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Embrace Life

  There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.  We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we...
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10 Facts About Our Society That We Oddly Accept As Normal

We prioritize money and the economy over basics like air, water, food quality, our environment, and our communities. We utilize an economic trading system that facilitates the death of millions of people each year. We divide the world’s land into sections and then fight over who owns...
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Life

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept...
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The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do...
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Happy 84th Birthday Dad

Terence Anzac Piper ~ 1931 - 2008 This day is remembered and quietly kept No words are needed, we shall never forget For those we love don't go away They walk beside us every day Unseen and unheard, but always near So loved, so missed, and so very dear. Sadly missed along life's way Quietly...
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Shadow Batallion - remember them

Because they served our country. Because they were Anzacs. Because they shouldn’t be forgotten. Remember one. Stand for them all.  Join the ‪#‎shadowbattalion‬ and stand in force behind our WWI Anzacs - https://bit.ly/1NXZIQn.   https://www.shadowbattalion.nz/index  
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Make a Difference Today

If you can share a little bit of kindness each day you can make a difference in someone’s life. If you help others feel a sense of worth, think about the positive moments that touch their lives each day, give a little to someone who is struggling - you can make a difference. It's the little...
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Six Years Ago

Terence Anzac Piper 25 April 1931 - 23 September 2008   This day is remembered and quietly kept No words are needed, we shall never forget For those we love don't go away They walk beside us every day Unseen and unheard, but always near So loved, so missed, and so very dear. Sadly missed...
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Here Are 10 Things You’re Going To Regret In 10 Years

These are the kinds of mistakes we all make… but we might not be aware they’re mistakes at the time. In 10 years, you might deeply regret doing any of these. Don’t let “I wish…” or “if only…” be in your vocabulary later in life. Use these solid pieces of life advice to help you avoid these mistakes...
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