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I want to be happy and do all that great stuff too!
Posted over 1 year ago by M.E.P. from NYC

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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
 
Ralph Waldo Emerson  (1803-1882);
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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