STARTING EACH DAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE--Dr. Don DeForge

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Dr. Don DeForge
Milford Veterinary Hospital at Silver Sands
17 Seemans Lane
Milford, CT 06460
203-877-3221
E-Mail DonDeForge100@gmail.com
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Starting Each Day
Dr. Leo Buscaglia

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 I share with you today a short essay by one of my mentors.  He is no longer with us but his memory lives on in me...... in our letters and his writings.  Dr. Leo Buscaglia was a writer; educator; lecturer; and a humanitarian.  Separate yourself from your hectic day and truly enjoy his words.........it is worth every second spent!!!!!

 Leo would be sad to see the world of 2018 with people hurting people; violence; killing; and terrorism.  He would want me to re-write his words tonight as a challenge to those who still believe in the words: love; respect; selflessness; and compassion. 

 Read below:
Dr Leo Buscaglia-A START

 Each day I promise myself not to try to solve all my life problems at once....nor shall I expect you to do so!

 Starting each day I shall try to learn something new about me and about you....and about the world I live in...so that I may continue to experience all things as if they had been newly born.

 Starting each day I shall remember to communicate my joy as well as my despair...so that we can know each other better.

 Starting each day...I shall remind myself to really listen to you and to try to hear your point of view....and to discover the least threatening way of giving you mine....remembering that we are both growing and changing in a hundred different ways!

 Starting each day, I shall remind myself that I am a human being and not demand perfection of you until I am perfect.....SO YOU ARE SAFE!

 Starting each day...I shall remind myself to reach out and touch you...gently...with my words...my eyes...and with my fingers...because I do not want to miss feeling you!

 Starting each day, I shall dedicate myself again to the process of being a lover...and then see what happens!

 You know, I am really convinced that if you were to define love...the only word big enough to engulf it all would be...LIFE...because  LOVE IS LIFE...in all its aspects!  If you miss LOVE you miss LIFE!  Promise me not to miss it starting this DAY!

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