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Posted by Zebra @californiazebra, Jun 21, 2023

I'll start with three quotes from the very inspiring Helen Keller as noted in "Your Year of Healing" book by Amit Sood, MD:

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

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seabright2001 | @seabright2001 | Aug 2, 2023
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I like this one and have heard it before. Another Chinese proverb I like is: Turn your tongue sever times before you speak".

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That would work well for us older folks. By the time we finish doing that, we’ll probably forget what we were going to say.

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olderdiva12345 | @olderdiva12345 | Aug 2, 2023
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Oh! OK. I sometimes don't say what is on my mind even though I feel my opinion is right, especially if I think ahead and it may upset the person I am chatting with .... guess it's a quick double-check - but I have been guilty of saying what "I" think is right, when really it is only MY opinion of myself and my beliefs 🙂 When I am truly convinced about something I can also speak up it's not a question for me whether at almost 80 I have yet matured!

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To lacy2. I usually preface my remarks that may be or seem to be out of line by saying: "In my opinion" or "In my humble opinion". That seems to dilute the comment.

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captboat | @captboat | Aug 2, 2023
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That would work well for us older folks. By the time we finish doing that, we’ll probably forget what we were going to say.

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…I call these times contemplation…gives it a nice ring.

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frances007 | @frances007 | Aug 2, 2023

Creeir c'est vivre duex fois
To create is to live twice.
A French "proverb"

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frances007 | @frances007 | Aug 2, 2023

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I painted this one and put it out in my garden adjacent to the Carpe Diem sign that created such a stir with my next door neighbor. Every morning I have been opening my door and saying aloud, "Carpe Diem." She slams her door shut. LOL

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frances007 | @frances007 | Aug 2, 2023

I coined a new one of my own from that gun advertisement, and it is"
"You can have my spatula and my power tools when you pry them from my cold dead fingers."

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JVS | @lacy2 | Aug 2, 2023
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That would work well for us older folks. By the time we finish doing that, we’ll probably forget what we were going to say.

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...as my elderly neighbours used to say and chuckle over; that they never buy green bananas!!!

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Zebra | @californiazebra | Aug 3, 2023

Hope doesn't mean it won't get dark. Hope means no matter how dark the night, the sun will appear. It always has and always will. -- Amit Sood

Not all battles are worth fighting. Carefully choose which battles are worthy of your time and which ones are best bypassed. -- Amit Sood

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olderdiva12345 | @olderdiva12345 | Aug 3, 2023
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@olderdiva12345

I like this one and have heard it before. Another Chinese proverb I like is: Turn your tongue sever times before you speak".

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The way I know this is: "Turn your tongue seven times before you speak".

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olderdiva12345 | @olderdiva12345 | Aug 3, 2023
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Creeir c'est vivre duex fois
To create is to live twice.
A French "proverb"

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I like to think that France is my country and that Le Val in the Var is my home town. I am American and right now I wish I was back in France.

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