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Owning our experiences
“Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to have gotten you to the next place, and the next place, right up to this very moment.” ~Wayne Dyer Pausing in the moment / Cindy La Ferle It’s hard to believe that today is the first of November already. Last night, a friend and I were remarking how quickly time evaporates as we get older. How is it possible that more than 30 years have passed since we met? Are we really old enough to retire? It’s so important to savor even the most ordinary moments before they too become history. Looking out at my frostbitten garden this morning, now…
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Believing in magic
“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” ~Laini Taylor CINDY LA FERLE
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Smiling like you mean it
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” ~Maya Angelou Coco / Cindy La Ferle
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Keeping expectations in check
“A light dawned when I realized my expectations were often out of proportion. I thought about the Golden Rule, which I had claimed to live by. It occurred to me that I was expecting others to do things for me that I hadn’t been willing or able to do for them. I had been expecting more from life than I was giving.” ~Cassandra Augure Sunrise on the St. Joseph River / Cindy La Ferle
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Conquering what scares us
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are avoiding our fears.” ~Les Brown Fun with gourds at the Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph / Cindy La Ferle
