Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.

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"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but for potential."

- Ellen Goodman

Self-awareness

"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential."

- Ellen Goodman

Reflection

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but for potential."

- Ellen Goodman

Reflection

"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched."

- Ellen Goodman

Reflection

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but for potential."

- Ellen Goodman

Reflection

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- Winston Churchill

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- Helen Keller

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- Colleen Wilcox

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