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This Phoenix Speaks: Albeit in a Whisper
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incandescent you
How can you know who you are?
In your beauty and your strength.
You are lux et veritas.
Seek forever for the truth.
Despite losses on your way,
Hold to love and truthfulness.
Be light—wish upon the stars—
As God reaches for you at length—
Ever-reaching—at full cost—
A cost worth every pain—
God’s divine gift to this world,
Entirely
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“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
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“Everything you are learning is preparing you for something else.”
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“As we got closer to marriage, I felt completely confident that Gordon loved me. But I also knew somehow that I would never come first with him. I knew I was going to be second in his life and that the Lord was going to be first. And that was okay. It seemed to me that if you understood the gospel and the purpose of our being here, you would want a husband who put the Lord first.”
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“The thing about growing old is that when you wake up with a new pain, you can just about count on it becoming a permanent part of your life!”
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“For it is not requisite that a woman should hobble faster than she has strength!”
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I haven't been able to find an active group about the Winter Olympics, so thought it would be a good idea to start one as Sochi 2014 is nearly upon us ...more