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It's the same thing with faith, by the way." We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the time, or having to follow all the rules. We don't want to commit to God. We'll take Him when we need Him, or when things are going good. But real commitment? That requires staying power---in faith and in marriage." And if you don't commit? I asked. "Your choice. But you miss what's on the other side." What's on the other side? "Ah." He s..
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It's amazing the fantasies your mind can put together.
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Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.
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None of us can undo what we've done, or relive a life already recorded. But, ... there is no such thing as "too late" in life."
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What happened next depends on how much you believe.
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There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young.
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Remember this always: There is a reason God limits man's days
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We cannot stop what Heaven chooses.
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And I suppose tapes are a desperate attempt to steal something from Death's suitcase.
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Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to compose their thoughts, maybe the next evening as well.
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Time,' the Captain said, 'is not what you think.' He sat down next to Eddie. 'Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning... I figure it's like in the Bible, the Adam and Eve deal...Adam's first night on earth? When he lays down to sleep? He thinks it's all over, right? He doesn't know what sleep is. His eyes are closing and he thinks he's leaving this world, right? Only he isn't. He wa..
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Truth is light. Lies are shadows. Music is both.
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Love comes when you least expect it. Love comes when you most need it. Love comes when you are ready to receive it or can no longer deny it.
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I believe he died this way on purpose. I believe he wanted no chilling moments, no one to witness his last breath and be haunted by it, the way he had been haunted by his mother's death-notice telegram or by his father's corpse in the city morgue.
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The pain you go through in life doesn't really touch you . . . not the real you. . . . You are so much lighter than you think.
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One withers, another grows.
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But ask yourself this: Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. What if you got it back?
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You've lived through a lot of wars, I said. "Yes." Do they ever make more sense? "No."
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My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father sing)...
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You need someone to probe you in that direction. It won't just happen automatically." I knew what he was saying. We all need teachers in our lives."
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You cannot unplay your notes. Time, like music, is indelible that way.
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You cannot ask things to do what they are not meant to do. Eventually, they will break.
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Because one thing God gave us- and I'm afraid it's at times a little too much- is freewill. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely.
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people in grief can imagine many things. It makes them feel better. It doesn't make it real.
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You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning. Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until sixty-five.
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Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.
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There are 5 people you meet in heaven. Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth. This is the greatest gift God can give to you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.
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When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.
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self-awareness
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What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley."
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He explained how once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied. There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between sunrises was gone.
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What will you do with the time you have left?
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She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict.
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There are moments on earth when the Lord smiles at the unexpected sweetness of His creation.
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Please, please, please, please, please...,", squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure."
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How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise?
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There are no random acts.
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The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered. was not all that interested.
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Everybody knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently,' Morrie said. 'So we kid ourselves about death,' I (Mitch) said. 'Yes, but there's a better approach. To know you're going to die and be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can be actually be more involved in your life while you're living. . . Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the da..
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Learn what you do not know. Understand the consequences of counting the moments.
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All blessings do not bless the same.
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EVERYONE JOINS A BAND IN THIS LIFE. You are born into your first one. Your mother plays the lead. She shares the stage with your father and siblings. Or perhaps your father is absent, an empty stool under a spotlight. But he is still a founding member, and if he surfaces one day, you will have to make room for him. As life goes on, you will join other bands, some through friendship, some through romance, some through neighborhoods, school, ..
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Secrets. We think by keeping them, we're controlling things, but all the while, they're controlling us.
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Tension of opposites.
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There are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage... Your values must be alike. And the biggest one of those values, Mitch?" Yes? "Your belief in the importance of your marriage." --
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