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Aphorisms & Memes
(2023 Archives)
by
Lucki Melander Wilder
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" #PleaseStealThese "  -- Lucki
Why don't you ever do some of your own from your blogs? -- Bri Landis

I'm continuing to take Bri's question to heart. So, this year's quotes also come from Abiding Blog articles. Plus the usual baker's dozen for Baha'i events, focusing on the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha and with a nod to the 12 Steps. If you have trouble seeing the smaller versions of the posters below, you can always use/repeat Ctrl + (plus sign) to zoom in and Ctrl - (minus sign) to zoom back out. Feel free to copy/paste any images anywhere. Your social media, emails, a card, poster, T-shirt, whatever. But just for your personal use, not $-making. Please don't crop credit lines. Do use hashtags. Feel free to email me to request a high-resolution copy of any image(s) on this page. And enjoy!

Start with JANUARY 1     Go to 2023 list/links     Go to 2023 hashtags/links Switch to Abiding Blog     Switch to Adding Insult
Welcome to the Home of the 2023 Aphorisms-Memes Family. Beyond this welcome mat are links-lists by date & by hashtag, followed by 66 Aphorisms & Memes featured in 2023. Enjoy them, & use/hashtag them in your own social media.
Entries for 2023
01-01 The Manual
01-08 This Fact
01-15 This Promise
01-22 An Answer
01-29 A Realization
02-05 In Our Lives
02-12 No Solutions
02-19 See Me Cry
02-25 Know Thou
02-26 Grow The Most
03-02 Find Truth
03-05 Do Not Kill		 continued
03-12 Antitoxins
03-19 Happy Tears
03-21 Choose God
03-26 Gription
04-02 Steppage
04-09 Fargument
04-16 Vying For
04-21 Be The Cause
04-23 Most Feared
04-29 Be Of Serivce
04-30 Her Highness
05-02 Trust In God		 continued
05-07 In Defense
05-14 Celebrated
05-21 Reckleww
05-24 Endow Them
05-28 No Bravery
05-29 Cause Us
06-04 Go Ahead
06-11 Live Life
06-18 Take The Leap
06-25 Love Again
07-02 Let Go
07-09 Stand Back Up		 continued
07-10 Amend That
07-16 Tell The Truth
07-23 Keep The Faith
07-30 Marriage Isn't
08-06 Need To Pray
08-13 No Idea What
08-20 Not About Me
08-27 Not Sincere
09-03 2-Way Contact
09-10 Okay To Vent
09-17 In Contact
09-24 While Alive		 continued
10-01 Preaction
10-08 Coopera
10-15 Mysoulium
10-16 Be Mindful
10-17 Bring Me
10-22 Act That Way
10-29 Hear It Grow
11-05 I Learn Too
11-12 Tell Them So
11-19 At The Time
11-26 Walk Together
11-26 Say The Words		 continued
11-28 Fellowship
12-03 God Accepts
12-10 Being Sincere
12-17 To Only One
12-24 No Magic Wand
12-31 The Lodestone
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xHashtags for 2023   #ActLikeIt 2   #Advocacy   #Amends 2   #Ask   #Attributes   #Bahai 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13   #Bravery   #ChooseGod   #Connection   #Cooperation   #Crying 2   #DontWait    #Excellence   #Experience   #Fearlessness 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   #Flowers   #FreeWill   #GoAhead   #GodCan   #GodDoes 2 3 4   #GodsGifts 2   #GodsLove   #GodsPlan   #GodsVoice   #GodsWill 2   #GoodMarriage   #GoTooFar   #Growth   #Happiness   #InOurLives   #Joy   #KeepTheFaith   #KneeJerkReaction   #Learning   #LetGo   #Listen   #LiveLife   #Love 2 3   #LoveAgain   #Majesty   #Meditation 2 3 4   #Mindfulness   #Motivation   #NeverCry   #NeverSeeMe   #NotAboutMe   #Openness   #Peace   #Prayer 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12   #ReadTheManual   #Recklessness   #Recognize   #ReflectionsOfGod   #RightPerson   #Service 2   #Shortcomings 2   #Sincerity 2 3 4 5 6   #Sniglet 2 3 4 5 6   #Solutions   #Spirituality 2 3 4 5   #StandUp   #Steadfastness   #Strength   #TakeTheLeap   #Talking    #Teaching 2   #TearsDoNotKill   #TearsOfAstonishment   #TearsOfJoy   #TearsThatHeal   #TellTheTruth   #Thanksgiving   #ThankYou   #Trust   #Truth   #Unexpected   #Unity 2   #Walking 2   #Woman 2   #Writing          #NancyBagley   #LuckiMelanderWilder   #OwenH 2 3 4   #ReyWilder  

2023-12-31 The Lodestone
#GodsVoice  #GodsLove
It is to be delivered through the "kindly tongue" that Baha'u'llah calls "the lodestone of the hearts of men", adding that "It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding". #GodsVoice #GodsLove #AbidingBlog2017Vacation		 2023-12-24 No Magic Wand
#GodsVoice  #FreeWill
God does not choose to deliver Her message by some "magic wand" or irrestible divine fiat that we don't even know is forcing us. Nor by the sword, figuratively or literally. Nor by any coercion, or threat of hellfire, or offer of material gain. #GodsVoice #FreeWill #AbidingBlog2017Vacation		 2023-12-17 To Only One
#Talking   #Writing
...it is vital that we have meaningful and distinctive conversations. Elevate the discourse on human and spiritual affairs...For those of us who can speak to (or write for) the millions, cool. For those of us who can speak to only one someone, equally cool. #Talking #Writing #AbidingBlog2017Vacation
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2023-12-10 Being Sincere
#Prayer   #Sincerity
"Offer the prayer you can in the moment, no matter how poor you think it is. That's being sincere." -OwemH "I would add: Practice the meditation you can in the moment, no matter how poor you think it is. That's listening sincere." -LW #Prayer #Sincerity #OwenH #AbidingBlog2017Contact		 x

2023-12-03 God Accepts
#Prayer   #Sincerity
God doesn't penalize anyone who needs your prayers just because you don't feel sincere. Including you, when you're in need. God accepts what you're able to offer and uses it to help you prepare to offer more. #Prayer #Sincerity #OwenH		 x
For Ascension (passing) of 'Abdu'l-Baha &
the 12 Steps   2023-11-28 Fellowship
#Bahai   #Love   #Unity 
O ye friends! Fellowship, fellowship! Love, love! Unity, unity! #Bahai #Love #Unity #abdulbaha
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2023-11-26 Say The Words
#Prayer   #Sincerity 
Sometimes just saying the words, knowing you don't mean them yet, is as sincere as you can get. Sometimes just saying you intend to pray for someone, or know you should, is as sincere as you can get. God understands. God answers. #Prayer #Sincerity #OwenH		 x
For Day of the Covenent & Step 12
2023-11-26 Walk Together
#Bahai   #Love   #Unity 
O people of the world, ye are all the fruit of one tree and the leaves of one branch. Walk with perfect charity, concord, affection, and agreement. #Bahai #Love #Unity #abdulbaha		 x

2023-11-19 At The Time
#Prayer   #Sincerity 
Whatever you pray is sincere. It's as sincere as you can be at the time. #Prayer #Sincerity #OwenH
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2023-11-12 Tell Them So
#Thanksgiving   #ThankYou 
Have a gratitude-filled, family-unifying, safe, healthy, and happy Thanksgiving. Remember whom you are thankful for. And tell them so. #Thanksgiving #ThankYou #AbidingBlog2017Shield		 x
2023-11-05 I Learn Too
#Teaching   #Learning 
Can I learn as much fropm my sponsees as I'm able to teach? You betcha! #Teaching #Learning #AbidingBlog2017Flowers		 x
2023-10-29  Hear It Grow
#Meditation   #Listen 
...a Buddhist sponsee...once, in sharing with me how to meditatte as she did, said as we sat in a garden, "Compose yourself, close your eyes, and listen to the flowers grow." #Meditation #Listen #AbidingBlog2017Flowers
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2023-10-22  Act That Way
#Prayer   #ActLikeIt
...when we pray and meditate about something, we should then ACT like we prayed and meditated about it. We hear the same meme in the rooms of recovery, too. #Prayer #ActLikeIt #AbidingBlog2017Flowers		 x
For Birth of Baha'u'llah & Step 11
2023-10-17  Bring Me
#Bahai   #Spirituality   #GodsGifts
...bring me, O cup-bearer, of the wine of the SPIRIT a cup full as the sea! #Bahai #Spirituality #GodsGifts #abdulbaha		 x
For Birth of the Bab & Step 10
2023-10-16  Be Mindful
#Bahai   #Mindfulness   #Spirituality
In the world of the mind there must needs be development and improvement. There must be reformation in the kingdom of the human spirit; otherwise, no result will be attained from betterment of the mere phywsical structure. #Bahai #Mindfulness #Spirituality #abdulbaha
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2023-10-15  Mysoulium
#Sniglet   #Connection
Neologism (serious sniglet) #3 -- Mysoulium* (my-SO-lee-um): Spiritual presence or network that connects all human beings. *A play on the word Mycelium: Network of fungi that works with over 80% of plant species, connecting them to other plants to share information and nutrients, defend against insects, and maintain a healthy diverse ecosystem. #Sniglet #Connection #AbidingBlog2021Connection		 x
2023-10-08  Coopera
#Sniglet   #Cooperation
Neologism (serious sniglet) #2 -- Coopera (co-OP-er-ah): The whole of humanity working together towards unifying common goals. The transitional phase between knowing we are all one race and recognizing we are all one family. #Sniglet #Cooperation #AbidingBlog2021Transition		 x
2023-10-01  Preaction
#Sniglet   #KneeJerkReaction
Neologism (serious sniglet) #1 -- Preaction, -active, -act (pre-AC-tion): Knee-jerk (re)action, based on personal or vicarious experience/learning, that bypasses the logical mechanism of thought. Ex: ingrained fight-or-flight reaction; automatic predator/prey interactions. #Sniglet #KneeJerkReaction #AbidingBlog2022Action
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2023-09-24  While Alive
#DontWait   #Flowers
I believe in not waiting 'til someone's dead. In giving them their flowers while they're alive. Moeaphorically AND literally. #DontWait #Flowers #AbidingBlog2017Flowers		 x
2023-09-17  In Contact
#Prayer   #Meditation
Talk about CONSCIOUS contact. God's always in contact. We just have to pick up the phone. And keep it charged. #Prayer #Meditation #AbidingBlog2017Contact		 x
2023-09-10  Okay To Vent
#Prayer   #Meditation
[It's] actually all right to "vent" to God ... God understands ... once we do that, though, we need to become still and small ourselves and lsiten to God's response. #Prayer #Meditation #AbidingBlog2017Contact
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2023-09-03  2-Way Contact
#Prayer   #Meditation
[The 11th Step's "praer and meditation"] brings together the spiritual practices of East and West..."Prayer is talking; meditation is listening." To my mind, people in the West are very good at talking to their Creator, maybe not so good at listening to Her "still, small voice". OTOH, people in the East are very good at listening to the Creative Force of the universe, but not so practiced in talking to It. #Prayer #Meditation #AbidingBlog2017Contact		 x
2023-08-27 Not Sincere
#Prayer   #Sincerity
But sometimes my prayers for other -- especially when I feel obligated -- seem anything but sincere...sometimes I just give up and ask God to accept my prayer as if I were being sincere even though I'm not. #Prayer #NotSincere #TwigsOfAFamilyTree		 x
2023-08-20 Not About Me
#Prayer   #NotAboutMe
I tend to pray more for others than for myself. Maybe it's because I wonder why God would pay me any attention when I'm talking about myself. Whereas He might be kind enough to pay heed when I'm pleading for others. #Prayer #NotAboutMe #TwigsOfAFamilyTree
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2023-08-13 No Idea What
#Prayer   #Sincerity
Sometimes I despair of having any idea what sincere prayer is. #Prayer #Sincerity #TwigsOfAFamilyTree		 x
2023-08-06 Need To Pray
#Prayer   #TearsOfAstonishment
When I experience prayer the way that [C.S.] Lewis described it. When the need to pray wells up in and pours out of me. Waking and even sleeping. Accompanied by tears of astonishment...That's when I change the most. For the better. #Prayer #TearsOfAstonishment #TwigsOfAFamilyTree		 x
2023-07-30 Marriage Isn't
#GoodMarriage   #RightPerson
...marriage isn't about having the right person, it's about being the right person. #GoodMarriage #RightPerson #TwigsOfAFamilyTree
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2023-07-23 Keep The Faith
#KeepTheFaith   #Fearlessness
Fearless is feeling that our prayers are always answered "No." And nevertheless keeping the faith. #KeepTheFaith #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x

2023-07-16 Tell The Truth
#TellTheTruth   #Fearlessness
Fearless is wanting to lie to save face or be liked or have peace. And instead telling the truth. #TellTheTruth #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
For Martyrdom of the Bab & Step 9
2023-07-10 Amend That
#Bahai   #Amends   #ShortcomingsArise, and make amends for that which escaped thee. #Bahai #Amends #Shortcomings #abdulbaha
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2023-07-09 Stand Back Up
#StandUp   #Fearlessness
Fearless is knowing we're just going to get knocked down again. And standing back up. #StandUp #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
2023-07-02 Let Go
#LetGo   #Fearlessness
Fearless is recognizing what we can't breathe without. And then letting it go. #LetGo #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
2023-06-25 Love Again
#LoveAgain   #Fearlessness
Fearless is having been hurt before. And being willing to love again. #LoveAgain #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless
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2023-06-18 Take The Leap
#TakeTheLeap   #Fearlessness
Fearless is fearing we will fall forever. And taking the leap. #TakeTheLeap #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
2023-06-11 Live Life
#LiveLife   #Fearlessness
Fearless is being scared to death. And still living life. #LiveLife #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
2023-06-04 Go Ahead
#GoAhead   #Fearlessness
Fearless is going ahead. Even though we're afraid. #GoAhead #Fearlessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless
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For Ascension (passing) of Baha'u'llah & Step 8
2023-05-29 Cause Us
#Bahai   #Amends   #ShortcomingsMerciful God! cause us to repent of our shortcomings! #Bahai #Amends #Shortcomings #abdulbaha		 x

2023-05-28 No Bravery
#Fearlessness   #Bravery
Brave means having fear and also having the courage to go through with what we must do anyway. Without fear, there can be no bravery. Bravery doesn't so much mean to be fearless as it means to FEAR LESS. #Fearlessness #Bravery #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
For Declaration of the Bab & Step 7
2023-05-24 Endow Them
#Bahai   #GodsGifts   #Attributes
Endow the blind with light, the deaf with hearing, the dumb with speech, the lukewarm with energy, the heedless with mindfulness, the sleepers with wakefulness, and the proud with humility. #Bahai #GodsGifts #Attributes #abdulbaha
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2023-05-21 Reckless
#Fearlessness   #Recklessness
...being fearless does not mean being without any fear. The term for operating with no fear whatsoever isn't fearless. It's foolhardy. Harebrained. Reckless. And as I (and probably you) know from experience, what reckless usually leads to is more wreckage. #Fearlessness #Recklessness #AbidingBlog2017Fearless		 x
2023-05-14 Celebrated
#Teaching   #Advocacy
One of her biographers called [Tahirih] "The most celebrated woman in Iranian history." Lauded for her great intelligence and beauty, she was a renowned poet, insightful theologian, persuasive teacher, and staunch advocate for the rights of women. In the mid 1800s! #Teaching #Advocacy #AbidingBlog2017Suffragette		 x
2023-05-07 Trust In God
#Steadfastness   #Service
It's no wonder that we normally associate [Mulla Husayn] with SWORD. But I am more struck by the SHIELD aspect of his character. Because he fought only in defense. And that act of steadfast service gave him unexpected -- one can sincerely say heroic -- strength. #Steadfastness #Service #AbidingBlog2017Shield
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For Twelvth of Ridvan & Step 6
2023-05-02 Trust In God
#Bahai   #GodsWill   #Trust
Ask whatsoever thou wishest of Him alone; seek whatsoever thou seekest from Him alone...He carrieth out His Will, He ordaineth what He pleaseth. Then better for thee to bow down thy head in submission, and put thy trust in the All-Merciful Lord. #Bahai #GodsWill #Trust #abdulbaha		 x

2023-04-30 Her Highness
 #Majesty    #Woman
...we can assume the Authors mostly meant Persia's native Imperial Eagle in all its majesty. Actually in all HER majesty, as female eagles -- and other reptors, all the way back, it seems, to T. Rex et al -- are at least a third larger than their male counterparts. #Majesty #Woman #AbidingBlog2017Eagle		 x
For Ninth of Ridvan & Step 5
2023-04-29 Be Of Service
#Bahai   #Service   #Love
Glory be unto Thee for that Thou hast confirmed me to the confessional of Thy Oneness, attracted me unto the word of Thy singleness, enkindled me by the fire of Thy love, and occupied me with Thy mention and the service of Thy friends and maid servants. #Bahai #Service #Love #abdulbaha
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2023-04-23 Most Feared
 #Strength    #Woman
...let's don't forget ['Abdu'l-Baha's] reminder that, "For her greater strength and fierceness, the lioness is more feared by the hunter than the lion." #Strength #Woman #AbidingBlog2017Lion		 x
For First of Ridvan & Step 4
2023-04-21 Be The Cause
#Peace    #Happiness
Is any larger bounty conceivable than this, that an individual, looking within himself, should find that by the confirming grace of God he has become the cause of peace and well-being, of happiness and advantage to his fellow men? #Bahai #Peace #Happiness #abdulbaha		 x

2023-04-16 Vying For
#Excellence  #Motivation
I gotta admit, though, that encouragement to "vie for excellence" is a great motivator. #Excellence #Motivation #AbidingBlog2017Vying
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2023-04-09 Fargument
#Sniglet  #GoTooFar
From the Sniglet File: "Fargument: An argument that's going too far and may turn into a fight." #Sniglet #GoTooFar #LuckiMelanderWilder		 x
2023-04-02 Steppage
#Sniglet  #Walking
From the Sniglet File: "Steppage: The number of steps walked in a day, especially when one has a target goal." #Sniglet #Walking #NancyBagley		 x
2023-03-26 Gription
#Sniglet  #Walking
From the Sniglet File: "Gription: What you want in a shoe or boot to keep from falling on icy ground." #Sniglet #Walking #ReyWilder
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For Naw-Ruz & Step 3
2023-03-21 Choose God
#Baha'i   #GodsWill  #ChooseGod
Commit thyself to God; give up thy will and choose that of God. #Bahai #GodsWill #ChooseGod #abdulbaha		 x

2023-03-19 Happy Tears
#Joy   #TearsOfJoy
'Abdu'l-Baha once beseeched a woman, "Be filled with joy, so that thine eyes may be overflowing with tears of happiness and beatitude..." That too is a positive purpose of tears. What a gift! #Joy #TearsOfJoy #AbidingBlog2017Astonishment		 x

2023-03-12 Antitoxins
#Crying   #TearsThatHeal
...emotional tears not only can relieve us psychologically, they also remove toxic stress hormones from our bodies. Which actually helps our heart, our brain, our whole corpus. #Crying #TearsThatHeal #AbidingBlog2017Tears
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2023-03-05 Do Not Kill
#Crying   #TearsDoNotKill
I'm learning that allowing tears doesn't kill us. (Though suppressing them might.) #Crying #TearsDoNotKill #AbidingBlog2017Tears		 x
For 19-Day (daylight) Fast & Step 2
2023-03-02 Find Truth
#Bahai   #Truth   #Openness
In order to find truth we must give up our prejudices, our own small trivial notions; an open receptive mind is essential. #Bahai #Truth #Openness #abdulbaha		 x

2023-02-26 Grow The Most
#Experience   #Growth
Everything I experience can help me grow. In fact, it's often the worst of what I experience that helps me grow the most. #Experience #Growth #AbidingBlog2017Tears
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For Ayyam-i-Ha & Step 1
2023-02-25 Know Thou
#Bahai   #ReflectionsOfGod   #Spirituality
Know, O thou posessors of insight, that true spirituality is like unto a lake of clear water which reflects the divine. #Bahai #ReflectionsOfGod #Spirituality #abdulbaha		 x

2023-02-19 See Me Cry
#NeverCry   #NeverSeeMe
I spent most of my life making sure "they" never saw me cry. (Whoever the blazes "they" is.) ... I still don't know why that's changed. Not mentally. Not emotionally. I just know it has. #NeverCry #NeverSeeMe #AbidingBlog2017Tears		 x

2023-02-12 No Solutions
#Spirituality   #Solutions
...without including spiritual solutions to our ills and ignorances, we can find no lasting solutions at all. #Spirituality #Solutions #AbidingBlog2017Endowment
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2023-02-05 In Our Lives
#Spirituality   #InOurLives
[Think] about the spiritual as being equally important to the physical, mental, emotional, and societal. Having at least an equal, if not predominant, place in our lives. #Spirituality #InOurLives #AbidingBlog2017Endowment		 x
2023-01-29 A Realization  
#GodDoes   #Recognize
The hard part for us, sometimes, is being able to recognize [God's] help for what it is. And that can be true regardless of whether or not we've asked. #GodDoes #Recognize #TwigsOfAFamilyTree		 x
2023-01-22 An Answer
#GodDoes   #Unexpected
"[God] may not give us the answer we want. He may not help us the way we expect. But He never doesn't help when asked. #GodDoes #Unexpected #TwigsOfAFamilyTree
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2023-01-15 This Promise
#Ask   #GodDoes
"God could and would if He were sought." ...it's just the second part that's the promise. God can [help], and He may regardless of whether we ask Him or not. But when we do ask, He WILL. Period. #Ask #GodDoes #TwigsOfAFamilyTree		 x
2023-01-08 This Fact
#GodCan   #GodsPlan
"God could and would if He were sought." I believe the first part is a statement of fact. God is able to [help] whether we ask Him or not. And sometimes He does even when we don't ask... #GodCan #GodsPlan #TwigsOfAFamilyTree		 x
2023-01-01 The Manual
#ReadTheManual   #ActLikeIt
...if there's anything I learned right up front as a programmer, it's to READ THE MANUAL. And then use the brains God gave me to apply it. #ReadTheManual #OneActLikeIt #AbidingBlog2017Endowment


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