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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.<\/strong>
But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I alone cannot change the world<\/strong>
but I can cast a stone across the waters<\/strong>
to create many ripples.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mother Teresa<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly. Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. 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