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“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.”

~ Arnold H. Glasow

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“Some of these happy accidents turn out to be the most beautiful effects. If you were trying to make them, you couldn’t make them, so when you get one, don’t get upset.”

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“Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy.”

~ Dean Koontz

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“My goal in life is to be on the devil’s most-wanted list.”

~ Archbishop Young

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“A sensual and intemperate youth translates into an old worn-out body.”  

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

(My check engine light certainly came on in my 50’s)

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“Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see”

~ John Lennon; Strawberry Fields Forever

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“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

~ Oscar Wilde

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“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”

~ Marilyn Monroe

“For calamities have opened my heart,

And tears have cleansed my eyes,

And errors have taught me the language of the hearts.”

~ Kahlil Gibran

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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”

I thank and salute all my fellow veterans, from ALL branches …… past and current and offer my unwavering support to you. Today is your day and I’ll NEVER forget. Thanks to each and every veteran!

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“I believe in the sun even if it isn’t shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.”

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“When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.”

~ Frederick Buechner

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“I can see right through you … ignoring your flaws … loving the real you.”

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“Nothin’ lasts forever

And we both know hearts can change

And it’s hard to hold a candle

In the cold November rain …….”

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“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.”

~ Frederick Buechner

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“In your attempt to destroy me, you awakened a warrior.”

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“Don’t ignore what you hear or remain blind to what you see. Because if they silence you today, then you will have no voice tomorrow.”

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“LORD ~ be gracious to us ~ we long for you. Be our strength every morning ~ our salvation in time of distress.”

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“Here is your goal for the day: Give more than you take.”

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“Let today be the day that you stop being haunted by the ghosts of yesterday. Holding a grudge and harboring anger / resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people …. not those that hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those that have helped us.”

~ Steve Mariboli

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