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Each day is a giftOpen it.Celebrate.Enjoy it.

S T U A R T & L I N D A M A C F A R L A N E

Enjoy life, employ life. It flits away and will not stay.P R O V E R B

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NATURE IS PAINTING FOR US, DAY AFTER DAY,

PICTURES OF INFINITE BEAUTY

IF ONLY WE HAVE EYES TO SEE THEM....J O H N R U S K I N ( 1 8 1 9 - 1 9 0 0 )

if we had eyes to see

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...there’s the real danger of overlooking a very important day... today.

For this is the place and the time for living. Let us live each day abundantly and beautifully

while it is here.E S T H E R B A L DW I N Y O R K

Always hold fast to the present. Every situation, indeed every moment,

is of infinite value, for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

J O H A N N W O L F G A N G V O N G O E T H E ( 1 7 4 9 - 1 8 3 2 )

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PEACEOver all the mountaintops Is peace.

In all treetopsYou perceive

Scarcely a breath.The little birds in the forest are silent.

Wait then; soonYou, too, will have peace.

J O H A N N W O L F G A N G V O N G O E T H E ( 1 7 4 9 - 1 8 3 2 )

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Even if something is left undone,everyone must take time to sit still

and watch the leaves turn.E L I Z A B E T H L A W R E N C E

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