"Bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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This reflection on life by Paul Dayton Bailey resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in life is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Paul Dayton Bailey

Paul Dayton Bailey was the owner/publisher of Westernlore Press and a writer of many books himself that focused on the Western American experience and, in particular, Latter-day Saint history.

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