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"The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be." -William James
"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
CONGRATULATIONS GRACE!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you! And proud of you! You did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (insert cartwheel and heel kick here) I have tears of joy for you! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I would like to virtually toast you this morning...clink!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS!!! I have to say, I'm so jealous. I've been really down and struggling lately. But your victory here reminds me of what I'm fighting for and what that day will feel like for me. Gotta keep hanging on and keeping some of your optimism in my mind. :-)
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