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“What we cannot change, we must endure without bitterness.
Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see. Sometimes we cannot raise our chins and see eye to eye, so we must bow our heads and have faith in one another.”
― Tending Roses
Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see. Sometimes we cannot raise our chins and see eye to eye, so we must bow our heads and have faith in one another.”
― Tending Roses
“To my grandmothers,
for tilling the soil in which we grew and for watering our roots with stories of all the old things”
― Tending Roses
for tilling the soil in which we grew and for watering our roots with stories of all the old things”
― Tending Roses
“And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it, -perhaps your favorite sentence- to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that perhaps moved you to tears.”
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“we cannot change where God has put us. If we are to bloom at all, we must bloom where we have been planted.”
― Tending Roses
― Tending Roses
“Through all my adult life, I had wanted to know exactly where I was going and what path to take to get there. I had never considered the beauty of where I was.”
― Tending Roses
― Tending Roses
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