I am not overcome so much with sadness as I am with disbelief. I've been told that time passes much more quickly as you age--a bitter truth.
One of Gary's students wrote him a note on the last day of class:
I don't know what to say. So I just sent you a paragraph I like.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not, but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not, but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Teenagers always amaze me; many of them possess much more insight than we credit them with.
It's perfect advice for my ending and beginning. May I have the strength and insight to follow it.
It's perfect advice for my ending and beginning. May I have the strength and insight to follow it.
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