to lose by
believing. I choose to believe. It is a choice." Author Unknown
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Hope
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows all
the corners. -- Irish Proverb Sender: Diane Green.... thank-you Diane!
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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but
anyone can start today and make a new ending. ~ Maria
Robinson Sender: Diane Green.... thank-you Diane!
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"There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them."
Clare Boothe Luce, 1902-1987, American Diplomat and Writer
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Humorous
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"Housework never killed anyone, but why take the risk..."
~Phyllis Diller Sender: Cat... thank-you Cat!
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| If you feel like doing some work, sit down and wait..... The feeling goes away.
Yep - it works!!!! Sender: Diane Green.... thank-you Diane! |
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May all your troubles last as long as your New
Year's resolutions. Joey Adams.
Sender: Diane Green.... thank-you Diane! |
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"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'where have I gone
wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than
one night.' Charlie Brown
Sender: Diane Green.... thank-you Diane! |
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"I could do anything if only I knew what it was. " Barbara
Sher Sender: Diane Green ![]()
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Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all at once.
Lately it doesn’t seem to be working. Anonymous
Sender: Diane Green.... thank-you Diane!
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"My waist shrinks or expands in proportion to my
appetite....or my lack of self control!" Janie in Alabama
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I don't know who said this, but I read it several
years ago in a magazine and thought it was hilarious.
"If there is someone you don't like, walk a mile in their shoes.
Then, if you still don't like them, you will be a mile farther away,
and you will have their shoes."
Thanks for your wonderful newsletter!
Sue T.
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Love
| GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE STARS. YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THEM, BUT YOU
ALWAYS KNOW THEY ARE THERE. Anon
Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane! |
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~ Maya Angelou Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane!
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Where there is great love, there are always miracles.
--Willa Cather
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Self Improvement
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A lady I was talking to at the bus stop told me this one..
"There's none so dumb as those that don't want to know." Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane! |
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Be yourself...everyone else is already taken.
Anon Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane! |
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We're all fools whether we dance or not, so we might
as well dance.....Japanese proverb. Sender: Rhonda Tedesco Thank-you
Rhonda! |
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It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what
I say, but the way I say it. ~ Mae West Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane! |
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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but
anyone can start today and make a new ending. ~ Maria
Robinson Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane! |
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"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we
cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
Josiah Stamp Sender: Diane... thank-you Diane! |
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Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with
others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Bryan Dyson Sender: Diane Thank-you Diane! |
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"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think."
Benjamin Disraeli
1804-1881, British Prime Minister |
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I've always liked the time before dawn because there's
no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be so, it's easier to
remember who I am. Author Unknown Sender: Jo... thank-you
Jo! |
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When you look for the good in others you discover the
best in yourself. Martin Walsh Sender: Jo... thank-you Jo! |
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"G.K. Chesterton: ―The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion!"
Sender: Diane Green (thank-you Diane!) |
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"There must be quite a few things a hot bath
won't cure, but I don't know many of them." -- Sylvia Plath
Thanks for sharing Jana!
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"The aim to life is self development. To realize one's nature perfectly -- that is what each of us is here for." -- Oscar Wilde
Thanks for sharing Jana!
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Christmas
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