Mark StrandThese wrinkles are nothing These gray hairs are nothing, This stomach which sagswith old food, these bruisedand swollen ankles, my darkening brain, they are nothing. I am the same boymy mother used to kiss.
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What has been taken from us in the past will not be taken away from us in the future. We have a choice to make in how we live our lives and how we respond to what life throws at us. No matter what you have been through or the challenges that life has put before you, you are still the same person you were before you suffered all of those hardships. As a person, nothing can take away who you are and who you want to be for the rest of your life.
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