"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?"
Jimmy Johnson

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"A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary."


Seneca

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"Every adversity, every failure, and every heartbreak carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."

Napoleon Hill

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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Ferris Bueller

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"We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change."

unknown

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"It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions."

Charles F. Kettering

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"Life expects something of you, and it is up to every individual
to discover what it should be."
unknown

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"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."

unknown

"It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test."
Elbert Hubbard

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"Everyone's life is a song that needs to be heard."
Barry O'Shea

Hi everybody. One year ago today I had my car accident. I feel very fortunate to still be here enjoying all the things life has to offer. I appreciate and love you all.

Barry

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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

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"Through the photographer we see not what catches their eye, but what captures their heart."

Barry O'Shea

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"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper"


Eden Phillpotts

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"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it."
Ernest Holmes

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"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be

what you desire to appear."

Socrates

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"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth."

Benjamin Disreali

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"My dog is worried about the economy
because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can.
That's almost $21.00 in dog money."
Joe Weinstein

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“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.”

Mary Anne Radmacher

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"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

Albert Schweitzer

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"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day."

Dalai Lama

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"No amount of soul-searching will allow us to fully understand who we are. Only through looking for the wonder in others will we truly find ourselves."
Barry

'The Dash'- by Linda Ellis

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The Dash by Linda Ellis

There was a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.

He noted that first came her date of her birth
And spoke the following date with tears
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.

For that dash stands for all the time
That she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not how much we own;
The cars the house the cash
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard.
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel

We'd be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read
With your life's actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

'Cos that dash stands for all the time
That you spent alive on earth
And only those who loved you
Know what that little line is worth.

It matters not how much you own
The cars the house the cash
What matters is how you live and love
And how you spend your dash.

What matters is how you live and love
And how you spend your dash.

"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."

Danny Thomas

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"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others."
Jacob M. Braude

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"The best relation-ship is the one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other."

unknown


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