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41 of 365
"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star" - W Clement Stone

Aim high...

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40 of 365
"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" - Unknown

The grass may be greener, but you still have to mow it... there are things that you still have to do, regardless where you are. Just like how certain things mean so much to you, and that will never change

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39 of 365
"Who is sitting in that empty chair?" - Eugene Ormandy

When you're not here, it just feels like something is out of place and missing

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38 of 365
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will" - Epictetus

Being content and ignoring the things out of your control, should allow you to see things in a better persective

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37 of 365
"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being" - Albert Schweitzer

I am thankful to those who have kept myself going on

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36 of 365
Pucca: Funny Love

Love is funny at times... when it falls apart, at least I know that the only dream that mattered had come true

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35 of 365
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are" - E. E. Cummings

When you finally grow up and become yourself, only then will you really know how good you are

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34 of 365
"A leopard cannot change its spots" - Bible, Jeremiah

You are who you are... if you change, then you're no longer who I want you to be

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33 of 365
"Red cars goes faster" - Unknown

They just do...

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32 of 365
"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love" - Max Muller

There's always a reason for everything... things happen for a reason

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31 of 365
"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into" - Henry Beecher (Life Thoughts)

Seeing the vast array of bright colours of flowers in bloom really does make the day

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30 of 365
"Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak" - August Strindberg

Everything will run out eventually... including feelings. It's not really a matter of how long it will last but more of how much you've appreciated it while you have it.

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29 of 365
"The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict" - Elizabeth Drew

Sometimes doing stupid things out of frustration will only result in yourself being a mangled mess

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28 of 365
"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too" - Samuel Butler

For all those who know me, I'm a dog lover. Always have been, and always will be. Being here, and seeing (nearly) everyone having a dog, taking it shopping?? makes me miss mine more and more. Can't wait to see you again!!

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27 of 365
"Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless" - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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26 of 365
"A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top" - Jennifer Aniston

What happens when you run out of cherries or you've taken too much... then you'd be all cherried out

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25 of 365
"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless" - Bill Watterson

As much as I have previously looked forward to spending the weekends with someone, it's very different here. I really wish I could just sleep the week out and wake up for the weekend to do nothing... how relaxing would that be for the mind =)

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24 of 365
"There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves" - Frank Herbert

What is right, what is wrong... what I only know is to do what I feel...

Swedish Fish

Having been living off chocolate to survive the work, there was all this talk about "swedish fish" - and how great it is. With no idea whatsoever this is (along with half of the other things they have here in the states), my manager decided to buy a pack.

Swedish Fish... a school of fish goes perfect swimming next to the laptop. Though I'm not sure they'd last very long in this environment...

Essentially just a gummy lolly. And to the US colleagues, it is much more than "just" a gummy. Reminds me of the natural confectionery - snakes, dinosaurs... mmmm. What's also cool is to note the detail. "Swedish" is imprinted onto the fish =)

And there we have it, by day's end... half the school is gone... swimming inside a tummy. My highlight (and sugar high) for the day.

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23 of 365
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather" - John Ruskin

Another wet snowy day as I struggle to and from the office in the slush... Different type of weather to enjoy wishing someone was here to experience it with you