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Never Give Up

March 5, 2012
By CrazyGirl01 SILVER, Gibbon, Minnesota
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"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ~Albus Dumbledore

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You can't always be sure of the hand you've got. 
Sometimes you just have to lay your cards out 
on the table and see what happens. 
Sometimes you'll win big, sometimes you'll win small, 
sometimes you'll do alright, sometimes you won't win at all, 
and then there's those times when you're going to lose. Lose badly. 
But at the end day, even the ones that end in lose,
 you no longer sit in a thousand "what ifs."
Instead, all you're sitting with is "I tried." 
And that can make all the difference.

© Amy J., Sebring, OH

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I was feeling a little philosophical one day, and this just popped into my head.
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CrazyGirl01 SILVER said...
on Jun. 2 2012 at 8:00 pm
CrazyGirl01 SILVER, Gibbon, Minnesota
7 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.&quot; ~Albus Dumbledore

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Please be careful of the bad ratings on all of my articles. Many of the bad ratings on here are from someone with a bad grudge against me. She only gives bad ratings of my articles, because she's trying to hurt me any way possible.