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41 by ~YanaBondareva
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9690a761d2412d135de8bf2ea766e3bd/tumblr_mmcthwBMNk1r0f8s4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://10bullets.tumblr.com/post/49740563473/41-by-yanabondareva"&gt;10bullets&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://yanabondareva.deviantart.com/art/41-54915689"&gt;41&lt;/a&gt; by ~&lt;a href="http://yanabondareva.deviantart.com/"&gt;YanaBondareva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825394050</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825394050</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:38:56 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4cfb274f48ea6443a72ff5b919acf03f/tumblr_mn1wquKBC81rv5ss0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825362440</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825362440</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:38:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Period: You want cookies&#13;</title><description>Period: You want cookies&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: You want to fuck&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: You want to fuck while eating cookies.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: Let's be sad about trivial things, shall we? &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: Kill them.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: Kill them too.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: Kill them and eat their cookies.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: Shhhh it's okay you'll feel better soon.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Period: HAHAHAHAHA NO YOU WON'T FUCK YOU.</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825282283</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825282283</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:37:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d6551f6cc72d6658226ae0083557b4b/tumblr_mn1wsxCj761rv5ss0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825217249</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825217249</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:20 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5165116090566f543d6641ae2eef90db/tumblr_mn1wtkXadl1rv5ss0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825206301</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825206301</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>rejecters:

© Roza Zanini Mozara Photography 
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee6ae81b67d1472acb9022f7a5d8a93c/tumblr_mn1spg7x9l1qj1sono1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://supvicko.com/post/50818276933"&gt;rejecters&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/RozaZaniniMozara"&gt;© Roza Zanini Mozara Photography&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825152599</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825152599</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:35:19 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19c0a791f4c20bda8b740e5081b439da/tumblr_mn1sep7Bd11r9n1l7o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825096535</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50825096535</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:34:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>the-llamas-pajamas:

jojenobrien:

falling-for-pain:

apolloablaz...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a654946996b911b35e24c41be7a1a81/tumblr_mn15noWLxl1rwaia3o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-llamas-pajamas.tumblr.com/post/50820514585" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;the-llamas-pajamas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jojenobrien.tumblr.com/post/50818922302/falling-for-pain-apolloablaze-ah-yes-the"&gt;jojenobrien&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://falling-for-pain.tumblr.com/post/50791439948/apolloablaze-ah-yes-the-smell-of-victory-i"&gt;falling-for-pain&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apolloablaze.tumblr.com/post/50791072819/ah-yes-the-smell-of-victory"&gt;apolloablaze&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ah yes…. the smell of victory&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I don’t want this.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JESUS CHRIST I JUST HAD A STROKE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hell has arrived.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824986472</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824986472</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:32:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mecss26XUc1qmbg8bo1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mecss26XUc1qmbg8bo2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mecss26XUc1qmbg8bo3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mecss26XUc1qmbg8bo4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824775444</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824775444</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:29:48 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>lameborghini:

life hack: be nice to people with a pool at their house
</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lameborghini.tumblr.com/post/50737537454/life-hack-be-nice-to-people-with-a-pool-at-their"&gt;lameborghini&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;life hack: be nice to people with a pool at their house&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824607809</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824607809</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:27:14 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Yahoo bought Tumblr pass it on</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vaguelypedopheilicteenageblogger.tumblr.com/post/50787659999/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;vaguelypedopheilicteenageblogger&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whatkeepsusstargazing.tumblr.com/post/50787511491/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;whatkeepsusstargazing&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hb-loves-1d-and-pawprints.tumblr.com/post/50757036477/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;hb-loves-1d-and-pawprints&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/d4f06043f3f2020d487c35de5c63c05a/tumblr_inline_mn0ifzYFAA1rcvcsx.jpg"/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://loki-isblue.tumblr.com/post/50721785723/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;loki-isblue&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mrsmosby-wannabe.tumblr.com/post/50716507815/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;mrsmosby-wannabe&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://relright.tumblr.com/post/50687531151/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;relright&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thecouscousqueen.tumblr.com/post/50683751849/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;thecouscousqueen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kenyabenyagurl.tumblr.com/post/50683007940/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;kenyabenyagurl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thinksquad.tumblr.com/post/50677459461/yahoo-bought-tumblr-pass-it-on"&gt;thinksquad&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Announcement coming Monday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/cf20c83b771192a5d4014af96c7ee818/tumblr_inline_mmsiphCXEn1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/82b805c0ed42b2c70d6f74db62d34dbf/tumblr_inline_mm8lgqI4CR1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/812330da80c55d04955350909ef36651/tumblr_inline_mmecb3KZQq1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHAT DOES THIS MEAN&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I smell ads coming if this is true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/7b5b5d550dafd5d4ff9029981693e238/tumblr_inline_mmzkjwGGcV1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/c03d13ba7f4cd03dacc234460b165500/tumblr_inline_mmzsgxTEhE1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/10f370611d4f4a87887c52c4120fa9cf/tumblr_inline_mmzsh3fvMv1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/e9296f1b9d32b2647350446c9e16e43c/tumblr_inline_mmzshdjEHf1qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Passing it on while crying&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Remember we all just have to post a lot of porn and they’ll leave us alone&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/e573cf3565a97b0c7259d0055df2d5dc/tumblr_inline_mn134wKCF91qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/08a876cf94dceef6fbb7a60a77305263/tumblr_inline_mn1357bhqe1qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6c2d16a91d6fc788e49f275d6058e2bc/tumblr_inline_mn135jSCl81qz4rgp.gif"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824559590</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824559590</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e7f87a10967ea714f49e78f9b98b2ef9/tumblr_mm15fpP6mm1s8zk6to1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824343290</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824343290</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:23:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b77d3bff65905d7925aee668fac09dd2/tumblr_mih09miofQ1qek03po1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824050674</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824050674</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:18:55 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>kr4ze:

saltiy:

wi-ldberries:

fauhxy:

hatedteenager:

sassymod...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcwtd3hMA1qfji2jo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kr4ze.tumblr.com/post/50822086173" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;kr4ze&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://saltiy.tumblr.com/post/50811055761/wi-ldberries-fauhxy-hatedteenager"&gt;saltiy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wi-ldberries.tumblr.com/post/50799692411/fauhxy-hatedteenager-sassymodels"&gt;wi-ldberries&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fauhxy.tumblr.com/post/50799472318/hatedteenager-sassymodels-sorinq"&gt;fauhxy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hatedteenager.tumblr.com/post/50408440405/sassymodels-sorinq-king-pale-pukequeen"&gt;hatedteenager&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sassymodels.tumblr.com/post/50153657426"&gt;sassymodels&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sorinq.tumblr.com/post/50153565497/king-pale-pukequeen-chanel-smokes-ok"&gt;sorinq&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://king-pale.tumblr.com/post/49254728292/pukequeen-chanel-smokes-ok-ok-ok"&gt;king-pale&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pukequeen.tumblr.com/post/49245348533/chanel-smokes-ok-ok"&gt;pukequeen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chanel-smokes.tumblr.com/post/49243195970/ok"&gt;chanel-smokes&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OK&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ok&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;did i just take orders from a building&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;^ i surely did&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824034007</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824034007</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:18:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>
lets play a game called olympics or gay porn
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m803qhKmqP1qixafwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;lets play a game called olympics or gay porn&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824031542</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50824031542</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:18:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>titaniumbutt:

you may be the


but i am the
</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://titaniumbutt.tumblr.com/post/50406527392/you-may-be-the-but-i-am-the" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;titaniumbutt&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;you may be the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/99a8d5a4c5fb38a8be865b0e24162bf1/tumblr_inline_mms0kbqe111qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;but i am the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/4959cc31ee5f5f9c5de8cb843294d066/tumblr_inline_mms0joTW411qz4rgp.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50743307391</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50743307391</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>elliegalaxies:

i wonder who will get the doctor’s name as their url</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://elliegalaxies.tumblr.com/post/50735381657/i-wonder-who-will-get-the-doctors-name-as-their" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;elliegalaxies&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;i wonder who will get the doctor’s name as their url&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50742958926</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50742958926</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:45:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>omgitscasparlee:

well</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb69f64358ed81064208453edab88188/tumblr_mn00f3Jwtg1rdqxl5o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://omgitscasparlee.tumblr.com/post/50729979827/well" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;omgitscasparlee&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;well&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50742947425</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50742947425</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:45:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0lkdsNaTw1r1t7lqo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50742936659</link><guid>http://jarofsparkles.tumblr.com/post/50742936659</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:45:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>michiamocristina:

An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose The...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b5908fcf8a36553609d79d024e8fc277/tumblr_mht1yisgoz1qlnsxzo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://michiamocristina.tumblr.com/post/42431259515/an-87-year-old-college-student-named-rose-the"&gt;michiamocristina&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already k&lt;span class="text_exposed_show"&gt;now. &lt;br/&gt; I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me &lt;br/&gt; with a smile that lit up her entire being. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; “Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; “No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.We became instant friends. Every day for the &lt;br/&gt; next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine” &lt;br/&gt; as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and &lt;br/&gt; she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was &lt;br/&gt; introduced and stepped up to the podium.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell &lt;br/&gt; you what I know.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop &lt;br/&gt; playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.&lt;br/&gt; We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!There is a huge difference between growing &lt;br/&gt; older and growing up.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. &lt;br/&gt; Have no regrets.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those &lt;br/&gt; with regrets.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died &lt;br/&gt; peacefully in her sleep.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s &lt;br/&gt; never too late to be all you can possibly be .When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS &lt;br/&gt; OPTIONAL.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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