“… to run away from the past or to fight against

 our present pain is to imprison ourselves.

 Freedom is in accepting what is

 and forgiving ourselves,

 in opening our hearts to discover

 the miracles that exist now.”

~Dr. Edith Eva Eger

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“Freedom makes a huge requirement

of every human being.

With freedom comes responsibility.

For the person who is unwilling to grow up,

the person who does not want to carry his own weight,

this is a frightening prospect.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt

“I believe race is too heavy a burden

to carry into the 21st century.  It’s time to lay it down.  

We all came here in different ships,

but now we’re all in the same boat.”

~John Lewis

“Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.”

~Henry David Thoreau

Happy Independence Day!!

“We hold these truths to be self-evident,

that all … are created equal,

that they are endowed by their Creator

with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ...”

~United States of America Declaration of Independence

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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;

an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

~Winston Churchill

“I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.”

~T. D. Jakes

Happy Father’s Day!!

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“It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy

to help us to see how human we are

and how we are more alike than we are different.”

~Maya Angelou

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“The time is now.  Wake up!

It’s imperative you don’t dismiss any experience.

 Everything happens for a reason;

some aim to get our attention, others do not,

but all experiences benefit us.”

~Betty Jane Rapin

“The ultimate weakness of violence

is that it is a descending spiral,

begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.  

Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.”

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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