“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.“
–Helen Keller
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A Map of the World
“One of the ancient maps of the world
is heart-shaped, carefully drawn
and once washed with bright colors,
though the colors have faded
as you might expect feelings to fade
from a fragile old heart, the brown map
of a life. But feeling is indelible,
and longing infinite, a starburst compass
pointing in all the directions
two lovers might go, a fresh breeze
swelling their sails, the future uncharted,
still far from the edge
where the sea pours into the stars.”
-Ted Kooser
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“What you pay for in life, you get. What you don’t pay for, you don’t get. The currency, is a concerted, persistent effort in thought, word, and deed. Each designed to raise expectations, instill optimism, and imply your inevitable success.”