| Consider it a sheer gift (PURE JOY), friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. |
| Faith Under Pressure... |
| "To love someone is to see him as God intended him." ~Fydor Dostoyevsky |
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| It's only when the tide goes out you see who's swimming naked. |
| Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting!!! |
| People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway! |
| Someone said to me today that "Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway!" Thank you Person!!! |
| Solid on the Surface as I crumble within... |
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