# 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.


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# 122:

Christ would weep
for what some Christians do.


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# 106:

Desire is the fuel for hope.


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# 64:

Some people want to own the road,
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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"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.


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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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# 58:

Every moment is sacred.


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# 43:

Find heaven right where you are.


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# 38:

Does the racehorse know he’s won?


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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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This

The profound question:
What happens after we die?

What a surprise,
If this,
Is it.



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# 102:

The source is not important,
it’s the inspiration that counts.


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