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Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.
Richard Paul Evans
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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the road.
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Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.
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As we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's socks. These stowaways may seem insignificant at first, but, over time, if we do not occasionally stop and shake them free, the accumulation becomes a burden to our souls.
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Everyone has problems. It's how you choose to deal with them. Some people choose to be whiners some choose to be winners. Some choose to be victims some choose to be victors.
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To forgive is to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free.
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Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.
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It's our memories that make us who we are. Without them, we're nothing. If that means we have to hurt sometimes, it's worth it.
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Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.
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It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins.
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Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.
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The sweetness of reunion is the joy of heaven.
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The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.
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In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions - but I'm coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey.
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I'm a humble guy, okay?
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Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.
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. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
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Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.
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...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.
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