Question of the Day: Sunday, Feb. 9

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

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On the list of possible names for Oliver was Emerson, because I love his writings. I almost got another of his quotes as a tattoo! Had the shop been open when we went by, it would be between my shoulder blades:

 Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

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What are some of your favorite quotes?

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

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John Donne

You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your consciousness has breathed and lived on and enjoyed throughout your life-your soul, your immortality, your life in others.

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Boris Pasternak

"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all." - Ann Morrow Lindbergh

When my sister knew she was going to die, she asked me to say this quote at her daughter's wedding since she knew she would not be there :

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu

 We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

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- Seneca

 When people care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

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- Langston Hughes

Do not lose yourself in the past. 

Do not lose yourself in the future. 

Do not get caught in your anger, worries or fears. 

Come back to the present moment and touch life deeply.

Thich Nhat Hanh