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Clara, I love your thoughts and well-written prose. Please continue putting it out there for all of us to enjoy.

I'm not a paid member, but I would if I could support you in that manner. I'm 80, on a very fixed social security and medicare income, and have many health problems to pay for to maintain my health.

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I totally understand! I value and appreciate you as a supportive reader. 😊

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Wonderful story at the end

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You broke me when BB lifted up his arms to be put back in your pocket. The sweetness.

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Bear was nowhere to be found because Bear ran over to the Pompidou to see the Suzanne Valadon show. . . and wants to be sure that you all go over to look at those paintings.

And I sure wish I were there to do the same.

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So glad you found him. That word unity seems pretty distant right now.💖😌

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What a beautiful quote, and so appropriate for today's times. I am so glad you are in France.

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Charming bear❣️PLUS, “to love is to gaze in the same direction”!!! What a revelation❣️Omy. Merci❣️

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Such a dear Bear! Please remind him to not wander off. I would be so sad if he was lost and some mean person kept him.

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I think, for the coming years, I'm going to create a journal of quotations to ponder and lean on, to help me focus on goodness and wisdom and hope. this will be the first page.

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❤️

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I love those words: common good and all that they mean. And I love Bear.

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Silly old bear. Im glad he gets to explore Paris with you. He'll have many adventures to report back to Ducky.

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Poor Bedside Bear!! (by the way BB makes me remember all the Winnie the Pooh-isms I love!) What a wonderful way to help young folks understand the WHY of stuff!!! Community matters, and it takes all of us to make it work... Ah Clara, Clara.... thank you.

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One of my longest and most beloved quotes!!!

Bear❤️!

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Love the quote. Poor Bear! He is right but your explanation is also true. The common good often means sacrifice.

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Oh my! "...in the same direction." WOW that's wonderful. Here's to the horizon!

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Good ol common bear sense.

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