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Visual Soliloquy #68 Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort…

Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you. –Og Mandino

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Around Town

Another fine day in Antigua!  We met up with the rest of our group which turns out to be smaller than intended as two of the folks are stranded by the blizzard in Heathrow.  So we are a group of … Continue reading

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Same, Same but Different

Velma the Vanilla Dip Waits to Fly to Guatemala City There is something about getting on an airplane. I just love it. Perhaps, because an airplane is usually a place I feel unusually at leisure in ( I get to … Continue reading

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Settling In

Hi, We’ve just moved into our new hotel.  We’ve had an awesome time studying Spanish for the past three mornings and loved living with a Guatemalan family especially the five year old that had us all laughing with her antics.  … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #67 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person…

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. –Albert Schweitzer

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Visual Soliloquy #66 The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch…

The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. –Erica Jong

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Visual Soliloquy #65 The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end…

The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous

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Visual Soliloquy #64 Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal…

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it. –Eliza Tabor

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Visual Soliloquy #63 To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw,…

To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed. –Gretel Ehrlich

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Visual Soliloquy #62 Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. –Paulo Coelho

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Visual Soliloquy #61 We all have our time machines…

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. –Jeremy Irons

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Visual Soliloquy #60 All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope…

All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope. –Alexandre Dumas Père

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Visual Soliloquy #59 Our life is composed greatly from dreams…

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. –Anais Nin

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Visual Soliloquy #58 The harder I work the more I live…

The harder I work the more I live. –George Bernard Shaw

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Visual Soliloquy #56 Be careful what you water your dreams with…

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy ##55 Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home…

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. –Matsuo Basho

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Visual Soliloquy #54 There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief…

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus

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Visual Soliloquy #53 Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment…

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. –Jim Rohn

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Visual Soliloquy #51 You can never step into the same river…

You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you. –Heraclitus of Ephesus

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Visual Soliloquy #50 Today is your day, your mountain is waiting…

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – Dr Seuss

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Visual Soliloquy #49 Time is a sort of river of passing events…

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.–Marcus Aurelius

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Visual Soliloquy #48 The road of life twists and turns…

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.–Don Williams, Jr.

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