Don't make Snow Angles in a dog park

Never allow people's approval to dictate your self-worth or capabilities.
Mrs. Bonita Andrea Shelby, Why Not Have It All

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"Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog." - Sidney Jeanne Seward

The future is always beginning now.
Mark Strand

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We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. -- Criswell

The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.

Gordon Gee

Breaking point is one way to reach a place of power. It is the moment that we wake up and finally do something either about ourselves or our situation.
Norman Barlow, How to Really Change Your Life

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

John Keats

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. Alan K. Simpson.

Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older.

Kris Kristofferson

In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir

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We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

M. Scott Peck

Healing takes courage—to move forward with life when sometimes the pain seems more than we can bear.
Nance Guilmartin, Healing Conversations

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I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

Hippolyte Taine

The journey of healing starts with forgiveness, or forgiving yourself and others. This is different for everyone.
Marnie Hill, Heaven and the In-Between

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