Found in an entry at Jennet.Radio, and actually taken from a longer piece at sugarfused.net:
I, for one, will not allow my spirit to be consumed by worry, doubt or fear. Those things may trickle in from time to time but life is too short to squander away on such things. I have to work hard at pulling myself out of the ruts I create for myself.
As they say, read the whole thing…
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Nice quote Mike, thanx. Thanks also for the great links to other bloggers…I hope to connect with several of you through my new blog…”The Journey of a Purple Elephant” @ http://tomorrowisbrighterforusall.blogspot.com/.
Great quote! I love little bits of insight like that!