I very much see the need for venting...<P>I see the need for questions...<P>I see the need for advice... given and gotten...<P>I see the need for friendships developed... cliques sustained... and newbies greeted...<P>I also see the need for the occasional inspiration...<P>I will... over the next few days... try and contribute to the forum a few inspirational words... to raise the spirits... to light a candle... to touch a soul.<P>They will every now and then be my words...<BR>...but more often...<BR>...most will be from others much wiser<BR>...much kinder<BR>...much more thoughtful.<P>I hope it brings a little spark of light to those in pain... those in despair... those who are tired... and those who are lost.<P>Courage men and women of love...<P>
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<P>--------------------------------------------<P>It is not the critic who counts;<BR>not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled<BR>or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. <BR>The credit belongs to the man <BR>who is actually in the arena, <BR>whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;<BR>who strives valiantly;<BR>who errs and comes short again and again;<BR>who knows great enthusiasms,<BR>the great devotions; <BR>who spends himself in a worthy cause; <BR>who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, <BR>and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while <BR>DARING GREATLY<BR>so that his place shall never be<BR>with those timid souls<BR>who know neither victory or defeat. <P><I>Theodore Roosevelt</I><P>---------------------------------------------<P><A HREF="http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/Forum28/HTML/003099.html" TARGET=_blank>Next</A> <A HREF="http://www.marriagebuilders.com/forum/Forum29/HTML/000140.html" TARGET=_blank>Index</A><p>[This message has been edited by NSR (edited May 24, 2000).]