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1) I have learned that I am not as alone as I always feared, nor as different.
2) I have learned that the differences between as add to the site and do not detract from the site if everyone is respectful and compassionate
3) I have learned that I can communicate my thoughts and feelings to others (even if I find writing them down difficult).
4) I have learned that the people here support you when you are down and celebrate with you when you are up.
5) I have learned that life is really something I want (and even love).
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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