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Think
Columns & Opinions
January 30, 2025

Think on these things

By Joyce Sequichie Hifler 

We can do more than we think we can. When we feel let down and sad, we may be having mild depression that keeps us dragging from one hour to the next. Don’t let it happen. There are negatives that are put here on purpose to make us stumble. This is the time to stretch up tall and walk happy because something good is about to happen. E li si, my little Cherokee mother, always told us that it is darkest just before the dawn. When trouble comes it is time to look for the dawn-which is surely there. If we are ready for it, it comes sooner.

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