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“In an era when the regular worthy rhythm of life is less eye-catching than doing something extraordinary, I am reassured that I am merely the second sovereign to celebrate a diamond jubilee.”
― Queen Elizabeth II

“And because I love this life
I know I shall love death as well.
The child cries out when
From the right breast the mother
Takes it away, in the very next moment
To Find in the left one
Its consolation.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali

“Life is an endless circle within God. From before birth to beyond the transition called death, I am filled with life. My soul wears this earth garment I call my body, which I cherish and care for. When I finally lay it down, my soul continues to live, always in God’s care and keeping.”
― Daily Word, Healing Thoughts

“A man’s real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.”
― Alexander Smith

“The greatest obstacles I ever had to overcome had been my own insecurities.”
― Charles Shoenfeld

“I’ve concluded that families of those with Alzheimer’s come in four distinct categories.
1. The first group is one we see the most. They laugh and visit the best they can, still enjoying the company of the person they love.
2. The second group comes a little less often. Instead of laughter, they may be brought to tears.
3. The third group sits mortified, frozen by their surroundings, near as helpless as the person they’ve come to visit.
To all of these people I say, “Thank you.”
4. The last group we don’t see because they are never here. There are instances where these families simply do not exist, but too often the hard truth is that they are busy elsewhere.”
― Charles Shoenfeld

“If you want to identify me," he says to the British officers who are questioning him, "ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Between these two answers you can determine the identity of any person." page 25 in the book called, "The Man in the Sycamore Tree by Edward Rice”
― Thomas Merton