My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is TRUEPIETY towards the UNIVERSE and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.
I have had friends who have ACTED kindly towards me, and it has been my good FORTUNE to have it in my POWER to give them substantial proofs of my GRATITUDE.
Our life is what our thoughts make it. A MAN will find that as he alters his thoughts TOWARD things and other PEOPLE, things and other people will alter towards him.
WELL, my father was in the Army and we TRAVELEDQUITE a BIT when I was growing up, and I thought that I would like to have a military CAREER, although I was drawn more towards the Navy.
An apology offered and, equally important, RECEIVED is a STEP towards RECONCILIATION and, SOMETIMES, recompense. WITHOUT that process, hurts can rankle and fester and erupt into their own hatreds and wrongdoings.