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“It is very important to a lot of people to make unmistakably clear to themselves and to the universe that they love the universe but are not intimidated by it and will not be shaken by it, no matter what it has in store. Moreover, they demand something from themselves early in life that can be taken ever after as a demonstration of this abiding feeling.”
― Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire

tags: intimidation, love, universe

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“As I get considerably beyond the biblical allotment of three score years and ten, I feel with increasing intensity that I can express my gratitude for still being around on the oxygen-side of the earth's crust only by not standing pat on what I have hitherto known and loved. While oxygen lasts, there are still new things to love, especially if compassion is a form of love.”
― Norman Maclean, Young Men and Fire

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“THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINS

Laugh, I tell you
And you will turn back
The hands of time.

Smile, I tell you
And you will reflect
The face of the divine.

Sing, I tell you
And all the angels will sing with you!

Cry, I tell you
And the reflections found in your pool of tears -
Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday
To guide you through the fears of tomorrow.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: age, aging, angel, angels, aspiration, attitude, clock, cry, crying, divine, elder, elderly, enjoy, face, failure, fear, fears, fountains, future, god, god-streams, growing-old, hands-of-time, heaven, heavenly, inspiration, lake, laugh, laughing, laughter, life, life-abd-living, life-philosophy, living, living-in-the-present, living-life, living-well, old, past, play, playing, pond, pool, positive, present, reflect, reflection, river, senior, sing, singing, smile, smiling, social, stream, tear, tears, time, today, tomorrow, years, yesterday, young, youth

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“Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

tags: life, love

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