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Simple Pleasures and Quality Living
way of achieving and maintaining quality of life for me
has been that of "remembering" -- times of illness,
accident, death, crisis, and "remembering" what and
who gives life all meaning and purpose. A quality of life
is a life of selflessness-not selfishness. Remember
often the grace and goodness of God and those around
us.
--
Clara Hinton, Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Life's simple pleasures for me are found in nature.
Whether mountain or seashore, forest glade, or white
water stream, the life that a loving Father created for us
delights and astounds me. The leaf and the bird are
both simple. Or, are they? Lately, there is a lot being
said about quality of life. The citizens of a city known
for exorbitant taxation defend it by saying: "The quality
of life is so good there." Sometimes I think the
definition frenzied parents put to the phrase, "quality
time" employs the same "whistling past the graveyard"
defense of a lifestyle they know in their heart is really
just not measuring up. I believe the only real definer of
"quality of life" should be the One who breathed this life
into existence. The trite description of the Holy Bible as
God's instruction manual for the operation of the human
being may bear some closer investigation. The
resultant quality of life may surprise you.
--
Eric Hedden, Brunswick, Tennessee
These are life's simple pleasures: Friends that talk
over coffee, mint chocolate chip ice cream, trumpet
music, people's testimonies, fall, my children, dreaming,
good photography, fog over a marina, redemption,
homemade turkey noodle soup, men in uniform, ducks,
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