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Siwsan

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7. We do have bigger problems, but everyone needs a reflective break

Reply to bemildred (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 05:37 PM

Feb 2013

Sometimes when you study the past, it can put the problems of the present into better perspective. Because, quite frankly, we are what we were. Our only hope is to pay attention to and learn from the past. But, maybe that's just my atavistic DNA talking.

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