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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #85

What people mean by stress is simply the condition of being human, and I will not recommend and meddling with that by medicine or any other profession.
-Lewis Thomas, M. D.

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #36

There are offences given and offences given but not taken.
-Izaak Walton

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #64

Life just is. You have to flow with it. Give yourself to the moment. Let it happen.
-Governor Jerry Brown

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“…wonderous days, surprising days” #11

Body image is linked to self-esteem: when we dislike our bodies, it’s difficult to like ourselves.
-Gloria Steinem

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #14

Gardens are not made by singing “Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade.
-Rudyard Kipling
Few wishes come true by themselves. 
-June Smith

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #47

The illusion of control and order is what listmaking is all about. But who or what is in control here-the list maker or the list? Lists can be task masters creating their own kind of tyranny!
-Marilyn Gardner

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Like a Cat on the Stove-Lid: On Learning #1

We should get out of an experience only the wisdom that was in it-and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits on the hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on the hot stove-lid again…but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
-Mark Twain

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #52

When something bad happens to us, we can see it as a major disaster that will affect us forever. Or we can look at it as a disappointment that we will find a way around.
Mike Todd, the movie producer, said it this way:
I’ve never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. [...]

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #74

You’ve got to love what’s loveable and hate what’s hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.
Robert Frost

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #54

There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over–and let it go. It means learning what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of the  future, a belief that every exit [...]

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