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#470261voted by our readers
By AngelaAxelson GOLD
Littleton, Colorado

I am the flowering hope In a land of hard ground, I fight my way up Through the cold darkness To a bud Then a flower glowing like the hidden sun, Inside myself I hope to s...
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


#470262 Poetry
devils_advocate PLATINUM, Spring, Texas
48 articles 3 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.<br /> -Haruki Murakami

#470263 Poetry
By Anonymous
#470264 Poetry
Sharhel BRONZE, Miami, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#470265 Poetry
By danikinz GOLD
Muskegon, Michigan
danikinz GOLD, Muskegon, Michigan
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
my life is mine to live

#470266 Poetry
By bookthief PLATINUM
Concord, Massachusetts
bookthief PLATINUM, Concord, Massachusetts
20 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.&quot; -- John W. Gardener

#470267 Poetry
By Jake Williams BRONZE
Kalispell, Montana
Jake Williams BRONZE, Kalispell, Montana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Collin Fortner BRONZE, Wolfforth, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#470269 Poetry
By Adari SILVER
Bellingham, Washington
Adari SILVER, Bellingham, Washington
8 articles 3 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes,to make it possible.

#470270 Poetry
By haileymadisyn BRONZE
West Chester, Ohio
haileymadisyn BRONZE, West Chester, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;no matter what happens in life, be good to people&quot; -Taylor Swift