The shadow of the past will hold the future hostage only if you let it. The wonderful thing about life is that we all have a chance in every single second of it to change our future. Think about it, with every breath we take, with every thought we think, and with every word we utter, we have the chance to become someone who we never presented ourselves as before.
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In order to "get living" we must make the choice to stop making excuses, to stop worrying about the resources that we don't have, to stop worrying about the things that may hold us back including what we lack, and to start the journey that we desire to complete. Not everything will always be in the order in which we want before we go for our dreams, and the sooner we start is usually the sooner that we will get to a goal or a dream in which we believe in.
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Living in the past can be one of the biggest inhibitors in a person's life to seeing the things that their future will have to offer. In order to achieve the brightest future possible we must resist trying to light up the darkness that is our past. Don't let your past mistakes, and past regrets stop you from becoming the person that you want to become.
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Every single day is a good day to have a good day. Though there are seasons in our lives where it seems as though having a good day isn't possible, we must grab hold to the attitude that every day can be a good day if we attempt to make it one. Just because things may not have been going the way that you would like them to in a day, doesn't mean that you can't make a good day out of it.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
-Burton Hillis

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.
-Oren Arnold
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