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So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key. Lyrics from Already Gone, peformed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album

When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too. You guys do this for me and I'm grateful

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” ― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus Today I'm grateful for the abundance that exist in my life

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional - Author Unknown

Sometimes the path to finding who we are takes a lifetime...its a worthwhile path..the path to personal mastery...these quotes on integrity speak to that path.

Grateful for the food that is provided for me each day. For the sacrifice of the life given that my life may be sustained. May I never take it for granted.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. ~ Mark Twain

Never be afraid to try, remember... Amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. Author unknown

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer Today I'm grateful for this thread.

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.” ― Marcus Aurelius

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

You don't always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breath. Trust. Let go and see what happens. Mandy Hale

If you stumble, make it part of the dance-author unknown

“Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.” ― William Arthur Ward

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C. S. Lewis

This above all, to thine own self be true. - William Shakespeare

Jonathan Sacks, The Chief Rabbi of Great Britain. Give thanks to God for all the things that cost nothing and are worth everything.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw

“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”–Benjamin Mays

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.--Marianne Williamson

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”--- Gandhi

*Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Ludacris

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

I am grateful that the older I get, I am becoming more aware of the small blessings of my life as well as the large ones and that the small ones are really large ones too.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder I'm grateful today that I can see. I can see the beauty of the world before me. The birds and small animals as they scurry about looking for food. The trees in their bareness before spring. The sun shining…

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I'm grateful my new coffee pot makes the best coffee ever

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently. William Arthur Ward