My affirmations November 29, 2008

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle"
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"When the People fear the government, we have tyranny, when the government fears the people, we have liberty" ~ Thomas Jefferson ************************************ *

''He begins to die, that quits his desires.''

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If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all. ********************************************
Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks? ***************************************

** 'If the enemy is in range,

so are you.'

Infantry Journal

*********************************** 14. "I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow." ********************************* LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE . Remember that while money talks, chocolate sings. "I've learned that I still have a lot to learn." **************************
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28. I learned that children and grandparents are natural allies. **************************

29. There

is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

30. Old age is when former classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald, they don't recognize you. *********************************** *

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition. ****************

This may be hard to grasp for a mind accustomed to thinking that everything worthwhile is in the future. ********************

There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4AM. It could be a right number. ***************************** * Take my adviceIm not
using it. *******************************

The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity. ***************

'I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truck load when I'm gone ***********************

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Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. **************************** *** What other people think of you is none of your business.

*********************** 61. Anger is one letter short of danger.

62. FEAR False Evidence Appearing Real.

When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. ******************************* **

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

When two egoists meet, its an I for an I. *******************

68. "You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt

69. Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Let us live while we live. Phillip Doddridge *******************

Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can). Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most). I Believe... That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself. 76. I Believe... That no matter how bad your heart is broken
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The world doesn't stop for your grief.

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My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be. *******************