When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured hat greater age...
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We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world ….And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again– to slow time down and get taken...
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another test post to see if the spam has followed me through the upgrade. Let’s hope not.
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… it’s the end of a decadein another ten years timewho can say what we’ll findwhat lies waiting down that line…In 1979 ABBA had a hit with Happy New Year. That was also the year I was born.Today I turn 30.I am not in my twenties..
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I want to say thank you to my brain.I haven’t always used it wisely. I haven’t always used it fully.I have occasionally treated it badly, giving it insufficient nutrition and inadequate stimulation.Yet, now that I choose to put it to use...
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