Remember, most of us got something for nothing the first time just by showing up here at birth. Now we have to qualify.
Robert FulghumIt's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them lightly at our peril. We turn our backs on them at the risk of self-contempt. There is a sense in which we need to go home again-and can go home again. Not to recover home, no. But to sanctify memory.
Robert FulghumI once listed all the good things I did over the past year, and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them. That was a good feeling
Robert FulghumInstructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard. Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper. And you shall go through and on . . . โAlexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis, THIRD WISH
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