Challenges are what make life interesting. Embrace them this Thursday. – Joshua J. Marine

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It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people. I wanted it to be for myself. But I was still doing it for other people ― Simone Biles

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Being happy never goes out of style. — Lilly Pulitzer

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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...try to not be disappointed in anything. Know that life is showing up perfectly in every moment. Today's disappointment could be tomorrow's springboard to all that you've ever wanted. In fact, it probably is.

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Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment. ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. – Melody Beattie

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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King, Jr

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The hard work of sowing seed in what looks like perfectly empty earth has a time of harvest. All suffering, pain, emptiness, disappointment is seed: sow it in God and He will, finally, bring a crop of joy from it.

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. – Henry Ward Beecher

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