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Simple Pleasures and Quality Living
old houses, good children's picture books, sunbeams,
analytical Bible teaching, flowers, solitude, winter, Civil
War reenactments, cabins with lights in windows,
spring, Zebedee, renovating my home, light, Hydroxes,
Kelly's letters, living. Be grateful. I have seen no
greater factor in improving quality of life than a thankful
heart. Don't look at your poverty, find the things you are
rich in.
--
Susan French, Sarasota, Florida
I love being with a good friend who doesn't require
being entertained, who accepts me as I am, and with
whom I can talk. As Maria Craik said it, "I have neither
to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but may pour
them all right out just as they are, chaff and grain
together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift
them, keep what is worth keeping and with the breach
of kindness blow the rest away." I truly believe that God
has a plan for every life, that He has built into each one
of us the talents and abilities we need, and will provide
the necessary opportunities for us to live out that plan,
if we will follow the advice of Solomon when he said,
"Trust Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not upon
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