The Measure
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, ‘It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.’ You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”
“Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, ‘It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.’ You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”
― The Measure
― The Measure
“One thing I’ve found is that life isn’t about never failing, never being tossed to the ground, never being broken. It’s about taking all those beatings and pressing on. Getting back up. Rising above.”
― Hostage in the Keys
― Hostage in the Keys
“And inscribed on every box was a simple, yet cryptic message, written in the native tongue of its recipient: The measure of your life lies within.”
― The Measure
― The Measure
“are the sum of our stories, and we live on in memories only as long as those stories are told. That was why people gathered after a funeral or memorial. To share grief, yes, but more than that, to remember the person that was, passing on the stories from person to person”
― Making The Drop
― Making The Drop
“Before you can accomplish the impossible you must achieve the possible.”
― Nash Falls
― Nash Falls
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