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“If we believe that life is a sacred journey, then wonder is our road map to a great life.”

~ Jaffer Ali

 

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“Encourage one another and build each other up”

– 1 Thessalonians 5:11

 

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“Springtime is the land awakening.  The March winds are the morning yawn.”

~ Lewis Grizzard

 

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A sunbeam to warm you,

A moonbeam to charm you,

A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.

~ Irish Blessing

 

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“I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.” 

~ Dwight Eisenhower

 

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When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”

~ Unknown

 

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“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.”

~ Thomas á Kempis

 

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“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

~ Nelson Mandela

 

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“Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship.”

- Rabbi Nahman of Breslov

 

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“Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.”

- Moses Ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"

 

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“A critical thing is not to waste a minute of life. Throw yourself whole-heartedly into it. Don't waste a minute and try to make a positive difference in as many other people's lives as possible.”

- Sir Richard Branson

 

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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

~ Joseph Campbell

 

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It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace.

- Shenandoah proverb

 

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“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”

– George Eliot

 

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“Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.”

~ Kahlil Gibran

 

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“Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening - communication deepens into compassion and creates community.”

- Sam Keen

 

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“We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

~ Joseph Campbell

 

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“One small gesture can change a person's life; whether it's changed for better or worse depends on the gesture we choose.”

~ Krysten Moore

 

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“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

- Thomas a Kempis

 

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“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

- Carl Bard

 

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“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”

- Indira Gandhi

 

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Awake, thou wintry earth -

Fling off thy sadness!

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth

Your ancient gladness!

~Thomas Blackburn

 

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The Holy One will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places… and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. – Isaiah 58:11

 

In many Western Christian traditions, today is observed as Ash Wednesday.  It is the first day of Lent and occurs forty days before Easter.  Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance.  For more information, consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

 

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“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”

- Erma Bombeck

 

Today is the 100^th anniversary of International Women’s Day.  Around different regions of the world, the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation, and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.  For more information, please consider:

http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

 

 

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“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

 

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“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

~ Ovid

 

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“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?”

~ Rose F. Kennedy

 

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“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”

- Helen Keller

 

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“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”

- Emily Dickinson

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“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

— Dr. Seuss