I have come to terms with realizing.... Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. There is a reason for everything. Dwelling on past mistakes and future situations can ruin a perfectly good present. Life is great! Try not to miss it. Your words and actions describe you. Which is a more accurate representative of your true character? A great life is made up of good relationships, interesting puzzles, and fond memories. Each requires a significant effort on your part. Is there one person in your life who would drop what he or she is doing to come to your assistance? If so, you are fortunate. In order to have good friends you must be a good friend. Are you? Sometimes being a good friend means biting your tongue and keeping your opinion to yourself unless you are sincerely asked. Interesting puzzles are jobs or hobbies that get you so excited they sometimes wake you in the middle of the night. If you are continually bored it is because you are boring. Make the effort to really get involved in something that truly interests you. Fond memories are a result of good relationships and interesting puzzles. There is a day in the future when your capabilities diminish and all you have left are the thoughts that dance through your mind. Will you smile at these thoughts or growl? A great life is worth the effort. Don't short- change yourself. Go for it. And if you fail the first 99 times - you are normal. Keep on failing until you succeed. The alternative is giving up your dreams.

My passion is ...

Photography

I know too much about ...

History

My parents always told me ...

I'm good at art

My childhood ambition ...

To play soccer for the US Women's National Team...it never happened

My favorite memory ...

Laying on the dock with my then boyfriend, now husband, just talking, laughing, and gazing at the stars

Why I write ...

To pass the time.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

While rather late, I'm getting into the Harry Potter books.

My first job ...

Long's Drug Store

My best moment ...

Overcoming an internal battle

My inspiration ...

My husband

Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History Why did President Nixon resign?

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President Nixon endured two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals. After those two years he bowed to pressures from the public and leaders of his party to become the first President in American history to resign.

He had hopes that his resignation would have helped to start of the process of healing which he thought America desperately needed.

Mr. Nixon said he decided he must resign when he concluded that he no longer had "a strong enough political base in the Congress" to make it possible for him to complete his term of office.

Nixon had said that America n...

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