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#90521voted by our readers
By dreamyface77 SILVER
New London, Connecticut

I listen to the fog horns blow As I lie awake at home The plays I've learned to love so well The place that I have grown Many a days I've spent alone Pondering on w...
dreamyface77 SILVER, New London, Connecticut
8 articles 70 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<br /> Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.<br /> <br /> It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.<br /> <br /> We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,<br /> talented and fabulous?<br /> <br /> Actually, who are you not to be?<br /> <br /> You are a child of God.<br /> <br /> Your playing small does not serve the world.<br /> <br /> There&#039;s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other<br /> <br /> people won&#039;t feel insecure around you.<br /> <br /> We were born to make manifest the glory of<br /> God that is within us.<br /> <br /> It&#039;s not just in some of us; it&#039;s in everyone.<br /> <br /> And as we let our own light shine,<br /> we unconsciously give other people<br /> permission to do the same.<br /> <br /> As we are liberated from our own fear,<br /> Our presence automatically liberates others.<br /> <br /> &mdash;Marianne Williamson


#90522 Poetry
By Anonymous
#90523 Poetry
By BonitaG PLATINUM
Bainbridge, Pennsylvania
BonitaG PLATINUM, Bainbridge, Pennsylvania
22 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.&rdquo;

#90524 Poetry
By Aziink BRONZE
Trotwood, Ohio
Aziink BRONZE, Trotwood, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#90525 Poetry
By Anonymous
#90526 Poetry
By Kristain BRONZE
Mesa, Arizona
Kristain BRONZE, Mesa, Arizona
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#90527 Poetry
By Express-- PLATINUM
River Vale, New Jersey
Express-- PLATINUM, River Vale, New Jersey
30 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is what happens while you&#039;re busy making other plans&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -John Lennon

#90528 Poetry
By StayGold7 PLATINUM
Pittsboro, North Carolina
StayGold7 PLATINUM, Pittsboro, North Carolina
37 articles 17 photos 10 comments
#90529 Poetry
Secluded_Savior GOLD, Omaha, Nebraska
14 articles 0 photos 6 comments
#90530 Poetry
By MadisonSwartz BRONZE
Northbaltimore, Ohio
MadisonSwartz BRONZE, Northbaltimore, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments