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Believing in magic
“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” ~Laini Taylor CINDY LA FERLE
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Smiling like you mean it
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” ~Maya Angelou Coco / Cindy La Ferle
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Keeping expectations in check
“A light dawned when I realized my expectations were often out of proportion. I thought about the Golden Rule, which I had claimed to live by. It occurred to me that I was expecting others to do things for me that I hadn’t been willing or able to do for them. I had been expecting more from life than I was giving.” ~Cassandra Augure Sunrise on the St. Joseph River / Cindy La Ferle
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Conquering what scares us
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are avoiding our fears.” ~Les Brown Fun with gourds at the Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph / Cindy La Ferle
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Compatible weirdness and Halloween honeymoons
“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness–and call it love–true love.” ~Robert Fulghum, True Love Decked out for Theatre Bizarre: The Greatest Masquerade on Earth Doug and I are celebrating our 37th anniversary today. We were married on October 24, 1980, and spent our two-week honeymoon driving around New England after the wedding. Not that I had any doubts, but I knew this marriage would last when Doug agreed to stop in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween. How many guys would want to tour the creepy…