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@Torunn said
“Feeling broken doesn’t make you weak. What truly matters is what you do with those pieces.”
— Adele
I had no idea Adele played chess!


@Torunn said
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can begin where you are and change the end."
Excellent and very true.

It does remind me of the tourist lost in rural Ireland.
He asks a local "Can you give me directions to Blarney Castle?""

"Yes" says the local "... but you don't really want to start from here"


8 life lessons by 80 year old

1. The older you get the more you realize peace is worth more than success.
2. Kindness you give always returns, even if years later.
3. No one is thinking about you as much as you fear - life freely.
4. Time spent with family is the only time that never feels wasted.
5. Forgiving others heals you more than it helps them.
6. Worry solves nothing, preparation solves almost everything.
7. Health becomes your real wealth after 50.
8. You don't need more people - just the right few who truly care.


The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly. "Margaret Atwood Interview".


"Meh, good enough."

-- Mediocrates


You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

~ Arlo Guthrie
US folksinger (1947 - )

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“You will never reach your destination if you stop to throw stones at every dog that barks.”

-- Winston S. Churchill


“I’m an optimist, but an optimist who brings a raincoat.” Harold Wilson


It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was.

A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother.

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.

- Charles M. Schulz

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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

~ Oscar Wilde

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@Torunn said
8 life lessons by 80 year old

1. The older you get the more you realize peace is worth more than success.
2. Kindness you give always returns, even if years later.
3. No one is thinking about you as much as you fear - life freely.
4. Time spent with family is the only time that never feels wasted.
5. Forgiving others heals you more than it helps them.
6. Worry solves ...[text shortened]... omes your real wealth after 50.
8. You don't need more people - just the right few who truly care.
This really is priceless, Torunn.

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@Suzianne said
This really is priceless, Torunn.
It feels like it's true.

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@rookie54 said
i have three compound bows and a stockpile of arrows
and while i ain't great, i'm good enough
The most dangerous thing about bows is that they are virtually silent.

This is good if you are shooting it, not good if you are being shot at.

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@Torunn said
It feels like it's true.
I'm not yet old enough to fully appreciate the truth of it, but it really does.

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@Torunn said
“Feeling broken doesn’t make you weak. What truly matters is what you do with those pieces.”
— Adele
And using a good super glue!

Figuratively speaking.

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