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May 15, 2009: Friday Nite
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I'm into seeds. I gathered hundreds of sunflower seeds from a blossom I allowed to dry for a few weeks, and planted dozens of them a few weeks ago. They are "monster" seeds, and some of the plants are as tall as I am, and blossoms have popped out.
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* e: M5 U" y4 tThe flowers are about the size of a dinner plate, and I think they are beautiful and happy-looking. I even surrounded my bird bath with them, which provides a bit of shade and keeps their water from getting too warm. One of the things that surprised me is how dirty the birds get. After they bathe in my bird bath the bottom is coated with dirt. So, as a consequence, I brush out the dirty water and fill their bath tub it with fresh, clean water every night for them.
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My other fun thing is to pick tomatoes off the vines, which I am now doing. The crop is great this year; there are a lot more on the vines than I will be able to eat, so I'll share them with son Paul who lives next door and my friends. I've been having an ear of corn and a banana for lunch every day. Now a tomato and onions coated with olive oil will be added to my menu.
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7 P2 I& T* B0 Z0 SWhat Do You Think?( o# t: ?% J" ~' ]
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had been rich,
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George Buschkin
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Facing Adversity% z4 T/ S. f+ C8 H' u$ d
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what I consider) Q; }1 X+ u# ^/ R/ h+ g# y, \, ]
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the single most useful( {% V% A B& U
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for all humanity it would be this:
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5 ]5 R' h1 N3 L9 \7 QExpect trouble
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and say,
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“I will be bigger than you.
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Of course, the top one is Love, and I'm sure you know what the second one from the top is without my telling you. - Z' S( u# i" z8 ^2 g9 ~* C
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May 14, 2009: Thursday 10 p.m.
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4 A% m( s. ?& R Lately I've been asking people a simple question: "Why do you exist?" and it triggers interesting discussions. I suspect few people think about what their reason for being [Google - Fr: Raison de d'etre] is. Why did God create people? It seems I exist( N3 w9 q" i9 }) L% B7 `
) J& V5 A4 R. Wso that I would get the most pleasure and joy out of living as possible. But that sort of begs the question. Why would my Creator want to do that? What good does it do "Him?" What's the trade-off? I get to experience the joy of living thanks to "Him" but what does "He" get in return? So, why did "He" bother? Producing human beings via evolution was a humongous task that took billions of years. And what about the ingenuity it took to design and manufacture our bodies and souls?
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6 X |& Z6 l$ g) k6 z: x* D I keep re-visiting the book: The Hidden face of God, and one scientist says:" N, `9 i- U! r) i- t2 F
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Now, I had to give that some thought. It's similar to saying there's no such thing as sound; it's only in the ear and brain of the beholder. It's like that guy said, "If a tree falls in a forest, is there sound if no one's there to hear it? I think so in both cases5 u1 [" s+ f2 U
6 F& x7 M# S! Z% ]6 f9 @re colors and sound. Those things were there to start with, then our brilliant Creator designed the organs, eyes and ears, to detect them. Same way with all our senses that were designed because there were things out there for them to sense, as well as" g1 _1 M1 m w) o# u1 l& G- q1 y
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with intelligence. It was out there and our brains were designed and produced to detect it. That I believe. Just please don't ask me where intelligence ["God"] came from. Maybe after I croak, I'll find out.
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' W* G' v- T* o) `$ d; _ Isn't life full of marvelous mysteries? Smart as scientists are, they still don't know what causes something as universal and common as gravity. What keeps us Floridians from flying off into space when we are traveling 1000 miles an hour as we go about our business? [Earth is 25,000 miles around and we make the trip from one sunrise to another in just 24 hours.]. Like really knowing God, I don't think they will ever know, just as they don't know where our minds and consciousness come from. You may say God, but that too begs the question? Billions and billions of unique minds and consciousnesses have existed in the past and now, and well into the future. Explain that, if you can! How was that accomplished!: z. u, R2 p. S0 b0 c- m" d
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1 M, W+ u3 ^4 t+ |9 Y+ WMay 13, 2009: Wednesday 5 p.m.
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Man do I feel stupid! I decided to learn how to play a piano, since I have so much time on my hands. It’s a bear just to learn the simplest things, like relating the 1st seven letters of the alphabet to the seven keys on the keyboard. Well, I don’t like feeling stupid, and if Mozart can play a piano concerto he wrote at age 6, I should be able to at least play chopsticks in just a few months. ; m! I& y, I9 h
) ?$ e6 ?) _5 V, E I bought a DVD with lessons that seem simple enough when the instructor does it, but it ain’t at all! So, like he says, Practice, Practice, Practice. I set my laptop on a high stool right next to the keyboard, and I intend to give it my best shot. The great thing about the lessons being on the computer is that you can rewind the lesson whenever you wish, and repeat and repeat until you get it. I now have an even greater admiration for those who can play piano sonatas written by Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. It may take a year, but my goal is to be able to just play Happy Birthday to You!
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( p5 J" `. Q9 _$ }& U My sterile relationship with my foreign lady-friend [she’s only 50 but has medical problems, being seriously anemic] is becoming more and more unsatisfactory, so thank goodness I may have an alternative come Saturday night when my renter’s [Sarah] grandmother “about 72, lovely and lively” will visit for dinner along with Sarah and her boyfriend and 9 year-old boy. Since she doesn’t care for pizza, I will cook my great chicken casserole dinner and prepare one of my super salads.
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I don’t see my foreign lady-friend but once a week, she has not been affectionate at all even after half a dozen get-togethers, hasn’t responded to a call I made this morning that is inevitably picked up by her answering machine, and will need financial help with her medical needs. As I write this I am reminded of the fat lady I married and how much I spent on her medical need – only one of which was to pay $30,000 for a new hip. SHE was the most ungrateful she-dog I ever met! , c" W: J! ?9 V1 p- f9 m( T4 n
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Count Your Blessings!
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I shopped at Sav-A-Lot grocery store yesterday, and when I got to the check-out counter, a good-looking middle-aged lady asked me, “Did you find everything you want?” I looked her up and down, and finally eye-to-eye and said, “Not quite. I was looking for a woman about your age” and began to describe her with looks like the lady who was checking me out. ; b) s) A) x. Q* J0 [% e; |& t/ p! @
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I've been giving away my God, Where Are You? book by leaving them on the counter at Club Boom, where about 50 have been taken, and at Norwood's Restaurant, where I know the owner, Don Simmons. I left 50 there for Mother's Day customers and have yet to check to see how they went. I have several hundred copies in boxes, where they aren't doing a darn bit of good, and since it's one of the best books about God, I may as well help others get a fix on who "He" is.
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I used the words "He" and "Sir" reluctantly because it is traditional, but there is no such "person." To my mind, the entire
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My P.C. computer pooped out [Larry thinks it's a crack in the Motherboard] so he fixed this one, my laptop, so I can do my entries. It' called Microsoft Front Page. This is from Deepak Chopra's How to Know God:
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. p) s: B2 ]6 O; Z6 L5 WIn short, God is always there for you, because your intelligence comes from God's infinite intelligence, which has no end and neither does ours.2 A* }5 Y2 g6 ]3 o; F/ ~+ u4 }/ x
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Level 2 You fulfill your life through success, power, influence and status.( _ ~8 d1 p9 y5 t2 R# h
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/ A* i+ o0 w, _' u) I Level 4 You fulfill your life through insight ["There's more to life than meets the eye."], empathy [There but for the 4 {% f# K S9 t6 _4 T! B# H
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# _3 i( ~/ e" ~' R/ \ Level 6 You fulfill your life through reverence, compassion, devoted service and universal love. [Pet lovers know that;
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loving wife's face, the majesty of the heavens, in art [Michelangelo's Pieta and God Creating Adam painting]
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in beautiful birds and sea life and in music [Beethoven's Ninth Symphony] you are in union with God who gave
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May 6, 2009: Wednesday 9 p.m.
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: O1 J h7 R$ z; d! u Today, an anonymous fan of this web site said he missed my entries and asked that I resume them - so here I am again searching my mind to find something to say that has "redeeming value." First, however, I will relate a bit of what is happening in
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3 }. B+ [8 b) wmy personal life. About six weeks ago, at an Elk's Club dance attended by senior singles, I danced with an attractive lady with a foreign accent, and again off and on as I kept attending the dances. Well, about five weeks ago, she glanced my way as she was leaving, and I could tell she wanted to communicate with me. The brief conversation led to our seeing each other about once a week at my home for daytime visits. There was zero hanky-panky, not even any lip kissing, which I attributed to her being in poor health, having anemia, anxiety and extreme fatigue. The latter was due to a job paying a minimum wage for maximum work.
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When she visited, she would come in the afternoons and leave right after dinner. On a couple of occasions on weekends I invited her to spend the night, telling her I would sleep in the guest room and promising her I that not only would I not hit on her,
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but that she could also lock her door for peace of mind since we didn't really know each other that well. She declined each invitation, saying it was "too soon" for her to spend the night.
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Well, she quit her job last week, and rightly so, since it was my opinion that it was killing her, especially since she we working with some low-life women she didn't like and who treated her as the "foreigner" she was. Now, I thought, maybe we can at last spend some meaningful time doing things together rather than just sitting around the house jabbering. Last night she failed to call as she said she would to let me know when she would visit me. [She lives 30 miles from here.] So, here it is about 10 p.m. and no call yet. I like the lady, but now I'm irritated. I like affection, and she proffered none at all during the five or so times we were together. Earlier this afternoon I responded to an invitation from a young foxy lady who rents a house I own and who said she has a 70 year old grandmother she would like me to meet. My other lady is only 50 and still has "periods" I suggested to my renter that we have a pizza party at my house Saturday or Sunday night. If it happens [she said she would check with her Grandmother and get back to me] and she passes my sight test, I will give serious consideration to changing partners. # ~- O. ?* [+ I' @$ I& }+ }
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One of my problems is that I'm too damn nice and too accommodating. Part of that comes from my being 88, and hardly in a position to be picky, but I better be or I will be going through some of the crap I had to deal with, with my second wife who tried to kill me twice. [I sent the story to The Examiner magazine and will publish it on this site shortly.] B- B5 y X, A- A$ B( G9 m5 G
' c* m) f; v5 U+ ]- K, c0 v; H Right now, at this very moment, I feel great mentally and physically, which I attribute to smart eating, working out in the pool every day, even after playing racquetball, and of course, from playing racquetball three mornings every week. One guy, marveling at my ability at my age asked, "How long are you going to be able to do this?" I'm only two years from being 90 and, in truth, I'm in better shape now that I was 30 years ago! So, who knows? Hell, I've even begun another book!3 ]* M$ h2 i* N" V5 c, E3 N. K
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Some "redeeming value" thoughts:
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, L/ w9 m5 i: I. w( X0 Q9 ySeems it strange that thou shouldst live forever?
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Is it less strange that thou shouldst live at all?
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This is a miracle; and that no more.
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Death is Nature’s expert advice
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never seem to grow old.
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Always active in thought,
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Here's to Mary B. [Babs] O'Connell Sganga, my wife of 57 years and my Eternal Soul Mate: I rededicate my remaining years to doing as much good as possible in her memory.
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The only “things” - Z; @# J9 W" I8 L5 m6 [# }8 w
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f% d$ S2 Z6 z and Love
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tops them all. 1 _# `) X) {# a4 G1 V
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Francis T. Sganga! m( H" ]& O( ^6 O' W
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" N# }! ^: M* A& IAnd when the physician said, " A' P! A0 I% b& K" |; l4 M
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“That happens,” replied Pliny,& _7 G( O/ }& \% F, E. {' R
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“because you never were my doctor.”: i g& k N& e {5 p1 K
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after death,+ K9 V" J' V% R; S+ N
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I’m in no hurry for it.
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3 T7 Q5 u) w! jMartial
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0 e; }4 o! ]. _% w8 I2 J# \To those who live and toil
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and lowly die,$ e# {3 X0 @3 d" `9 s
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and leave no lasting trace,' A& ]1 L0 C) f
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to those from whom
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6 s7 ~5 M0 @5 B4 u. ^our Queen Prosperity
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9 u7 ?0 U" i6 ~/ c) g' F4 Ldon’t trouble more to celebrate7 O: r) ]* d/ X2 m3 q
6 C3 {+ `" o6 Nthis natal day of mine,
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but keep the grasp of fellowship' g9 _- W& U& J- ~) e: ^; a7 O @7 l
; F4 _9 g7 I, {" M- F" Cwhich warms us more than wine.
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Let us thank
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the lavish hand that gives. X+ k/ Q: b+ C
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world beauty to our eyes,1 l8 ]3 `; J1 y" m5 Z& D: O: p
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and bless the days 6 t0 _( }$ N! P
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that saw us young,
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and years that made us wise." G( T8 q2 z" O; s% J6 _; F
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Julia Ward Howe
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Not one of them
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who took up in his youth
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with the opinion
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ever continued until old age
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faithful to his conviction./ ]/ o# ^9 P% k* R! D: x3 u; b
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0 r+ y/ a6 J% pI fancy when I go to rest
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someone will bring to light
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some kindly word or goodly act
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long buried out of sight.
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But, if it’s all the same to you, 6 c! b( c! i4 W# ?& d) |& h3 U+ ^. l
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just give to me, instead,
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the bouquets while I’m living
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slow-growing cancer. ' Y _! |0 ^, @: n$ Q% n' d3 o
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with all the weapons! H+ R, Y1 M, f" A. z
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at your command2 U; w6 v9 [ y* }' `
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y3 ^! G; r; u' C7 p: B7 I; va gift God has given you
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for the time being. " Z. }3 ?* k2 q0 q- j( X
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which sort was the best.( n5 y y) W, M. a( T
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Truth sits upon the lips
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Matthew Arnold
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or a trouble’s an ounce, b8 p+ e0 Y$ U. c& M+ I6 A
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that you’re hurt that counts,
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1 O3 p1 m( E3 `% FBut only how you take it.
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* [' G0 G8 J" n$ G; l f% S* pEdmund Vance Cooke + d# s& ~. l. j
. l9 F Q4 Z3 O9 ]& XFebruary 28, 2009: Saturday 9 p.m.9 ^* Y1 I; t; r, b
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In re-reading Gary Zukav's Seat of the Soul, I found these notes I made in the margins:0 y1 a6 d" F" D7 u' S1 U& `6 {
I keep asking myself:
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Is what I am doing Soul-Satisfying? 7 l' @+ c4 w1 l; ^
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Are you happy with yourself?
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Do you have a great sense of well-being?
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: ?& d" E+ q9 x5 q4 ` Soul-Satisfying actions.
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9 a0 x/ G2 i3 [, h7 ]* M6 o1 ?% y Soul-Satisfying relationships.4 m# I) A9 D. K5 D0 U
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Soul-Satisfying jobs.
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3 _) Z: C0 p/ y' p% z3 O: ?2 X% F From Words of Wisdom: * ^( B( d5 X/ x& P1 ~. O! Q
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protects you from age.
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: X3 G- @6 d: p7 ]. t: _. k5 C6 K. VJeanne Morgan
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The cure for all ills and wrongs,
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the cares, the sorrows. ]" u, s3 V' Q, b
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and the crimes of humanity,, [8 v' Y1 G% [8 i2 Z$ z
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all lie in the one word:
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“Love.”
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; H1 } v8 @2 W4 O; P# @& zIt is the Divine vitality that everywhere) B; ?# Z3 T8 q- l( w% ^9 V! U# f
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produces and restores life.% w, Y8 _0 w- \6 j+ s4 K: V% x( p
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It is not a lack of love,& }1 ~* w- Q" @4 v8 \
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Of nothing comes nothing: + o+ Q8 F% K0 z" q$ x
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Springs rise not above; f5 T- g; O. H3 r+ Q
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their source in the far-hidden
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heart of the mountains:& a. O3 R4 k$ t7 c/ A2 I
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Whence then have descended ) n0 O& v/ b6 ~! M1 `
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' S! G2 E: B2 W) R9 kthat in man leap to light
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) b; \+ G! U5 j8 E* A* Z6 Uin intelligent fountains?
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Fear is what we learn.
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) L6 m2 S6 p( Y- d6 LThe spiritual journey
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and the acceptance of love0 g1 E; o# \6 n
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back into our hearts.3 C5 o# T1 c R& e* v4 Y$ W) x6 I
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and our purpose on earth.
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to experience love
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A U; Q- H. x- v% QMeaning does not lie in things." F. q1 G: ]& r$ [9 W& Q
8 [9 z2 e8 k; S% A, l8 ^! `Meaning lies in us.
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Marianne Williamson
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When a man is
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in love or in debt,( M( f- M* f# z" q* L* @7 b
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someone else
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* h1 B6 p' s: u4 F/ K4 BA man in love
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Then he’s finished.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor0 H# `9 n- }7 F' Y9 Q% F& s: T
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$ M7 Q0 t J7 R$ s/ ^0 j Arrivederci! |
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