As a recovering addict, Mark Olmsted is familiar with the serenity prayer. But when he got fed up with all the litter in his neighborhood, Olmsted realized there is a difference between the things you must accept and the things you can actually change.
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Find a Good Frog Delia Motavalli - Fairfield, Connecticut As heard on The This I Believe Podcast, August 4, 2015 So I think that a good frog, an amazing frog, the best frog you can find is what we’re really looking for in this world. Don’t laze through life waiting for a happily ever after, because I don’t think you’ll be very happy with the outcome.
To Disappear Into The Woods Peter Darling - San Carlos, California Entered on November 30, 2005 Today, I’m an adult. I have children. I pay bills, and go to PTA meetings, and carry a cell phone. Yet, I still have the feeling that it’s all kind of ridiculous. Wherever I go, and whatever I do, I carry the memory of the woods with me. That memory sustains me, in the face of some of the frequently frustrating, pointless and silly things about living in a California suburb.