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We all go about our lives, scrabbling to keep our own identities in a world that seemingly doesn't care nor has no time for the individual, especially in relation to personal desires or aspirations. Sometimes we get bogged down ourselves, immersed in our own problems and responsibilities, finding it hard to keep up with what is expected in life.

Every once in a while it is good to be able to step back, to see the bigger picture of what human beings are all about, and just what kind of impact can we have as individuals in society.

Every so often we hear or see something, whether it be in a book or magazine, in the media or a personal encounter with someone, that brings a little light into our life and gives us the inspiration to do something that is going to make us feel better spiritually.

Sometimes we need to be reminded that one of the most important things that we search for in life is inner peace, and sometimes we may need a gentle push in the right direction to find it.

Reading something that is going to bring a little light to your thoughts and make you pause and think about certain issues is a wonderful thing. It means that you have been personally influenced by someone great, who may have lived many years ago and I find that inspiring itself. That even though some of these people may have died long ago, their wit and wisdom is still having an impact on how we behave and think in the modern world.

I find even that thought an inspiring one.

Here are some of my favorite quotes:

When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones that open for us. (Alexander Graham Bell)

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. (Albert Einstein)

God, grant me the serenity to accept things that I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference. (Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr)

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. (Jesse Jackson)

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain. (Joyce Cary)

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. (Stephen R. Covey)

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. (Martin Luther King Jr.)

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. (Bernadette Devlin)

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