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These are some favorite words of wisdom that have given me much food for thought and helped lift my spirits when mine were low. I hope that by sharing them you'll learn a bit more about me and maybe take a little time for your own reflections . . .

Do, or do not. There is no "try".
~Yoda~

I shall pass this way but once
Any good, therefore, that I can do
Any kindness I can show
To any human being
Let me do it now
Let me not defer nor neglect it
For I shall not pass this way again.
~Stephen Grellet~

I am only one; but I still am one.

I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;

I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
~Helen Keller~

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between
the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
~Maya Angelou~

You're living the life you chose.
If you don't like it... choose something different.
~Jim Fay~

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way;
if you don't, you'll find an excuse.
~unknown~

You did what you knew how to do...
And when you knew better, you did better.
~Maya Angelou~

The most useful piece of learning for the
uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
~Antisthenes~

When you judge another, you do not

define them, you define yourself.
~Wayne Dyer~

Books. . . Cats. . . life is good.
~Edward Gorey~

The soul is healed by being with children
~Dostoevsky~

Truth is violated by falsehood, but outraged by silence.
~unknown~

Great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people
~Eleanor Roosevelt~

When someone shows you who they are,
believe them. . . the first time.
~Maya Angelou~

Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. . .
~Anne Herbert~

I will love you forever til the end of my days
and when my days here are done, I'll step into
heaven and love you from there.
~unknown~

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