# 139:

Fear comes when we expect the future
to be bad. Hope comes when we expect the future to be good. Joy comes from experiencing happy moments without the need of the past or the future—the joy of a blissful now.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 122:

Christ would weep
for what some Christians do.


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# 106:

Desire is the fuel for hope.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 64:

Some people want to own the road,
while others are just out for the drive.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 222:

In this world of sorrows, we must find
some small, happy thought, each day,
and smile.


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"What is hello?"













~ Answer box, phone insert & text by Russ Allison Loar
~ Alex Trebek photo from Life Magazine
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# 231:

There is nothing quite as persistent as reality,
but imagination comes close.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 158:

We draw the boundaries of heaven
around the spaces of ourselves,
as if heaven were a place unwelcome.


~ Russ Allison Loar
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