Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness... or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself. —Walter Anderson
“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness... or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.”

Walter Anderson American artist

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John Benny from Mumbai, India SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Rightly said...
dee kibler from bloomington,il SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
As we listened to 9/16/13 news of thirteen killings and 13 injuries in Washington DC, my 14 yr old grand son and I just shook our heads at what our world is coming to today. He said to me, "Common sense isn't very common anymore, Grandma."

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