Category Archives: A Rite of Passage

“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”

- Henry Van Dyke

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.”

- Barack Obama

A Heartfelt Message from SevenPonds

Keep your loved ones in your heart for eternity

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair and confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing, not curing…that is a friend who cares.”

- Henri Nouwen

“It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.”

- Mark Twain (on the death of his son)

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“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

- Frederick Douglass

Category Archives: A Rite of Passage

“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.”

A Heartfelt Message from SevenPonds

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair and confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing, not curing…that is a friend who cares.”

“It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.”

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Category Archives: A Rite of Passage

“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.”

A Heartfelt Message from SevenPonds

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair and confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing, not curing…that is a friend who cares.”

“It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.”

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”