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When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
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Ravenna
Ohio
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Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
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The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.
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God never gives us more than what we can carry.
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Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.
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Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.
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There's so much living to be squeeze into the cracks of one little day. You can make someone laugh, smile, hope, sing, think.
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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
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Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
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We need to be smarter than our smart phones and realize the people we are with are more important than the people we aren't with, and way more important than the strangers we hope will tweet and like and share and Instagram whatever we're sending out into the cybersphere.
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The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell.
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We've come a long way from having one land line that was forbidden to be answered during dinner. We had no answering machine, just a dad who barked, 'Who calls during dinner? If it's important, they'll call back.' He was right.
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When in doubt, take the next step.
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I think of her every time I judge myself or someone else too harshly. How do we really know the worth of our work? It's not our job to judge the worth of what we offer the world, but to keep offering it regardless. You might never know the true worth of your efforts. Or it could simply be too soon to tell.
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Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
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I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.
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