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“What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.”

- Edgar Z. Friedenberg

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“The tongue is the heart's pen and the mind's messenger.”

- Bahya, Hobot HaLebabot

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I thank God for this most

amazing day;

for the leaping greenly

spirits of trees

and a blue true dream of sky;

and for everything

which is natural, which is

infinite, which is yes.

—e. e. cummings

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Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

~ From the television show “The Wonder Years”

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"Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly, "one must also have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower."

- Hans Christian Anderson

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“It’s easy to make a buck, but hard to make a difference.”

- Tom Brokaw

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“Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.”

- Bono

In both the Eastern & Western traditions of Christianity, today marks the celebration of Easter.  For more information about this holiday, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

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“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.”

- Elvis Presley

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“I always give much away, and so gather happiness instead of pleasure.”

- Rahel Levin Varnhagen

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“The world is new to us every morning--this is the Holy One's gift and every person should believe they are reborn each day.”

- Baal Shem Tov

We are in the midst of the Jewish observance of Passover.  For more information about this holiday, please consider http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm

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If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

- English Proverb

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“One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed.”

- Bernard M. Baruch

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.

- Winston Churchill

Tonight at 8:30pm local time, you can join Earth Hour.  On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people around the world will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour.  For more information, please consider https://www.myearthhour.org

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“Its the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but its the little differences that make them interesting.”

- Todd Ruthman

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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.

- Yiddish proverb

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“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

- Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was an early twentieth century African American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist.  Pictured is Langston Hughes Standing on the stoop in front of his house in Harlem.  For more information about him, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’”

- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a twentieth-century American civil rights leader, pastor, & teacher.  For more information about he and his work, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

We continue a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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Love builds up the broken wall

And straightens the crooked path.

Love keeps the stars in the firmament

And imposes rhythm on the ocean tides

Each of us is created of it

And I suspect

Each of us was created for it.

- Maya Angelou

Pictured above is Maya Angelou during one of her appearances on Sesame Street.  She is an autobiographer and poet with far reaching influence.  For more information about her please consider http://mayaangelou.com/

Today begins a week of quotes celebrating African American History Month and the rich wisdom that enriches us all.  For more information about this time, please consider http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

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“Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.”

- Henry Steele Commager

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“And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

- Abraham Lincoln