For fun! Installment #2 of 2 from OUR IOWA magazine, Holiday issue. Sayings in the margins of the vertical outside edges:

"If you truly love nature,
you will find beauty everywhere."
~ Vincent Van Gogh

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"It's never change that's painful.
It's the resistance to change."

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"As the sun makes the ice melt,
kindness causes misunderstanding and hostility
to evaporate."
~ Albert Schweitzer

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"A person who  feels appreciated 
will always do more than is expected."

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" Be faithful in small things
because it is in them that your strength lies."
~ Mother Teresa

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"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.
In the eyes of a child, they are all 30' tall."

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"It's Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."
~ W. T. Ellis

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"Some people pursue happiness;
others create it."

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