Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself -- Rumi

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The world is full of wonders; open your heart and let them in.

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Having a family gives you the courage to dream big and pursue your passions. —Vin Diesel

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You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue. ―C. JoyBell C

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Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all

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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

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Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

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1. As a child, we visited the San Juan Islands during the summer. Kayaking, big family meals, playing on the beach - great memories! —Zoe McLellan

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Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world the gladdest thing of all. Amen, and come Lord Jesus. ― Frederick Buechner

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Family is the source of strength that allows us to keep going, even when we feel like giving up. —Vin Diesel

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