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Words To Live By

My sister sent me this yesterday morning:

i shall fight for what i want in life. i shall not feel defeated until i see no other options or there is no fight left in me. i shall not let obstacles get in my way. i shall keep on unless i no longer want what i currently desire. i shall wish for the best and with all my might hope for the best and pray everything works out for the best! i can be no one other than me. 

And a friend of mine shared this song with me earlier in the week:


And every day I am getting email, texts, phone calls, cards, Facebook messages, and tweets from people with words of wisdom, or just general support.  Thank you to everyone.  I truly do appreciate the outpouring of love from you all.  I may not be wealthy financially, but I am definitely rich in friends.

And here are some quotes that inspire me, lift me up, make laugh, or make me cry.  But they are all quotes that I believe pertain to my life, past, present, and future:

"Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be" ~ anonymous

"A crisis may change your life but it doesn't have to ruin it" ~ Dr. Phil

 ‎"No one can go back and make a brand new start, however anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~ Carl Bard

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss

"Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcome. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose." ~ Ashley Hodgeson

"Women are angels. And when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly...on a broomstick. We are flexible." ~  unknown


"Sometimes when you go through something tough, you come away with something valuable. It's like slipping on a banana peel, falling down, feeling some hard little thing poking into you, and discovering you landed on a diamond." ~ Mira Kirshenbaum

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Great quotes! THANKS for sharing!!!!

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