Retraction

No man is better than another except in how he treats the other. Mankind, womankind and animalkind still behave as they always have. Their capacity for good is just as great as their capacity for evil. With each life you touch, the clock starts ticking as to how and if you can help them see the difference. Even after all this time, I can look up at the sky and connect the dots from star to star. Or peer into a grassy field and see the patterns made with each blade of grass. That’s what it is to be aware of the world around you. The problem, however, of being in touch with the earth and the sky and the seasons and mankind and womankind and animalkind, is that eventually they touch you back. You have chosen a path or it has chosen you, it does not matter which, that can swallow you hole. But only if you allow it. Listen to your heart, the rythm of tock tick and no harm will c0me to you. Do I believe that? Always have, always will. Forever and a day. Wishes become chances but getting what you want is not always the safest thing to do.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual, and exhibited in the lives of many, constitutes the true source of national vigor and strength – Samuel Smiles(1859)

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects. But help from within invariably invigorates – Ibid

The serpent. Subtlest beast of all the field – Milton, Paradise lost(1667)

He who rebukes the world is rebuked by the world – Kipling(1895)

No-one ever keeps a secret as well as child – Victor Hugo, Les Miserables(1862)

Everytime a child says ‘ I don’t believe in fairies’ there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead – James Barrie, Peter Pan(1904)

It was given to me, for an unbirthday present – Lewis Carroll, Through the looking glass(1865)

Do you believe in fairies? If you do, clap your hands! – James Barrie, Peter Pan(1904)

Nothing succeeds like success – Alexander Dumas(1854)

This is the place- Brigham Young(1847)