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Finding Hope

Posted on Jan 5th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia

  "The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope." -- Samuel Johnson Anyone watching the news these days might get an impression that the future... More »

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Keep Cheerful Company

Posted on Dec 14th, 2008 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia

"Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day." -- from "P.S. I Love You," compiled by H. Jackson Browne Jr. I was smiling to myself... More »

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Intend that Today is the Best Day of Your Life

Posted on Sep 20th, 2007 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia

"Hope is a waking dream." -- Aristotle I lovingly watched my daughter open her birthday card from me early one morning last week, and was surprised to hear her read my inscription aloud in a... More »

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Rise Above Hardships

Posted on Jun 5th, 2007 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." -- G.K. Chesterton One of my key personality traits is a tendency toward optimism -- holding a vision of... More »

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Hope for the Past

Posted on Sep 17th, 2006 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead One of the most amazing things about studying the... More »

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