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"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
– Iain S. Thomas, I Wrote This for You

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It does my heart so much good to pause for a moment on my walk to contemplate the beauty of fresh apple blossoms, one of my favorite springtime flowers. The lane I walk along used to have orchards a long time ago. Today, there a few old apple trees remaining along the way, and they still exuberantly flower each spring, even this spring after the exceedingly warm, dry winter we just had. What a gift!

A pair of white apple blossoms with five rounded petals each, and thin, yellow tipped pollen stalks shine in the morning sun. They are surrounded by round, reddish-pink unopened blossoms. There are pale green fresh leaves behind the blossom clusters. In the out-of-focus background can be seen many more clusters of blossoms.

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