“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness... or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.” —Walter Anderson

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness... or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.”

Walter Anderson American artist

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John Benny from Mumbai, India SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Rightly said...

dee kibler from bloomington,il SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
As we listened to 9/16/13 news of thirteen killings and 13 injuries in Washington DC, my 14 yr old grand son and I just shook our heads at what our world is coming to today. He said to me, "Common sense isn't very common anymore, Grandma."

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I will follow the upward road today; I will keep my face to the light. I will think high thoughts as I go my way; I will do what I know is right. I will look for the flowers by the side of the road; I will laugh and love and be strong. I will try to lighten another’s load this day as I fare along. #<Author:0x00007ff8fe8baf20>

LAUGHTER

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. #<Author:0x00007ff8fe8b8220>

BELIEVE

BRAVERY

COMMITMENT

MINDFULNESS

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. #<Author:0x00007ff8fe9b5010>

SPORTSMANSHIP

CHARACTER

Today, give yourself permission to be outrageously kind, irrationally warm, improbably generous. I promise it will be a blast. #<Author:0x00007ff8fea0a8d0>

CARING

GOOD MANNERS

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. #<Author:0x00007ff8fea00c90>

OVERCOMING

MENTORING

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. #<Author:0x00007ff8fea58e90>

TRUE BEAUTY

I have yet to find a man or woman, however exalted their station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. #<Author:0x00007ff8fea533f0>

ENCOURAGEMENT

KINDNESS

Be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. #<Author:0x00007ff8fea99760>

ENCOURAGEMENT

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