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#387231voted by our readers
By MelindaM GOLD
San Diego, California

You tell me I’m pretty and that you love me. Unfortunately, you don’t fit into the puzzle. It would have been so much better if I never met you. Then I would be happy o...
MelindaM GOLD, San Diego, California
13 articles 0 photos 4 comments

#387232 Poetry
By AegidiusAurelius PLATINUM
Middleburgh, New York
AegidiusAurelius PLATINUM, Middleburgh, New York
39 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We have to let go of being petty and bitter, because they can be going through as much pain as you."

#387233 Poetry
By AngelaAxelson GOLD
Littleton, Colorado
AngelaAxelson GOLD, Littleton, Colorado
12 articles 11 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> ― Dalai Lama XIV

#387234 Poetry
By msvie GOLD
Arlington Heights, Illinois
msvie GOLD, Arlington Heights, Illinois
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Whether you think you can or can&#039;t do it, you are probably right&quot;

#387235 Poetry
By WillHug4Money GOLD
Florien, Louisiana
WillHug4Money GOLD, Florien, Louisiana
18 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nothing is stronger than gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

#387236 Poetry
By Lexi_S PLATINUM
Syracuse, Virginia
Lexi_S PLATINUM, Syracuse, Virginia
46 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When life gives you lemons chuck them back at life and demand apples.&quot;

#387237 Poetry
By CharlesHines401 GOLD
Brandon, Florida
CharlesHines401 GOLD, Brandon, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Measure your life in love.&quot; Johnathan Larson<br /> <br /> &quot;Put Crisco on them problems and see how easy they slide away.&quot; Blu Bailey<br /> <br /> &quot;Tears don&#039;t mean you&#039;re losing. Everybody&#039;s bruising. There&#039;s nothing wrong with who you are&quot; Jessie J.

#387238 Poetry
By BelindaValdes BRONZE
Guttenberg, New Jersey
BelindaValdes BRONZE, Guttenberg, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Down these mean streets a man must go, who is not himself mean.

#387239 Poetry
By Luna_Rosa BRONZE
Kewadin, Michigan
Luna_Rosa BRONZE, Kewadin, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#387240 Poetry
By jules16 PLATINUM
Fredericksburg, Virginia
jules16 PLATINUM, Fredericksburg, Virginia
32 articles 5 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; if your living, but do not act as one should when they are alive, then you are simply dead inside, and filling in empty space. So take risks, be reckless, the world will scorn you anyways so why not it be by your own causing &quot;