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Mary Pipher Quote: “Margaret Mead wrote that “growing up means getting outside oneself and cherishing the life of the world.”

51. “Margaret Mead wrote that “growing up means getting outside oneself and cherishing the life of the world.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “Suffering gives us empathy, while happiness gives us hope and energy.”

52. “Suffering gives us empathy, while happiness gives us hope and energy.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “Resilience is built by attention and intention. We can take responsibility for our attitudes and focus on our strengths and our joys. We can go deep and face truth squarely. We can learn the skills that allow us to adapt to anything.”

53. “Resilience is built by attention and intention. We can take responsibility for our attitudes and focus on our strengths and our joys. We can go deep and face truth squarely. We can learn the skills that allow us to adapt to anything.”

— Mary Pipher

Mary Pipher Quote: “Whether or not we have a family, we need to live interdependently with others. Our growth depends on interaction: isolation is the quickest path to stagnation.”

54. “Whether or not we have a family, we need to live interdependently with others. Our growth depends on interaction: isolation is the quickest path to stagnation.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “It also helps to be a developmental psychologist, since I know I am in a life stage when my growth involves relinquishing control.”

55. “It also helps to be a developmental psychologist, since I know I am in a life stage when my growth involves relinquishing control.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “Reading offered me hope, soothed me in difficult moments, and gave me a sense of the immense complexity of the human spirit. There are all kinds of light in the world – from the sky, during moments of bliss and awe, and from the lemony circles on the tables of the Beaver City library.”

56. “Reading offered me hope, soothed me in difficult moments, and gave me a sense of the immense complexity of the human spirit. There are all kinds of light in the world – from the sky, during moments of bliss and awe, and from the lemony circles on the tables of the Beaver City library.”

— Mary Pipher

Mary Pipher Quote: “One of the secrets of happiness is having a host of activities that we can enjoy when we are alone. The more we can do this, the more likely we are to enjoy our lives as we age.”

57. “One of the secrets of happiness is having a host of activities that we can enjoy when we are alone. The more we can do this, the more likely we are to enjoy our lives as we age.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “Over time, the library became my church and reading became my way of understanding the world. I built myself from books.”

58. “Over time, the library became my church and reading became my way of understanding the world. I built myself from books.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “Those who do not suffer become insufferable. Our depth comes from experiencing a wide range of emotions, including profound tragedy and our strength comes from that which could destroy us. As we grow from heartbreak, we increase out pain tolerance. As my friend Nora put it, “Leona’s death prepared me for my son’s burn accident, and that prepared me for this terrible moment when my sister is dying. I know how hard life can be, so I enjoy every good day.”

59. “Those who do not suffer become insufferable. Our depth comes from experiencing a wide range of emotions, including profound tragedy and our strength comes from that which could destroy us. As we grow from heartbreak, we increase out pain tolerance. As my friend Nora put it, “Leona’s death prepared me for my son’s burn accident, and that prepared me for this terrible moment when my sister is dying. I know how hard life can be, so I enjoy every good day.”

— Mary Pipher

Mary Pipher Quote: “To be happy we need to learn how to structure a day that is rich in meaning and joy-producing activities. How we spend our time defines who we are. There is no magical future. Today is our future. Our lives are events that unfurl in real time, minute by minute.”

60. “To be happy we need to learn how to structure a day that is rich in meaning and joy-producing activities. How we spend our time defines who we are. There is no magical future. Today is our future. Our lives are events that unfurl in real time, minute by minute.”

— Mary Pipher

Mary Pipher Quote: “I was a fleck of dust in an enormous universe, fortunate to even exist. Our lives are as fragile as the smallest falling star that flashes across the dome of night. We blaze for a moment and then we are gone.”

61. “I was a fleck of dust in an enormous universe, fortunate to even exist. Our lives are as fragile as the smallest falling star that flashes across the dome of night. We blaze for a moment and then we are gone.”

— Mary Pipher

Mary Pipher Quote: “I didn’t feel grief as much as I felt dead. When I experience loss, the lights go out.”

62. “I didn’t feel grief as much as I felt dead. When I experience loss, the lights go out.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “There is a big difference between people who’ve had interesting lives and people who are interesting.”

63. “There is a big difference between people who’ve had interesting lives and people who are interesting.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “What had saved me was stopping the struggle.”

64. “What had saved me was stopping the struggle.”

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Mary Pipher Quote: “We could plan for nothing. The word for 2020 was surrender. Surrender your plans, your wishes, and your sense.”

65. “We could plan for nothing. The word for 2020 was surrender. Surrender your plans, your wishes, and your sense.”

— Mary Pipher

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