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Photo Credit: Timon Studler<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Today I wrote an aphorism instead of a poem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead of asking whether someone is a good person, sometimes the better question to ask is who are they a good person to? Some people are only good to themselves and maybe those closest to them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Blast from the Past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each day, two choices:
Cast out the bad out of yourself,
Or receive the good.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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