Life is a valuable and unique opportunity
to discover who you are.
But it seems as soon as you near
answering that age-old question,
something unexpected always happens
to alter your course.
And who it is you thought you were
suddenly changes.

Then comes the frustrating realization
that no matter how long life endures,
no matter how many experiences
are muddled through in this existence,
you may never really be able
to answer the question....

Who am I?

Because the answer, like the seasons,
constantly, subtly, inevitably changes.
And who it is you are today,
is not the same person you will be tomorrow.


Richelle E. Goodrich

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I love you sounds best spoken in quiet acts of kindness.
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I can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character.
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I am not what you see.
I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.
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Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, be...
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A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, m...
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Mothers observe all, absorb all,
give all, forgive all,
offer all, suffer all,
fee...
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Gratitude doesn't change the scenery.  It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can...
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Gratitude is medicine for a heart devastated by tragedy.  If you can only be thankful for the blue ...
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Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day.
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Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes ...
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One smile has the power to...
Calm fears.
Soften stone walls.
Warm a cold heart.
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You were born and with you endless possibilities, very few ever to be realized.  It's okay.  Life ...
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How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book b...
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All I ever wanted from you was to know that I was wanted by you.  That would have changed ev...
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A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.
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Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qu...
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Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilt, the volume of tears shed, the degree of p...
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It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibil...
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Dear God,
I hurt. Please hold me.
Amen
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A finger beckons.
My choice is to turn away.
It is a mistake.
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Relax; the world's not watching that closely. It's too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.
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What's the point of changing who you are in order to impress a woman, when your intention is to retu...
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I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than w...
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The fact is, the man who’d begotten me didn’t want me. In his eyes I should never have been born...
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Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated.
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Truly, there is magic in fairy tales.
For it takes but a simply-uttered 'Once upon a time......
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Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the mira...
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Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined,...
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There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied—who continually look ...
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Last night I danced.
My body rose from its slump for the first time since the beginning of sor...
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Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long.
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The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, ...
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If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.
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Life is music to which you choreograph your own dance.
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Don't give up.
I know you've made a thousand attempts to reach your goal, but look at it this w...
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Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better.
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There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic.
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who follow the popular majority, and those who po...
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True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving.
False friends ...
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People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, p...
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Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first.  Secondly, it is to teach them.  Not to f...
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Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.
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You can believe what you've been told. You can imagine in vivid detail the things explained to you. ...
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The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers―much like a lady...
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Stubbornness is a weapon.
People tend to draw it out when a sensitive part of their identity is...
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One thing about a skunk—once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.
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Las palabras nunca desaparecen, sino que hacen eco para la eternidad. Deja que tu eco suene dulce.
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Okay, let's put this another way―if what you're about to say wouldn't look good permanently engrav...
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Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies commen...
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Don't be fool enough to think you can know a person's character after a few moments of observation. ...
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Kindness is going out of your way to perform favors regarded as wonderful by the recipient.
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On a grim and dismal day that shattered my last ounce of confidence, I broke down and whimpered, “...
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Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the commo...
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Out of all the magic words in existence, kind words produce the most powerful transformation spells.
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Life isn’t always kind. It isn’t gentle and loving or sympathetic to the pains and sorrows of hu...
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My mother does not own my hands, though she works hard to train them.
My mother does not own m...
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One of the strongest loves I’ve ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child.
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I stumble and fall.
I weep and struggle to rise.
My mom feels it all.
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It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in someth...
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If only I could see myself from the same vantage point that I observe the world; I might judge my be...
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From good examples we learn how to be. From bad examples we learn how not to be. An observant...
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I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as intere...
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You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in ...
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People search the world over looking for someone to love them, when they should be searching for som...
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Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.
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Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers—vile, beguiling demons promisi...
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It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly ...
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Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays ...
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The truth is, when you have little to do, you do very little. But when you have much to do, you do m...
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You can do things.
Do you know this?
Do you believe it?
You should.
It’s true...
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To get it done
and see it thru,
find less to say
and more to do.
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Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people.
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There are things
that make no sense,
that seem unreal,
that can’t be grasped
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Are you ready to go home, Catherine?” he asked. “It’s warm inside the house. I kept a fire goi...
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We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones...
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A dreadful thing one day befell me when a horse came to stand on my toe.  Having no power to...
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Aging is a mortal term that my immortal spirit doesn't quite grasp.
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Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful.
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In someone's darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you b...
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