I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun Brilliance of moon Splendor of fire Speed of lightning Swiftness of wind Depth of sea Stability of earth Firmness of rock.

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A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.

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How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. — Winnie the Pooh

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Keep pace with the present. Take a trip to the moon. envision the future.

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remember to look up at the stars

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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible — Tony Robbins

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I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. - Gustave Courbet

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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. — Charles R. Swindoll

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Your mind is a powerful thing. When You fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. — Buddha

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Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

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