Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
BRAD MELTZERI love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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In this life, y’ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They’re challenges to your soul. We repeat them until we face them and master them. Yes we all have free will, but there’re divine patterns out there, and the battle is to see them.
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My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
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History doesn’t choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?
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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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Don’t go to eighth grade…don’t talk about something old…don’t bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.
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Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn’t already written. It’s written every day. Some scars never heal. Then again, some do.
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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It’s like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.
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A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren’t who we think they are.
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…as your father, my instinct is to protect you … Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.
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