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When it comes to the crusty behavior of some people, give them the benefit of the doubt. They may be drowning right before your eyes, but you can't see it. And you would never ask someone to drown with a smile on his face.


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RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Truly, there is magic in fairy tales.
For it takes but a simply-uttered 'Once upon a time......
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the mira...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined,...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied—who continually look ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Last night I danced.
My body rose from its slump for the first time since the beginning of sor...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Life is music to which you choreograph your own dance.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Don't give up.
I know you've made a thousand attempts to reach your goal, but look at it this w...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There are two kinds of people in this world: those who follow the popular majority, and those who po...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving.
False friends ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, p...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first.  Secondly, it is to teach them.  Not to f...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH You can believe what you've been told. You can imagine in vivid detail the things explained to you. ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers―much like a lady...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Stubbornness is a weapon.
People tend to draw it out when a sensitive part of their identity is...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH One thing about a skunk—once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Las palabras nunca desaparecen, sino que hacen eco para la eternidad. Deja que tu eco suene dulce.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Okay, let's put this another way―if what you're about to say wouldn't look good permanently engrav...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies commen...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Don't be fool enough to think you can know a person's character after a few moments of observation. ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Kindness is going out of your way to perform favors regarded as wonderful by the recipient.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH On a grim and dismal day that shattered my last ounce of confidence, I broke down and whimpered, “...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the commo...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Out of all the magic words in existence, kind words produce the most powerful transformation spells.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Life isn’t always kind. It isn’t gentle and loving or sympathetic to the pains and sorrows of hu...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH My mother does not own my hands, though she works hard to train them.
My mother does not own m...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH One of the strongest loves I’ve ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I stumble and fall.
I weep and struggle to rise.
My mom feels it all.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in someth...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH If only I could see myself from the same vantage point that I observe the world; I might judge my be...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH From good examples we learn how to be. From bad examples we learn how not to be. An observant...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as intere...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH People search the world over looking for someone to love them, when they should be searching for som...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers—vile, beguiling demons promisi...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH The truth is, when you have little to do, you do very little. But when you have much to do, you do m...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH You can do things.
Do you know this?
Do you believe it?
You should.
It’s true...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH To get it done
and see it thru,
find less to say
and more to do.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH There are things
that make no sense,
that seem unreal,
that can’t be grasped
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Are you ready to go home, Catherine?” he asked. “It’s warm inside the house. I kept a fire goi...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH A dreadful thing one day befell me when a horse came to stand on my toe.  Having no power to...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Aging is a mortal term that my immortal spirit doesn't quite grasp.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH In someone's darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you b...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH