You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You can select growth over stagnation. You can select you. And you can select life. And it's time that people tell you you're not at the mercy of forces greater than yourself. You are, indeed, the greatest force for you.

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Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

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Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

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Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

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Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

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The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.

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A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.

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No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.

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Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one.

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