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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='min-width: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Larry Perry [mailto:larryperry@performancepress.ccsend.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Perry<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> mmoore11@kent.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> EXT: A Daffodil Day<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=b713d68c-6dcd-43c8-a21f-245cd1ead787&a=1103316066373&c=6f49fc70-74b9-11eb-9d75-fa163e24df6a&ch=6f4b0606-74b9-11eb-9d75-fa163e24df6a"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=610 style='width:457.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-wrap: break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#869198;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#869198;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#E6E6E6;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Letter from Larry</span></i><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#717A80'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#EB4C39;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:white'>Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:white'>March 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;cursor:default'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="93%" style='width:93.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 93%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#869198;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img width=5 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=324 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/54023c2e001/33899bd7-5ea4-42f5-b9cc-cef703ef3d46.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>Good Wednesday Morning Everyone:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Spring has about arrived here in the south. We were out </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>walking around yesterday and noticed all the buttercups</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>and daffodils blooming along the road and trails. What </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>a beautiful site! Seeing these reminded me of the story </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>about the Daffodil Principle. I have shared this before,</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>but it is always popular this time of the year and</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>I hope you enjoy it.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>What a marvelous principle!</span></i><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:19.5pt;color:black'> <b> </b></span><b><i><span style='font-size:19.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>The Daffodil Principle</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, <i>"Mother, </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>you must come to see the daffodils before they are over.</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>" I </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>to Lake Arrowhead "<i>I will come next Tuesday", </i>I promised</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>a little reluctantly on her third call.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Carolyn's house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>grandchildren. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>"Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in these</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>another inch!" </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>My daughter smiled calmly and said, "<i>We drive in this all </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>the time, Mother." "Well, you won't get me back on the road</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>" I assured her. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>"But first we're going to see the daffodils. It's just a few</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>blocks,"</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> Carolyn said. "I<i>'ll drive. I'm used to this</i>." </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>"Carolyn,"</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> I said sternly, "<i>Please turn around." "It's all right, </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>this experience." </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>I saw a hand lettered sign with an arrow that read, "<i> Daffodil </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Garden ."</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> We got out of the car, each took a child's hand, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, as we turned </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>a corner, I looked up and gasped. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Before me lay the most glorious sight. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>and poured it over the mountain peak and its surrounding </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, creamy white, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>lemon yellow, salmon pink, and saffron and butter yellow. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Each different-colored variety was planted in large groups</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>"Who did this?</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>" I asked Carolyn. <i>"Just one woman,"</i> Carolyn </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>answered. "<i>She lives on the property. That's her home."</i> Carolyn </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>pointed to a well kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>On the patio, we saw a poster. <i>"Answers to the Questions</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>I Know You Are Asking"</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>, was the headline. The first answer </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>was a simple one. <i>"50,000 bulbs,"</i> it read. The second answer </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>was, "<i>One at a time, by one woman Two hands, two feet, and </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>one brain." </span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>The third answer was, <i>"Began in 1958</i>" </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>than forty years before, had begun, one bulb at a time, to</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>woman had forever changed the world in which she lived. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>One day at a time, she had created something of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>principles of celebration.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>one step at a time--often just one baby-step at time--and</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world ...</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>"It makes me sad in a way,</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>" I admitted to Carolyn. <i>"What </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>goal thirty-five or forty years ago and had worked away at </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years? Just think</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>what I might have been able to achieve!</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>" </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>My daughter summed up the message of the day in her </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>usual direct way "<i>Start tomorrow,</i>" she said. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>She was right. It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of celebration</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, <i>"How can I put</i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>this to use today?" </span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Use the Daffodil Principle. Stop waiting..... </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until your car or home is paid off </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you get a new car or home </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until your kids leave the house </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you go back to school </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you finish school </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you clean the house </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you organize the garage </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you clean off your desk </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you lose 10 lbs. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you gain 10 lbs. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you get married </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you get a divorce </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you have kids </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until the kids go to school </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you retire </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until summer </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until spring </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until winter </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until fall </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Until you die...</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>There is no better time than right now to be happy.</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'> Happiness is a journey, not a destination. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>So work like you don't need money. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>Love like you've never been hurt, and, Dance like no one's </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>watching. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#BF3F2F'>Wishing you a beautiful, daffodil day! </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>never begin. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Enjoy the beauty of the day!</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Much love from the East Tennessee mountains where the </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>daffodils are blooming now.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#EB4C39'>May God Bless You and your loved ones!</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#EB4C39'>Much love.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#EB4C39'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#EB4C39'>Larry</span></i></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table 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