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I really appreciated this email. I'm sorry for the loss of one of your readers. You have a better than awesome New Year!!!

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Happy new year. I was unable to download the link.

This is the message:

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same message to link

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Well, another year passed. I've been reading you since the first week you posted. This year-end message hit hard. Our youngest son committed suicide 3 years ago and my amazing wife of 55 years has been battling cancer for 2 years. 2024 was the worst and amid her treatments said, "At least I'll get to see Max again." I cried. Now, as the caregiver, I do everything a wife and mother does that I rarely, if ever, did for 55 years. I found out where she keeps the milk and how to turn on the washing machine. The dryer and oven mystify me so I cook everything over an open flame. And life is getting harder to manage as she becomes more frail. Your stories across the many many months keep me smiling and hopeful that the guy, who we hope didn't commit suicide, and my wife, are around for another year.

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Harold: Your strength has motivated me to pay more attention to what’s happening around me. Thank you.

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Dr Harold - I’m sure you know that caregiving is a gift although difficult. I am a caregiver for my Mom and I appreciate her more than the day before. Your comment touched me and that is what Bills newsletter does on so many levels.

Happy New Year!!

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I am so sorry to hear of your troubles. You and your wife and your son are in my thoughts and prayers for 2025. I hope you can find good moments in these days.

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Thank you Bill. I look forward to reading Understandably, every day. Have a fabulous year.

Neither of the links worked for me either.

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The links in your wonderful piece are broken. Please hurry, I love the annual quotes list! You and your family have a fantabulous new year!

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Enjoy your lists very much and after this big, meaningful lead in, the links didn’t work. But get some rest today—we’ll still read the list when it’s fixed. Thanks and Happy NY!

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The link is not working this morning, but thank you for your wonderful postings.

Happy New Year

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Your writings inspire me all year. Please keep it up! Thank you for the story about helping to sustain a life. I hope my ministry does so also. May God bless you and your family, Bill.

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Oops... the link isn't working this morning.

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Sorry to find out that the link only got me to a Inc. Page saying"Sorry, something went wrong" , which hopefully is not your forecast for 2025!

Happy New years

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So far Inc. link still not working

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Second, I hope you have times this year especially, when you hear out of the blue that something you did had an unexpected and positive effect on someone else.

----> well, I have to repeat this... I volunteer, have volunteered in various agencies my entire adult life (learned that from my parents who were volunteers), I'm 74. I don't need to hear I've had a positive effect, I can see the effects as I watch...

Finally, as for the new year itself, we’ll all have good days and bad days. I hope you can find reasons to be grateful for and inspired by every single one of them.

----> I believe I live a life of gratitude; & as your hat tip to Stephen Colbert, I agree!!!

Great writing today.

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Happy New Year Bill. I’ve subscribed and followed you since your days at Inc. I appreciate that you always keep it interesting and real. Thanks for your dedication to all us readers.

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I’ve been looking forward to your quote list for a few days! I’ll enjoy reading it later. I was surprised to learn you were only 5’7”! You are so much taller in your writing. Have a great year in 2025!

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Links don't work.

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