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  • illinoislady
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    When a sudden ray of sun or a moonbeam falls on a dreary street, it makes no difference what it illumines--a broken bottle on the ground, a fading flower in a field, or the flaxen blonde hair of a child's head.  The object is transformed, and the viewer is transfixed.  Celebrate that moment of beauty and take it with you in your memory.  It is God's gift to you.

    Luci Swindoll

  • illinoislady
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    If I can think of myself as loved, I can love and accept others. If I see myself as forgiven, I can be gracious toward others. If I see myself as powerful, I can do what I know is right. If I see myself as full, I can give myself freely to others.

    Kathy Peel

  • illinoislady
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    Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people.

    Fethullah Gülen

  • illinoislady
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    I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

    J.B. Priestley

  • illinoislady
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    We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God's grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.     -Barbara Johnson

  • illinoislady
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    When all the words have been written, and all the phrases have been spoken, the great mystery of life will still remain.  We may map the terrains of our lives, measure the farthest reaches of the universe, but no amount of searching will ever reveal for certain whether we are all children of chance or part of a great design.  And who among us would have it otherwise?  Who would wish to take the mystery out of the experience of looking into a newborn infant's eyes?

    Kent Nerburn

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    Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
    Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

    Henry David Thoreau

       

  • illinoislady
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    We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.

    Gwendolyn Brooks