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Shopify.com slash inspirational. Welcome to the Inspirational Living podcast.

Today's reading was edited and adapted from The Call of the Upper Road by Catherine Ross Logan, published in 1924.

Life is made up of roads.

They start from where you are.

Some roads end near, and the other is far. The road you choose means much to others,

and to you, but it's not so much the road as where it's leading to. All roads start from where you are.

They run in all directions. You may wonder which is the best road to take.

All have a way of their own of inviting you, and each has its own particular enticements. Roads seem to

know you and expect you. They keep open for you both day and night, but there is a big difference in the roads,

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