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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

~ William Blake

 

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Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

— Oprah Winfrey

 

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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

 

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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

— Albert Camus

 

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Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

― Dalai Lama

 

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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.  For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

- Khalil Gibran

 

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Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.

- Isaiah 1:17

 

The United Nations proclaimed each February 20^th as World Day of Social Justice.  How are you a part of making the world a just and peace filled place?

 

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Worry is a misuse of imagination.

~ Dan Zadra

 

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

~ Mark Twain

 

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The past can't see you, but the future is listening.

~ Terri Guillemets

 

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Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

~ Henry Winkler

 

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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

~ Tenzin Gyatso, 14th (current) Dalai Lama

 

This is Random Acts of Kindness week.  For more information about community programs, school curriculum, and other way to cultivate a kind spirit in the world, visit http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

 

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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

 

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No place of grace for those who avoid the face

No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice

― T.S. Eliot

 

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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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

- 1 John 4:7-8

 

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A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.

~ John Steinbeck

 

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An apology is the superglue of life.  It can repair just about anything.

~ Lynn Johnston

 

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I am a part of all that I have met.

~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

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Don’t think you’re on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.

~ unknown

 

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Find what makes your heart sing and move mountains to do it and then continue to do it.

~ Shannon  White

 

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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

~ Sicilian Proverb

 

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It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to.

~ Annie Gottlier

 

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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

~ Hans Hofmann

 

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To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

~ George Santayana

 

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The wind to help us take flight is everywhere… but we have to be ready for it!

- Anonymous