I was tired of fighting the windstorm I was tossed into, and instead I would let go and ride with the winds of change. How bad could it be, compared to the life I knew? I was living life as if it were a rehearsal for the real thing. Another beginning might be rough at first, but any place worth getting to is going to have some problems. I wanted the good life, the life well lived, and you can’t buy that or marry into it. It’s there to be found, and it can be taken by those who want it and have the resolve to make it happen for themselves. John William Tuohy
I'd spent so long trying to fit in, trying to be someone i wasn't, that i had no idea who i was any more.
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Dorothy Koomson
Our life is all about personal choices we make. We choose the life we live.
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Sanjeev Himachali
Sometimes sharing isn’t caring
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Sonya Watson
Life rarely follows a straight line. Success is a process of trying, reacting, and changing.
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Ron Lizzi
When life goes on doesn’t it just trample over what was there before?
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Catherine Dexter
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