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As the last curtain falls on a spent year, a new year pirouettes to center stage with the elegance and charm of a prima ballerina — and delivers the promise of peace, hope, love and joy.Peggy Toney Horton
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The mind can't delete what the heart won't let go of.Peggy Toney Horton
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Ah, Lovely October, as you usher in the season that awakens my soul, your awesome beauty compels my spirit to soar like an leaf caught in an autumn breeze and my heart to sing like a heavenly choir.Peggy Toney Horton
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Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I shall recall the memory of warm, sunny, late summer afternoons like this one, and be comforted greatly.Peggy Toney Horton
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I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God!Peggy Toney Horton
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Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Laughter is to the soul what sunshine is to a flower.Peggy Toney Horton
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The human spirit is a magnificent entity. Just when we think we can stand no more, something significant touches our soul... and life goes on.Peggy Toney Horton
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Writing unlocks the heart, mind and soul that we may be receptive to God's blessings.Peggy Toney Horton
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As I drift through the autumn of my life like a fallen leaf blown about by the winds of time, I sometimes ponder my destiny.Peggy Toney Horton
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As the year comes to a close, it is a time for reflection — a time to release old thoughts and beliefs and forgive old hurts. Whatever has happened in the past year, the New Year brings fresh beginnings. Exciting new experiences and relationships await. Let us be thankful for the blessings of the past and the promise of the future.Peggy Toney Horton
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Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become our mothers.Peggy Toney Horton
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I love the night! It's not uncommon for me to see the light of a new day before closing my eyes on the old one.Peggy Toney Horton
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I long for a place that exists only in my memory —a cheery spot where my heart is happy and myspirit is free.Peggy Toney Horton
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God always provides a pleasant memory to help ease the pain of a bad experience.Peggy Toney Horton
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What is writing, after all, except fumbling in darkness endeavoring to light a candle?Peggy Toney Horton
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Your mission in life is to determine what You believe–not to accept what someone else tells you to believe.Peggy Toney Horton
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Your mission in life is to determine what you believe--not to accept what someone else tells you to believe.Peggy Toney Horton
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My heart swells with emotion each time I recall the sweetness of my youth!Peggy Toney Horton
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At Christmastime, whenever I feel overwhelmed and a little out of sorts, all I have to do is think of my father and the things he'd be doing if he were here — and I smile.Peggy Toney Horton
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Even in death, my mother smiled–and she had every reason to do so, for I had become precisely what she hoped I would–her mirror image.Peggy Toney Horton
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When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney HortonPeggy Toney Horton
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When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.Peggy Toney Horton
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What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one.Peggy Toney Horton
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Like a dying ember, the child in us can flare up again when we least expect it..Peggy Toney Horton
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The day after two feet of snow paralyzed the eastern part of the United States, the sun shone brightly from clear blue skies and it was as if nothing had ever happened — except for the deep snow that still covered the ground. Peggy Toney Horton wrote:“ This beautiful sunny afternoon reminds me of a child who misbehaved and then looked at his mother with wide eyes and declared, ‘I didn't do it! .Peggy Toney Horton
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Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year–the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.Peggy Toney Horton
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Life is like music on a scale, shifting up and down. When your life is over, your song has been written.Peggy Toney Horton
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Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song.Peggy Toney Horton
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Remember sixteen — when all the world was new and a lifetime stretched before you like fresh snow just waiting for your footprints?Peggy Toney Horton
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Remember sixteen - when all the world was new and your life stretched out before you like fresh snow waiting for your footprints?Peggy Toney Horton
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Remember sixteen - when all the world was new and your life stretched before you like fresh snow waiting for your footprints.Peggy Toney Horton