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01. ​Encouraging Words 3.

4/1/2020

 
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April 1, 2020 
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This e-book has a very simple format. It is one of my images coupled with a powerful quote from some of the world's most life-affirming minds. My goal was to give some reassurance and courage to those who needed it. But what I never expected was all of the inspiration, hope, love and support that was returned to me and shared with others. (See final chapter Thank You for more on this.)

​To make it easier to copy, paste and share these individual links, I put them in the Table Of Contents below. I also added key quick links at the bottom of each page and
 included links to the songs quoted next to the artist's name where applicable. And lastly, I put links to the published Facebook posts in the date directly below each photo for those who wish to add their own encouraging words. In doing so, I hope these messages of hope find their way to those who really need them.  
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Table Of Contents 
01. ​Encouraging Words 3.
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02. Dedication: To America.
03. What You Say Of Me.
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04. You'll Never Walk Alone.
05. You Raise Me Up.
06. Look Fear In The Face.
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07. Don't Get Discouraged.
08. Keep Going.
09. Be courageous.​
​10. Timeless Wisdom.​
11. The Best Thing.
12. Restore Your Soul.
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13. And People Stayed Home.
14. How Far You Will Go.
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15. You're An Overcomer.
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16. A Hero Comes Along.
17. At Sunrise.
18. Never Forget.
19. We Are The World.
20. True Strength.
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21. Through The Darkness.
22. Make A Difference.
23. Look For The Helpers.
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24. Just Try.
25. Wise Choices.
26. Get Outside.
27. The Key To Life.
28. You Never Know. 
29. Never Doubt. 
30. Once The Storm Is Over.
31. Where He Stands. 
32. Obstacles To Overcome. 
33. Think About Such Things. 
34. Walking Up The Mountain. 
35. There Is Light. 
36. The Surest Guarantee. 
37. A Hero Is. 
​38. Don't Stop. 
39. When You Believe. 
​40. Thank You. 
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02. Dedication: To America.

3/31/2020

 
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April 2, 2020
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America was not built on fear.
America was built on courage,
on imagination and an
unbeatable determination
to do the job at hand.
   
Harry S. Truman


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03. What You Say Of Me.

3/29/2020

 
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April 3, 2020

I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?
Remind me once again just who I am, because I need to know

You say I am loved when I can't feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
When I don't belong, oh You say that I am Yours
And I believe, oh I believe
What You say of me 
I believe

Lauren Daigle, "You Say"

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04. You'll Never Walk Alone.

3/28/2020

 
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April 4, 2020

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of a storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone

Rodgers and Hammerstein, "You'll Never Walk Alone"

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05. You Raise Me Up.

3/27/2020

 
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April 5, 2020

When I am down, and, oh, my soul, so weary
When troubles come, and my heart burdened be
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me
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You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be

Josh Groban, "You Raise Me Up"

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06. Look Fear In The Face.

3/25/2020

 
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April 6, 2020

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every
experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror.
I can take the next thing that comes along.'
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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Eleanor Roosevelt


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07. Don't Get Discouraged.

3/23/2020

 
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April 7, 2020

One of the things I learned the hard way was
​that it doesn't pay to get discouraged.
Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life
can restore your faith in yourself.


Lucille Ball

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08. Keep Going.

3/23/2020

 
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April 8, 2020

If you're going through hell,
keep going.

Winston Churchill

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09. Be courageous.

3/22/2020

 
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April 9, 2020

Be courageous.
I have seen many depressions in business.
Always America has emerged from these
stronger and more prosperous.
Be brave as your fathers before you.
Have faith! Go forward! 

Thomas A. Edison

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10. Timeless Wisdom.

3/21/2020

 
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April 10, 2020, Good Friday

I shall ask God mercifully to protect us.
Then I shall fumigate,
help purify the air,
administer medicine and take it.
I shall avoid places and persons where
my presence is not needed
in order not to become contaminated
and thus perchance inflict and
pollute others and so cause their death
as a result of my negligence.
If God should wish to take me,
he will surely find me
and I have done what he has expected
of me and so I am not responsible
for either my own death
or the death of others.
 
Martin Luther, 1527

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