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By oxcamila030897 BRONZE
Newark, New Jersey

It’s said that we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. That we don’t give thanks to the things that really matter in life and give thanks to the ones that don’t. When at...
oxcamila030897 BRONZE, Newark, New Jersey
1 article 2 photos 0 comments

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.


#404672 Poetry
By iDragonfly SILVER
Blair, Minnesota
iDragonfly SILVER, Blair, Minnesota
5 articles 12 photos 16 comments
#404673 Poetry
Why
By Kase GOLD
Hutchinson, Kansas
Kase GOLD, Hutchinson, Kansas
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is like a waterfall it keeps on going

#404674 Poetry
By libraryghost PLATINUM
Lynnwood, Washington
libraryghost PLATINUM, Lynnwood, Washington
32 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No one really understands each other. We're all just stuck inside ourselves." Aza, Turtles All the Way Down

#404675 Poetry
By Anonymous
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By Claeren PLATINUM
Lakewood, Washington
Claeren PLATINUM, Lakewood, Washington
27 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#404677 Poetry
By Anonymous
#404678 Poetry
By qzfletcher SILVER
Saint Paul, Minnesota
qzfletcher SILVER, Saint Paul, Minnesota
9 articles 4 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart knows what the heart knows&rdquo; <br /> - Stephen King

#404679 Poetry
By Amara-rose GOLD
Pendleton, Indiana
Amara-rose GOLD, Pendleton, Indiana
16 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Let go and live.

#404680 Poetry
By YcLi GOLD
Nanaimo, Columbia
YcLi GOLD, Nanaimo, Columbia
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. ”<br /> <br /> ― Archimedes