On Living

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity....

I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else

but it seemed no longer important

whether everyone loved me or not -

more important now was for me to love them.

Feeling that way turns your whole life around;

living becomes the act of giving.

~Beverly Sills

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Photo: Swan Bell Tower - Perth, WA (Nov 2008)