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By dancinglatinist BRONZE
Coral Springs, Florida

Into my mind do the thoughts slowly creep- Disrupting my life and destroying my sleep. I pleaded and begged and entreated and prayed; His voice softly whispers: “Do not be afr...
dancinglatinist BRONZE, Coral Springs, Florida
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They say that it is the fear of death and of what comes after death that makes men turn to religion as they advance in years. But my own experience has given me the conviction that, quite apart from any such terrors or imaginings, the religious sentiment tends to develop as we grow older; to develop because, as the passions grow calm, as the fancy and sensibilities are less excited and less excitable, our reason becomes less troubled in its working, less obscured by the images, desires and distractions, in which it used to be absorbed; whereupon God emerges as from behind a cloud; our soul feels, sees, turns towards the source of all light; turns naturally and inevitably; for now that all that gave to the world of sensations its life and charms has begun to leak away from us, now that phenomenal existence is no more bolstered up by impressions from within or from without, we feel the need to lean on something that abides, something that will never play us false–a reality, an absolute and everlasting truth.-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World


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By ally.j BRONZE
Leawood, Kansas
ally.j BRONZE, Leawood, Kansas
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Your_Apathetic_Basketcase ELITE, Orlando, Florida
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&quot;Just remember, if the world didn&#039;t suck, we&#039;d all fall off.&quot;<br /> -Derrolyn Anderson<br /> <br /> &quot;Don&#039;t trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;The sea speaks more honestly... To those willing to drown.&quot; -J.D. Hard

I_cant_do_anything_write BRONZE, Overland Park, Kansas
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By Dkowa BRONZE
Bay City, Michigan
Dkowa BRONZE, Bay City, Michigan
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By mknystedt SILVER
Parker, Colorado
mknystedt SILVER, Parker, Colorado
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&quot;Life is not measured by the quantity of breaths we take, but rather by the moments that take our breath away.&quot; -Maya Angelou

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By mknystedt SILVER
Parker, Colorado
mknystedt SILVER, Parker, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is not measured by the quantity of breaths we take, but rather by the moments that take our breath away.&quot; -Maya Angelou

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By TKRAM BRONZE
Kawkawlin, Michigan
TKRAM BRONZE, Kawkawlin, Michigan
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By FaithN BRONZE
Bay City, Michigan
FaithN BRONZE, Bay City, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You see things; and you say, &lsquo;Why?&rsquo; But I dream things that never were; and I say, &lsquo;Why not?&rsquo;&rdquo;<br /> -George Bernard Shaw