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“But we are more than logical” #9
To love is to stop comparing. -Bernard Grasset Remarques sur l’action
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“How do you make a life?…” #1
How do you make a life? Put one foot in front of the other. Make some choices. Take some chances. -Ellen Goodman Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special…
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“How do you make a life?…” #2
Most of us are taught very young that we should try hard. We should be persisent and work very hard at whatever we undertake. But these quotations advocate a less strenous, less driving approach to live. How do you react to them? Which approach to living makes the most sense to you? Why? Make the…
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“How do you make a life?…” #3
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. -Brendan Francis … Live in the moment; do not think about the future and its perils…. [Concentrate] on savoring “those rare moments of grace in an indifferent universe. -William Longgood Voices From the Earth: A year in the Life of a Gardener Let…
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“How do you make a life?…” #4
That daily life is really good one appreciates when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after an illness. Why not realize it now? William Lyon Phelps Essays on Things Describe your own experience with realizing the joy of “a normal day.” Use an autobiographical or fictional approach. Or…
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“How do you make a life?…” #5
The definition of success is setting goals and achieving them. -Susan Schenkel Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them deprive you of interesting detours. -Doug Larson
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“How do you make a life?…” #6
To live only for future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountains that support life, not the top. -Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Mororcycle Maintenance The journey, not the arrival, manners. -Montaigne
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“How do you make a life?…” #7
… The high school student is nagged until he declares what he wants to do when he grows up. The [teenager] who knows that much about himself [or herself] is one in a thousand. The rest pretend they know; and from the moment are channeled toward a life which they may not discover to be…
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“How do you make a life?…” #8
The difficult in life is the choice. -George Moore It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do. -Elbert Hubbard
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“How do you make a life?…” #9
I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor. -D. H. Lawrence An hour’s industry will do more to produce cheerfulness… than a month’s moaning. -Benjamin Franklin