After all$$$" Anne had said to Marilla once$$$ "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures$$$ following one another softly$$$ like pearls slipping off a string.
Well$$$ we all make mistakes$$$ dear$$$ so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them$$$ but never carry them forward into the future with us.
Anne reveled in the world of color about her."Oh$$$ Marilla$$$" she exclaimed one Saturday morning$$$ coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs$$$ "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November$$$ wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?
There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she$$$ Marilla$$$ had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.
How sadly things had changed since she had sat there the night after coming home! Then she had been full of hope and joy and the future had looked rosy with promise. Anne felt as if she had lived years since then$$$ but before she went to bed there was a smile on her lips and peace in her heart. She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend--as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
I love a book that makes me cry.
Look at that sea$$$ girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.
...a little "appreciation" sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious "bringing up" in the world.
It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable.
Mrs Lynde says$$$ "Blessed are they who expect nothing$$$ for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.