New is temporary.
Shabby is eternal.
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# 65:
At ocean’s edge,
the tide pushes me back,
then pulls me forward.
I try to balance myself
between its inevitable,
contrary motions.
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the tide pushes me back,
then pulls me forward.
I try to balance myself
between its inevitable,
contrary motions.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 6 & # 7:
For every bird that flies,
there’s a little bird that dies.
Or:
For every bird that dies,
there’s a little bird that flies.
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there’s a little bird that dies.
Or:
For every bird that dies,
there’s a little bird that flies.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 46:
If you would have demons become angels,
you must pray for them.
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you must pray for them.
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# 73:
When you begin a prayer you open a door.
Keep the door open.
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Keep the door open.
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# 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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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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# 64:
Some people want to own the road,
while others are just out for the drive.
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while others are just out for the drive.
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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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some small, happy thought, each day,
and smile.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 231:
There is nothing quite as persistent as reality,
but imagination comes close.
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but imagination comes close.
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# 158:
We draw the boundaries of heaven
around the spaces of ourselves,
as if heaven were a place unwelcome.
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around the spaces of ourselves,
as if heaven were a place unwelcome.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 12:
When you don’t have enough to eat,
you treasure every bite.
Only the poor fully appreciate those things
the rest of us take for granted each day.
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you treasure every bite.
Only the poor fully appreciate those things
the rest of us take for granted each day.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 102:
The source is not important,
it’s the inspiration that counts.
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it’s the inspiration that counts.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 61:
When you teach, when you try to open the mind of someone who is resisting, be content to plant a single seed. Begin with one thought.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 202:
Perhaps another word for God is Being,
something whole in which we have individual parts,
but still, always part of the whole.
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something whole in which we have individual parts,
but still, always part of the whole.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 220:
If you truly care about this world,
you must live with a broken heart.
It has always been so.
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you must live with a broken heart.
It has always been so.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 215:
Perhaps the difference between General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics is a product of multiple realities with borders than may or may not overlap, along with realities beyond our scientific capabilities to perceive.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 199:
My writing is about: What I have learned,
what I am learning, and what I need to learn.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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what I am learning, and what I need to learn.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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# 119:
Though the elements of cultural decline
may be momentarily popular,
they will not escape the verdict of history.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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may be momentarily popular,
they will not escape the verdict of history.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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