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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.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Journey
Wonder
Life
Paved
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We can spend our days bemoaning our losses, or we can grow from them. Ultimately the choice is ours. We can be victims of circumstance or masters of our own fate, but make no mistake, we cannot be both. The Walk - Epilogue Page 288
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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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Love never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time, while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing.
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In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.
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You should always be careful of what you say in parting.
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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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Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.
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I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.
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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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I love when I can reboot people when they are being mean to others.
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To forgive is to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free.
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Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
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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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. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
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We love those whom we serve (p. 26)
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The concept of spiritual healing was something I was raised with.
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Maybe, if we just accepted our deaths, we might finally start to live.
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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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When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.
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People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.
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