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The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried so hard to make our mark in America. To be...more

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You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they h...more

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She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.

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I love you every day,Mom

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It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descen...more

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So, have we solved the secret of happiness?"I believe so," he saidAre you going to tell me?"Yes.Ready?"Ready."Be satisfied."That's it?"Be greatful."Th...more

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The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we get so many lives between birth and deat...more

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If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be curs...more

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They teach you, as children, that you might go to heaven. They never teach you that heaven might come to you.

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Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

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Miracles happen quietly every day—in an operating room, on a stormy sea, in the sudden appearance of a roadside stranger. They are rarely tallied. No ...more

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Doubt is how you find God

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Heaven . . . is the same feeling. . . . No fear. No dark. When you know you are loved . . . that’s the light.

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Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's a...more

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When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.