tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929764675998193162024-02-19T12:18:06.607-05:00quoteflectionscelebrating life through enduring quotes and reflective questionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-55653439907935025172017-03-27T18:45:00.000-04:002017-03-27T18:46:12.395-04:00How Do You Make a Life? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>How Do You Make a Life: 475 Quotes and Questions for the Journey </i>provides an opportunity to think about what makes an enriching life. Each quote encourages reflection with a guiding quote. By the end of the book one can achieve a comprehensive vista about life's perspectives, challenges, and personal opportunities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The book is available from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Cornies/e/B00AE7L2FQ">Amazon at my author page.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice. ~ Rodney Cowell</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what areas of your life could you kindle some joy?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-23435073449198402782016-05-10T13:21:00.001-04:002016-12-15T15:21:50.844-05:00Thinks be thanks<span style="font-size: large;"><i>It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what do you have faith and enthusiasm?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not. ~ Isabel Allende</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What vital stories lie within you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Let all your thinks be thanks. ~ W. H. Auden</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- For what diverse aspects of your life could you be grateful?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-46340673598356193852016-04-26T09:10:00.003-04:002016-04-26T09:10:32.839-04:00The best of your days<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Control your emotions, or they will control you. ~ Chinese proverb</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How do you control your emotions?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Interdependency follows independence. ~ Stephen R. Covey</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What networks could you cultivate?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>If there is another world, he lives in bliss</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>If there is none, he made the best of this. ~ Robert Burns</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How are you making the best of your days?</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-28386643821773395272016-04-13T06:15:00.000-04:002016-04-13T06:16:21.387-04:00Keep rowing<span style="font-size: large;"><i>To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. ~ Robert Pirsig</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How do you cultivate daily enrichment?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>What comes from the heart, goes to the heart. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How much heart do you bring to your relationships?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Everyone must row with the oars he has. ~ English proverb</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What talents/strengths will help you to progress through life?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-36867847407849687952016-03-21T07:46:00.000-04:002016-03-21T07:46:30.786-04:00Projecting light<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are. ~ Malcolm Gladwell</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- To what values do you aspire?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. ~ Anne Lamott</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What helps your light to shine?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. ~ Aristophanes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What central principles guide your life?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-52781984961898950402016-03-10T12:24:00.000-05:002016-03-10T12:24:09.583-05:00On my way<span style="font-size: large;"><i>If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them. ~ Bob Dylan</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What positive memories could you create today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Earth provides enough for every man's needs, but not for every man's greed. ~ Gandhi</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what ways could you reduce and simplify your life?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I don't know where I am going, but I am on my way. ~ Carl Sandburg</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Why should the destination not be the primary consideration?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-31537163044255863622016-03-04T08:01:00.001-05:002016-03-04T08:01:30.057-05:00Away and within<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">When have you experienced nature's gentle power?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-82717250172928907542016-02-23T07:33:00.001-05:002016-03-10T12:18:44.188-05:00In the balance<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~ Chinese proverb</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- On what do you need to focus as you anticipate the future?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The noblest question in the world is, 'What good may I do in it?' ~ Benjamin Franklin</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What good could you do today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The power is in the balance: we are our injuries, as much as are our successes. ~ Barbara Kingsolver</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What strategies help to keep you balanced?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-8028509785751845192016-02-15T15:16:00.000-05:002016-02-15T15:16:47.744-05:00Asleep with compasses<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Fairy dust is useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake. ~ David Shannon</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How could you nurture a little more whimsy in your life?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>No one becomes rich unless he enriches others. ~ Andrew Carnegie</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Where could you provide some enrichment?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ~ W. S. Mervin</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How awake are you?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-26495750364570571922016-02-08T15:57:00.000-05:002016-02-08T15:57:07.129-05:00Life balance<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The purpose of life is to live, learn, and love. ~ Christine Rice</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How well are you living up to the three l's?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Movement is tranquility. ~ Stirling Moss</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What pursuits help to keep your life in balance?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We are what we believe we are. ~ C. S. Lewis</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What understanding do you have about yourself?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-84959049222388443032016-02-01T00:00:00.000-05:002016-02-01T07:55:06.344-05:00Open and close<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The most common form of despair is not being who you are. ~ Soren Kierkegaard</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How would you describe your authentic nature?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~ Flora Whittemore</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What important decisions do you face regularly?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>It's a hard life if you don't weaken. ~ Stephen King</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Where could you show some vulnerability?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-63720153045377189582016-01-21T13:33:00.000-05:002016-01-21T13:35:37.369-05:00A Running Stream<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</i><br />- In what area of your life could you muster renewed hope?<br /><br /><i>Not all those who wander are lost. ~ J. R. R. Tolkien</i><br />- How open are you to daily discoveries?<br /><br /><i>Happiness consists in activity. It is a running stream, not a stagnant pool. ~ John Mason Good</i><br />- What activities help to enrich your life?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-75308410859177555962016-01-14T14:57:00.000-05:002016-01-14T19:46:47.545-05:00The Little Dash Between<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~ Danish proverb</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How red are your cheeks?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How can you enhance your interactions?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>There'll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read 'em, but all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em. ~ Kevin Welch</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-How are you living your dash?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-13651306602135699332016-01-07T16:34:00.000-05:002016-01-07T16:34:37.947-05:00Steps today<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Positive anything is better than negative thinking. ~ Elbert Hubbard</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What positive actions could you provide today?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The more you care, the stronger you can be. ~ Jim Rohn</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Where could you show greater care?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The future comes one day at a time. ~ Dean Acheson</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What steps can you take today for a hopeful tomorrow?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-75587586133439135832016-01-02T08:30:00.000-05:002016-01-02T08:31:17.942-05:00This New Year<span style="font-size: large;">With every rising of the sun,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Think of your life as just begun. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">- What beginning could you make today,.. this new year?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-89132588195552007502015-12-29T14:43:00.000-05:002015-12-29T14:43:26.581-05:00The bridge<span style="font-size: large;">Character is the sum total of all our everyday choices. ~ Margaret Jensen</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What do your everyday choices reveal about you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's better to burn out than to fade away. ~ Neil Young</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what areas are you actively engaged?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~ Jim Rohn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What areas deserve your focused pursuit?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-5678583541049501492015-12-18T10:34:00.000-05:002015-12-18T10:34:25.863-05:00The Best Day<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what ways can you give back?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. ~ Plato</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What can you do to enrich your appreciation of music?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What can you do to make this day a very good one?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-10646386803638011282015-12-10T14:43:00.001-05:002015-12-10T14:44:45.985-05:00To Awaken<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed. ~ Mel Brooks</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How do you make the most of each day?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>If you do things well, do them better. Be daring be first, be different, be just. ~ Anita Roddick</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Where could you show some positive initiative and ingenuity?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We celebrate the past to awaken the future. ~ John F. Kennedy</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What can you celebrate about your past which can provide direction for the future?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-88237599946642476912015-12-04T08:13:00.000-05:002016-01-07T16:36:04.153-05:00Life well Lived<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerxBYmwjcPXQob4Hm7JJ10vbPpG1wE9LbVVBp0kNpet90kkOYVtZCNt0eRFCuzqzV-z-zFrGchh1vktzWNY-ZRX64K4h94KMEIwo1EIlliI_sjX__JshV_oiJqHkDUnpo-BD0CN800WU/s1600/book+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjerxBYmwjcPXQob4Hm7JJ10vbPpG1wE9LbVVBp0kNpet90kkOYVtZCNt0eRFCuzqzV-z-zFrGchh1vktzWNY-ZRX64K4h94KMEIwo1EIlliI_sjX__JshV_oiJqHkDUnpo-BD0CN800WU/s320/book+cover.jpg" width="230" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><i>If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. ~ Lucy Larcom</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what areas could you spark some warmth?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis. ~ LeeAnn Taylor</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How sensitive are you to the fragility of our environment?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as 'making a life.' - Maya Angelou</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What are the essential elements of a life well lived?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have compiled 475 quotes and questions such as the above in <i>How Do You Make a Life?</i> Check out my<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Cornies/e/B00AE7L2FQ"> author page on Amazon.</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-68159647365445808882015-11-25T09:14:00.003-05:002015-11-25T09:14:27.826-05:00Ride the energy<span style="font-size: large;"><i>If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. ~ Toni Morrison</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- How willing are you to let go and experience situations as they arise?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What are the qualities of a life well lived?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ride the energy of your own unique spirit. ~ Gabrielle Roth</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What brings you energy and enthusiasm for life?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-25690678763152621442015-11-19T07:56:00.002-05:002015-11-19T07:56:32.185-05:00The Reward<i><span style="font-size: large;">We can redeem anyone who strives unceasingly. ~ Goethe</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- For what are you striving?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">My eyes were glued on life</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">and they were full of tears. ~ Jack Kerouac</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What about the world brings you sadness and concern?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The journey is the reward. ~ Chinese proverb</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What is rewarding about your journey through life?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-18830059761141645612015-11-13T08:19:00.002-05:002015-11-13T08:19:30.788-05:00Each step<i><span style="font-size: large;">Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. ~ Danny Kaye</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What activities/pursuits enhance your life?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word. ~ Margaret Atwood</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What skill could you develop to enrich your life? </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Chinese proverb</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What understanding could you bring to each step?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-34853575590404845742015-11-06T08:39:00.002-05:002015-11-06T08:40:50.025-05:00Find a Remedy<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~ Flora Whittemore</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What choices can you make to enrich your life and possibly others?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I can live for two months on a good compliment. ~ Mark Twain</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Who deserves a good compliment in your relationships?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Don't find fault. Find a remedy. ~ Henry Ford</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Where could you show some positive resourcefulness?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-7775667532115961362015-10-28T09:38:00.004-04:002015-11-06T08:35:24.425-05:00Simplify<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Remember you humanity. ~ Bertrand Russell</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What are the basic humanitarian principles?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Find a need and fill it. ~ Ruth Stafford Peale</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Where could you provide a valued contribution?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. ~ Henry David Thoreau</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what ways could you simplify your complex life?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292976467599819316.post-8595845967601589162015-10-20T18:05:00.003-04:002015-10-20T18:05:53.093-04:00Yes to Life<span style="font-size: large;">Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there. ~ Harvey Mackay</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- On what do you need to focus?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. ~ Walt Whitman</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- What lies within you to give?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I imagine that yes is the only living thing. ~ e. e. cummings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- In what ways do you say yes to life?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have published 475 quotes and questions<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Cornies/e/B00AE7L2FQ"> such as the above here</a>. It's entitled <i>'How Do You Make a Life?'</i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com