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 There was an old hen And she had a wooden leg, And every damned morning She laid another egg; She was the best damned chicken On the whole damned farm - And another little drink Wouldn't do us any harm.  The minds of people are so cluttered up with every-day living these days that they don't, or won't, take time out for a little prayer-for mental cleansing, just as they take a bath for physical, outer cleansing. Both are necessary. Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain agnostic. It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils, and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery. An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. I resent my barber when he charges the full cost after he cuts my hair, but he says he's charging me for finding it. I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighbourhood after dark. The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains. One must be thrust out of a finished cycle in life, and that leap is the most difficult to make-to part with one's faith, one's love, when one would prefer to renew the faith and recreate the passion. If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive. We only do well the things we like doing. - Colette Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance. Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judged a partner in the trade. - John Gay The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone. Sex is like money; only too much is enough. Faith is our direct link to universal wisdom, reminding us that we know more than we have heard or read or studied that we have only to look, listen, and trust the love and wisdom of the Universal Spirit working through us all. A life uncommanded now is uncom-manded; a life unenjoyed now is unenjoyed; a life not lived wisely now is not lived wisely. If ... you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. 
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