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“Let yourself become living poetry ………”

~ Rumi

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“Love doesn’t know its own depth until the hour of separation.”

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“Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.”

~ George Eliot

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“A day without mistake, is a day unlearned.”

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“Time for me to fly
Oh, I’ve got to set myself free
Time for me to fly
And that’s just how it’s got to be
I know it hurts to say goodbye
But it’s time for me to fly”

REO Speedwagon; Time For Me To Fly

(Editorial Note : But NOT right now!)

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“Because if it’s meant for you, it will always be in the end.”

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“Stop planting flowers in peoples yards who aren’t going to water them.”

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“Dreams heal our soul so love can guide us along the path of each new day.”

~ Lee Hiller London

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“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”

~ Groucho Marx

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“Let our loving hearts prevail, they are a shield against hate and prejudice.”

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“So, you can waste your life drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross”

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“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.

~ Joseph Rodman Drake

Today is MEMORIAL DAY!

Please do NOT confuse today with Veteran’s Day or Armed Force’s Day!

Today, my thoughts and prayers are for those men and women that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

They gave their lives defending us, our freedoms and our way of life.

I salute each and everyone of them and pray for their souls and their families.

God Bless Them ALL!!!!!

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Shadows are falling and I’m running out of breath
Keep me in your heart for a while
If I leave you it doesn’t mean I love you any less
Keep me in your heart for a while

When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun
Keep me in your heart for a while
There’s a train leaving nightly called, “When all is said and done”
Keep me in your heart for a while

“One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all

Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you’re going to fall
Tell ’em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call

And call Alice, when she was just small”

~ Jefferson Airplane; White Rabbit

(Sadly, even with COVID-19 running amuck, drugs are still killing people)

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“Once you go silent everyone starts misinterpreting what your silence says.”

~ Jasmine Sandozz

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“Fight against something and we focus on the thing we hate. Fight for something and we focus on the thing we love.”

~ Simon Sinek

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“Fight against something and we focus on the thing we hate. Fight for something and we focus on the thing we love.”

~ Simon Sinek

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“Don’t lose sight of ordinary people with extraordinary hearts.”

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“You are strong when you know your weaknesses. You are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws. You are wise when you learn from your mistakes.”

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“Learning how not to panic in times of challenge is the path of a warrior.”

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