I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know. ~ Mark Twain The year was 1965. High school debate. I had a parade of partners through the year, lost the first round […]
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How do you define happy? Gaiety, merriment, pleasure? Exuberance, giggling, euphoria? What does it mean to be happy? Would you smile all the time, display ready wit, be the life of every party, the focal point of any room? Or […]
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1. We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become unmanageable. ~ Step 1 of Overeaters Anonymous It once had life, had people, but that was long ago. Slowly and surely the inside, the heart, rotted away, taking […]
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Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson No games with ourselves? No spider sol, sudoku, shisen? Well, there is […]
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It is when the outcome isn’t earth shattering that I struggle with the choice. ~ Linda T Hundreds of shoes that fit, hours to choose? Two pair in your size, quick decision. They once defined proof beyond reasonable doubt to be […]
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