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, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

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- Walter Anderson

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- Walter Anderson

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- Maya Angelou

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- Winston Churchill

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- Pete Cashmore

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