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Your childhood is in the past so it consists of no more than the moments and feelings we remember. There were delights and disappointments, fun and frustration, success and shortfalls. It is much easier to look forward to the future when we do so from the vantage point of positivity about the past. Push out bad memories with good ones …

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln Whatever side of the aisle you are on, please revere and protect our American heritage and the core values that have made us great and strong.

“Hold on to the people and things that really matter. Let most of the other stuff go.” – Michael Josephson

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’” – Audrey Hepburn

“Don’t count the days, make the days’ count.” – Attributed to Mohammad Ali

“At our lowest moments, we don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel; we only see more tunnel. This is when we must summon the courage to reject despair and surrender and call upon our inner reserves. Together, faith and determination will ignite a spark transformed by a puff of hope into a flame bright enough to show …

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“People don’t always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Remember this as you interact with your relatives. Many people dread family gatherings for fear that they will have to endure unfiltered and unkind comments or questions. Think before you speak and only say those things …

We often see disturbing images of police officers doing bad things but most do very good things. Here’s a perspective of our guardians that humanizes them and should be shared. Police Break It Down!

Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. You can do so much more than you think you can.

“Maturity is the ability to stick with a job until it’s finished; to do a job without being supervised; to carry money without spending it.” – Ann Landers “Everyone Grows Older. Some Attain Maturity. A Few Become Wise. It’s what you do with the experiences that come with growing older that makes all the difference.” – Michael Josephson   “Maturity …

“If you want to be on speaking terms with happiness, learn the language of gratitude.”  

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Teresa

“Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve… You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – Elie Weisel

– Booker T. Washington “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”