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the
action or process of making ready or being made ready for use or
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Hindsight is a great tool - wish I had looked more carefully at this
value before I decided to upgrade my system from Windows XP to Windows
7. It has been a challenging day for a lot of values (preparation,
persistence, perseverance, patience, class and grace, commitment,
confidence, believe, humility ........)!<br>
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Some notable quotes seem quite appropriate:<br>
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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things
brought together.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Vincent
Van
Gogh Post Impressionist Painter (1853-1890)<br>
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</span>For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most
difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work
for which all other work is but preparation.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Rainer
Maria
Rilke Excerpt From Letters To A Young Poet (1875-1926);<br>
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</span>Prepare the umbrella before it rains.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Malay
Proverb</span><br>
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It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to
have an opportunity and not be prepared.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Whitney
M.
Young, Jr. American Civil Rights Leader (1921-1971);<br>
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</span>Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work
before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's
duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will
follow it.<br>
<span
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 12px;">Ralph
Waldo
Emerson Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist (1803-1882);<br>
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