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Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.

~ Mignon McLaughlin

 

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The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

~ Joan Didion

 

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“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”

- Mohandas Gandhi

 

This is International Day of Non-Violence, named by the UN which also recognizes the birthday of Mohandas Gandhi.

 

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Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.

~ Jim Ryun

 

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Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

~ Les Brown

 

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Cast off that which binds you and embrace the goodness of all creation.

- a Rosh Hashanah blessing

 

Sundown yesterday began the Jewish holy time of Rosh Hashanah.  It is the “new year” celebration of the Jewish calendar. For more information on this special time, please consider: http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah

 

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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

- e e cummings

 

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“We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.”

~ Gloria Gaither

 

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We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

~ Ben Sweetland

 

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That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

~ Ninon de L'Enclos

 

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We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.

- unknown

 

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Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

~ Robert Schuller

 

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Books are like mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon

 

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Pursuing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

-- Benazir Bhutto

 

Today is the International Day of Peace which uplifts peacemaking activities and remembers the struggles toward peace that have already been made. For more information, please consider: http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

 

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

~ Leonardo DaVinci

 

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster.  One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. 

~ Chinese Proverb

 

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To celebrate is to honor what has been and the hope of what will be in a way that makes the present moment truly special.

- anonymous

 Happy Independance Day, to Mexico and all my friends who celebrate it!!!

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No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.

~ Carrie Snow

 

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Inches make champions.

- Vince Lombardi

 

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This is my story, but the rest of my life is what I make it.

~ Arreana Jackson

 

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Being aware gives us the power to make a change.

~ Lea Belair

 

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In the wake of 9-11, our differences faded. Our common grief released a flood of compassion. Our enemy NOW is our own anxiety and fear. Please join me in silence as we hear the voice of the One who reminds us, “Do not be afraid. You are not alone.”

 

Please know that chaplains are available to you for reflection and support.

 

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It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.

~ Jim Rohn

 

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Vision looks inward and becomes duty. Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upward and becomes faith.

- Rabbi Stephen S. Wise

 

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“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.”

- Nancy Willard

 

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In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

- John Churton Collins

 

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HOPE - a one syllable word that will keep you going when all of the other more impressive words have failed to sustain you.

~ Joni Aldrich

 

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When you enjoy a human being in God, you are enjoying God rather than the human being.

- Augustine.

 

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

- Theodore Roosevelt

 

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Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

- George Halas

 

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When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.

- Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief

 

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Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

~ don Miguel Ruiz