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You Never Truly Know

July 9, 2013
By Mrs.BruceWayne SILVER, LeRoy, Michigan
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"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The people who
are always smiling,
may be masking a mountain of pain

The people who
are always laughing,
may be drowning out their sobs

The people who
always help others,
may need help themselves

You may think
you know someone

You may think
you know how they feel

But you never truly know

© Amy D., Troy, OH

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