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<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">morning and<br \/>\nask myself when,<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">when will I<br \/>\nsee a sign, <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">an indication <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">that I will<br \/>\nprevail.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">If it is not<br \/>\ntoday I will <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">wait my turn, maybe<br \/>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">one day we<br \/>\nwill meet and change <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">each others\u2019<br \/>\nlives for the better.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">It is not the<br \/>\ngods who help us,<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">it is the<br \/>\nbeauty we see in each other,<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">the beauty I<br \/>\nsee in you that <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">I have yet to<br \/>\nencounter, <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\">and maybe one<br \/>\nday <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 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