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izzy

07/16/2010 09:42PM

I just got back from a funeral. A good friend of mine lost his wife to cancer. They never complained. But they asked that each day we should count our blessings. And we should. So every day for them, please take a look around and see how good we have things. And take time to appreciate the wonders of nature and the world we live in.

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kanoes

07/16/2010 09:55PM

so sorry to read that pat. every morning i wake up is a plus. i never take a day for granted anymore.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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Basspro69

07/16/2010 10:17PM

Im sorry for you loss, each day is a gift, and we decide whether or not to appreciate that gift.

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein.

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campnscrap

07/16/2010 10:27PM

quote izzy: "...They never complained. But they asked that each day we should count our blessings. And we should. So every day for them, please take a look around and see how good we have things. And take time to appreciate the wonders of nature and the world we live in.
"

I agree with you Izz and I'm so sorry for your loss - it's so sad. As I get ready for this upcoming trip I will remember this and remind my trip partners.

Thank you for sharing this and reminding us.

Talk to you in a week :)

THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. - Hunter S. Thompson

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sloughman

07/17/2010 12:21AM

I agree, count your blessings. I've been to a few funerals of people close to me in the last few years, and boy does it change your perspective.

It's appreciating the little things and having the little diversions that help you go on.

I stumbled upon BWCA.COM during such a time. It's been a nice diversion since - it brings me to my happy place.

"You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack." - Alan Garner, The Hangover.

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snakecharmer

07/17/2010 08:16AM

Thanks for the reminder izzy.

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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fishguts

07/17/2010 10:09AM

Take time to appreciate the wonders of nature and the world we live in.
Thanks! good reminder.

fishguts

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SunCatcher

07/17/2010 08:14PM

Hey Izzy,
My Dad used to have a tin plate hangin in his office...here is what it said"
"And when the one Great Scorer Comes to Score against your name...It
matters not that you won or lost, but how you played the game"
We all go through life pretty much under the "same rules" It's tought to lose friends or wife's of friends, but the in the end when we meet the almighty it pretty much matters how we played the game.
Thinkin of U,
SunCatcher

Dad Always said "We don't Always catch fish...but we ALWAYS have a good time"

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airmorse

07/17/2010 09:45PM

quote izzy: "I just got back from a funeral. A good friend of mine lost his wife to cancer. They never complained. But they asked that each day we should count our blessings. And we should. So every day for them, please take a look around and see how good we have things. And take time to appreciate the wonders of nature and the world we live in.
"

AMEN!!!

"It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you think you've got the stock market beat...but a man worth while is a man who can smile when his shorts are to tight in the seat", Judge Smails.

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mooseplums

07/17/2010 11:35PM

Try to remember the real, and good purposes of life, it ain't found on television.
It isn't important what you do for a living, what's important is HOW you live.
Live Life

Sorry Iz for your loss.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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Jackfish

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07/18/2010 02:43PM

Sorry to hear about your friend's wife, Pat. Your message is well received and very appropriate. Thanks for the reminder to cherish life everyday. It can't be said enough.

It's only a spot on the map... until you go there.

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mc2mens

07/18/2010 04:51PM

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln

"Big fish eat little fish."

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BWPaddler

07/18/2010 07:28PM

Thanks for the reminder and so sorry for your friend's loss.

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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Jeriatric

07/18/2010 07:42PM

I love that Lincoln quote.

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mooseplums

07/18/2010 08:29PM

quote mc2mens: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln
"

Mae West had a somewhat similar quote:
"It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men"

......Ok well kinda sorta similar

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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