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SARose

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3. Happy Birthday Son of Texas

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 08:37 PM

Apr 29

As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.

Willie Nelson, The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart

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Happy 92nd Birthday to Willie Nelson, who got it right. Again. [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Apr 29 OP

We need more Willies in this world - he gets it!! walkingman Apr 29 #1

Same here...love him. Can't believe he's in his 90s, 'tho. nt allegorical oracle Apr 30 #21

Happy B-Day Willie! senseandsensibility Apr 29 #2

Happy Birthday Son of Texas SARose Apr 29 #3

I love this man and his music. Happy Birthday to Willie. LoisB Apr 29 #4

Yea, Willie. republianmushroom Apr 29 #5

Willie's the best! Omnipresent Apr 29 #6

Image from the xitter erronis Apr 29 #7

Love you Willie malaise Apr 29 #8

Thank you malaise. I'd never seen that. 1WorldHope Apr 29 #9

In Portland Jamaica malaise Apr 29 #10

Happy Birthday to an American icon FemDemERA Apr 29 #11

Happy birthday Willie 🎁🎂 MustLoveBeagles Apr 29 #12

Different musical languages do exist, soldierant Apr 29 #13

Phases & Stages czarjak Apr 29 #14

My heroes have always been cowboys...... Bayard Apr 29 #15

Willie is a national treasure. Talitha Apr 29 #16

Happy birthday to a helluva great fella! oasis Apr 29 #17

Saw Willie up close and personal back in the day MagickMuffin Apr 30 #18

Happy Birthday Willie 🎂 Clouds Passing Apr 30 #19

A beautiful human being. Passages Apr 30 #20