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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach, check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.” ~ Ayn Rand

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“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
~ Markus Zusak, I am the Messenger

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[a little grateful list for today]

~ grateful for the sun, even on a cold windy day
~ grateful for the ocean, even though it’s miles and miles away
~ grateful to sing for a living, even though i’m not quite where i want to be yet
~ grateful for our jobs and our abundance, even in this harrowing economy
~ grateful for $4 bunches of yellow daisies, which i would bring to your door if you were just a little bit closer
~ grateful for the power of music, which has saved me many many times over
~ grateful for you, and the energy you bring to my life just by sharing this little bit of the day with me. thank you, thank you , thank you.