Courage in battle was often necessary because of someone else’s poor planning.
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“I used to use alcohol to drown out my problems,” the woman says, “then it finally dawned on me that my problems were better swimmers than I was.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“If you focus on what’s harmonious and beautiful in your present surroundings, harmony and beauty will follow you.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
“. Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“I don't want to beg. Or plead for my life. I want to go out with my head up.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength—carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.’—Corrie ten Boom.”
― The River Is Waiting
― The River Is Waiting
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