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“Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.”
― Meditations of the Heart
― Meditations of the Heart
“Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of lucky happenstance. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.”
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“The happy have whole days,
and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours,
and those they lose.”
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and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours,
and those they lose.”
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“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.”
― The Forgotten Garden
― The Forgotten Garden
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
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