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That Gilda was a wise woman.

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what is going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner

Realllllllllllllly?????

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” -- William James

Strawberry Jam

"When you overthink at the wrong moment, you cut yourself off from the wisdom of your emotions, which are much better at assessing actual preferences. You lose the ability to know what you really want. And then you choose the worst strawberry jam." Johan Lehrer - author of How We Decide.

The race is long.

"The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the others than it is to drive too hard and crash." The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

It's not the load...

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.” ~Lena Horne

Proverb

Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Cherokee Proverb

Rumi

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. ~Rumi

We are what we think.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Why be normal?

Being normal is not necessarily a virtue – it rather denotes a lack of courage. ~Stockard Channing as Aunt Francis in Practical Magic

Self-esteem

I have learned that self-esteem is just that: SELF-esteem. Not wife-esteem or lover-esteem or even sponsor-esteem. It has to come from ME, not from others opinions of me. ~Al-Anon

Discoveries

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. - William James

Solitude

If you can’t stand solitude, maybe you bore others too. ~Bob Gordon

I love this...

“ Run your fingers through my soul . For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.”

Waste not.

"To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are." -Unknown

So true.

"Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts." - George F. Tilton

The truth!

"You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; you are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are." - Edgar A. Guest .

Amen.

"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." - Timothy Leary

Take care of number one.

"If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end." -Julius Erving

Getting even.

"The only people to get even with are those who have helped you." -Anonymous

I must be super alive.

"Problems are a sign of life." Norman Vincent Peale