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We need to be kinder to ourselves ( featuring Debbie Jones @gloria_smud )

Debbie Jones shared a lovely poem about being kinder to ourselves.  I was immediately drawn to it and felt that the message was a universal one that everyone could benefit from hearing. After Debbie shared an updated reprint a few weeks ago in honour of World Suicide Prevention Day, I felt compelled to share it …

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Once in your life, you will find someone

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that …

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Nature Beautifully Blossoms In Blue

“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.”  ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience “…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”  ― Vincent van Gogh “Those …

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And Peace Rolled In

The door shut with a click, and peace rolled in. The chaos and crazy eased, retreating like demons at dawn. Comfort spread its wings, soothing the heart so tired. Solitude emerged as invited, offering respite to the grieved. – (c)2018 Amanda Ricks  

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A profile of blogger and author Joelle LeGendre. By Amanda Ricks @surprisinglives.net

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