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Wait and see is no easier now than it was as a child.

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Children
Wait
Easier
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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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People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.
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Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.
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Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
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The sin of the desert is knowing where the water is and not sharing it.
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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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If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?
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Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.
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To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
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There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives
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We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of out intentions. It's the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.
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Sometimes, when tragedy strikes, people give up hope that they can expect anything more from life, when the real quest is finding out what life expects from them.
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The reason we start things is rarely the reason we continue them.
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Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.
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