The sun and the rain and the Appleseed.

Don’t measure progress by an end point but by integrity along the way.

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So in a moment we can return to urgent needs worldwide, from war to climate change to refugees. But first, let’s pause for a nanosecond of silence to acknowledge the greatest gains in human well-being in the history of our species — not to inspire complacency, but rather to spur our efforts to accelerate what may be the most important trend in the world today.

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I have no fear. I have only love. Strength.

Ronnieappleseed, Stevie Nicks

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In a struggle against evil, we have to cherish the sacrifices made for the ideals of goodness. We draw on the roots of our traditions for the fruits of our freedoms---the dignity of people, the solidarity of the free, the hope that one day the whole world will come to see those blessings not as a gift, but as a universal human right.

David Wolpe

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http://spiritsoulearth.com/thesacredlife/ode-to-trees-by-hermann-hesse

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“What’s the point in looking back,” he told me in one email. “I’d rather look forward to all the good things to come.”

Excerpt From: Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli. “Becoming Steve Jobs.” Crown Business, 2015-03-24. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Check out this book on the iBooks Store: https://itun.es/us/CwE03.l

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The sun and the rain and the Appleseed. turned 4 today!

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Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now.

Stephen Stills

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Why don't we allow ourselves to be the legends while we are living.

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What I was staring at while my doctor took my biopsy. Scared little sockets.

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It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

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This is it, to me. Emotionally, if you think of the enormity of what has happened, the surprise of what has happened, the doors that have opened to be walked through… If you were writing a book, you’d go, ‘Isn’t it a shame I can’t end it like this?’ We’ve had the chance to end it like that and I wouldn’t dream of it any other way.

Mick Fleetwood

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Give

Never stop giving what you can. – Exercise your talents to give back. Do so whenever you can, because you can. And when you get tired, remember all those people who can’t do what you can do. Think about what they would be willing to give to have the abilities you have right now – a simple gift you take for granted. Then strive harder just for them. And know that there are others out there with different gifts who are doing the same for you.

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My own shoes

Remember that it is more useful to be aware of a single strength or weakness in yourself than to be aware of a thousand strengths and weaknesses in others.

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Life spiraled out from life, and death, too. It was random, it was constant. It was faultless and unapologetic and real.

Excerpt From: Shields, Sharma. “The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac."

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My first kiss.

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Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone. Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon. Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love.

LEONARD COHEN

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You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.