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" A lot of people would think I have led this easy kind of charmed life, or maybe even a fairytale in some ways. But it has been anything but that. "
Been
Easy
Kind
" A Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life. "
Pretty
Poverty
Life
" Being friends with anyone for 30 years is no easy task - people change, they drift apart, they move on. "
Change
People
Easy
" Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us. "
Resentment
Bitterness
Hurt
" Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you. "
Divorce
You
Husband
" For all of her influence on popular culture, and the remarkable performances she left behind, perhaps Farrah Fawcett's greatest legacy was her raw, intimate, honest portrait of a woman fighting for her life - against cancer. "
Culture
Woman
Life
" For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support. "
Spiritual
Challenge
Divorce
" I do get up in the morning and I try to spend at least half an hour meditating and reading something spiritual. I start my day with meditation and prayer, and I truly believe that all the stuff you do on the outside isn't as important as what you do on the inside. "
Spiritual
Prayer
Day
" I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it. "
In Fact
Fact
Being
" I don't regret either of my marriages - not for a minute. "
Either
Regret
Minute
" I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about that. Some people eat when they are stressed. I don't eat enough. "
Enough
Eat
Worry
" I first got sick after I had my daughter, Kimberly, 21 years ago. I'd always been energetic and never had any serious medical problems. Then I got very sick with a high fever. They told me I had mononucleosis. I became pregnant right away with Sean, and after he was born, I never seemed to recover. "
Medical
Sick
Problems
" I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all. "
Look
People
Poor
" I have a strong belief that there is a god or a higher power. I think that if you have a strong belief in that, then you won't feel alone in life and you will feel you can get through anything. "
Alone
Strong
Power
" In my life, there have been people that I was convinced would be around forever, and yet, somehow they managed to drift away after a couple of years. Likewise there have been people who have begun as casual acquaintances but become more important with each passing year. "
People
Life
My Life
" It's fine to have armed guards, but don't then tell everyone else they can't own a gun. "
Own
Gun
Everyone
" I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth. "
Failure
Think
Step
" I've elected to age gracefully. "
Age
Elected
Gracefully
" Men come and go - God knows they certainly have in my life - but girlfriends are for ever. I have a lot of girlfriends but only a few very, very close ones. "
God
Come And Go
My Life
" No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them. "
You
Strength
Life
" One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case. "
Friendship
Deep
Relationship
" Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. "
Research
Thoughts
You
" People might have the impression I had an easy life, but it's been anything but that. "
People
Anything
Easy
" Sometimes you just have to let go of the old and trust that something better is going to take its place, even if it's scary to face change and the unknown. "
Face
Place
Trust
" Somewhere deep inside me was the will and determination not only to live, but to be a more present mother for my kids, instead of one who was emotionally unavailable because she was in so much pain, as my own mother was. "
Mother
Live
Determination
" Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress. "
Work
World
Happiness
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