<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 24pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">My Personal Quest</span><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Author unknown</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">For most of my life, I’ve been on a quest</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">To discover just who I might be,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Earnestly searching, day after day,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">So desperate to recognize me.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">I’ve felt moments of utter fulfillment</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">And moments I couldn’t go on,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But I knew for the sake of my heart and my soul,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To succeed, I would have to be strong.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">But the people around me seemed so lost themselves</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">That I feared I might be on my own.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But then there’d be someone who would reach out and help</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And remind me I wasn’t alone.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">I’ve wanted so much to be happy,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">To know what it was to feel peace,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And I thought if I finally felt sure of myself,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then the pain and the struggles would cease.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">But I’ve learned that this journey is endless;</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">The discoveries are fresh every day,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And no matter how much I might know of myself,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">There’ll be times I will still lose my way.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">And as I’ve grown older, I truly believe</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">I may never know all I can be.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But the answers are not waiting out in the world</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But have always laid right inside me.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">We’re all on this quest to discover ourselves,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">Together but through our own ways,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Overcoming whatever might get in our paths,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">So we can feel better someday.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">But always remember not to stray far</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">From what matters and what’s really true</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://archgrace.com/"><span style="color: blue;">.</span></a><br><span style="background-color: white;">In this life you don’t have to be perfect.</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">In the end, you just have to be you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>