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What Do 90-Somethings Regret Most in life
My preconceptions about older people first began to crumble when one of my congregants, a woman in her 80s, came into my office seeking pastoral care. She had been widowed for several years but the reason for her distress was not the loss of her husband. It was her falling in love with a married…
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Be Patient with Life
Be patient with life, despite its cruelty. Often it seems careless of our pain, But just as often brings us hope again. Remember, I wanted happiness for you. Under every foolish word this still was true. Be happy, then, without, as you would with me. In your life many sweet events remain. Not in anguish,…
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: Founder of the Turkish Republic
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in 1881 in Salonika (now Thessaloniki) in what was then the Ottoman Empire. His father was a minor official and later a timber merchant. When Atatürk was 12, he was sent to military school and then to the military academy in Istanbul, graduating in 1905. In 1911, he served against…