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April 03, 2009 06:49 PM EDT --
Well, it is April, and that means it is time for me to make some life decisions. I've spent the last many months building up to this, so it is almost anti-cathartic to finally be able to make a decision. . . .
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February 28, 2009 11:43 AM EST --
I posted yesterday that my cousin had her first baby this week, and I promised to put up some pictures. Well, here they are!
Her daughter decided to come a month early, but both mom and baby are doing . . .
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February 27, 2009 07:41 PM EST --
So my cousin who is closest in age to me, and my best friend growing up, had her first baby on Tuesday morning. She named her baby Kylinn.
Kylinn was a month early, but she is doing fine. In . . .
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June 26, 2008 09:52 AM EDT --
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
- Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President
Slow and steady has not always been an inspiring concept. It's not as sexy as speed and sharp turns . . .
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June 24, 2008 10:51 AM EDT --
Blessed is he who speaks a kindness; thrice blessed is he who repeats it.
- Arabian proverb
This quote can be read in a few ways, and all of them are worth thinking about.
First, complimenting . . .
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June 23, 2008 10:41 AM EDT --
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
- John Burroughs, essayist . . .
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June 20, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott, author . . .
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June 18, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
- Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish novelist
History is written all around you every day. It may not be history . . .
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June 17, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
- William Osler, Canadian physician
Memory can be used for good or for evil. If you use your past as a . . .
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June 17, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
- Albert Einstein, physicist
What do you appreciate and what do you ignore? . . .
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June 16, 2008 09:39 PM EDT --
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
- Ovid, Roman poet
Farmers rotate different crops on the same piece of land to give the soil a rest and let it replenish nutrients. . . .
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June 16, 2008 06:08 PM EDT --
I took a weekend hiatus from Gather. Actually, I took a weekend hiatus from my computer. So don't think I abandoned you all just because triple points ended!
The sun came . . .
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June 13, 2008 11:25 AM EDT --
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing--that's why we recommend it daily.
- Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker
Makes sense doesn't it?
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June 12, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer
We all know people who just like to complain. It seems that no matter how good they have it, they're . . .
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June 12, 2008 10:41 AM EDT --
I have to go to the dentist this morning, so I'm still home (yea: short day at work). This means I get to catch some Good Morning America . They are talking about how dirty lemons are . . .
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June 11, 2008 11:27 AM EDT --
If I have seen farther than other men it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
- Isaac Newton, physicist
Here we have one of the smartest people who ever lived, accepting the fact that . . .
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June 09, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.
- Eleanor Roosevelt, human rights activist
If you met yourself, would you want to stick . . .
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June 06, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
I got to (finally) go back to my regular schedule at work, and get home in time to catch the Tyra Banks show. I don't watch it everyday, but turn it on when I need to relax and unwind right when . . .
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June 06, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
A few months ago, I said I was writing an article about Payday Loans, and asked my fellow Gatherers to tell me what they think of them and provide me with stories.
First of all, I want to say THANKS . . .
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June 06, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
I supervise many work-study students, but there is one in particular who really tries my patience. She is loud, obscene, and never completes her tasks. I didn't hire her, but inherited . . .
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