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#291491voted by our readers
The Light in the Shadows
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

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#291492 Poetry
Comfortable Pain
By devils_advocate PLATINUM
Spring, Texas
devils_advocate PLATINUM, Spring, Texas
48 articles 3 photos 7 comments

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

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#291493 Poetry
poppin
By danikinz GOLD
Muskegon, Michigan
danikinz GOLD, Muskegon, Michigan
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
my life is mine to live

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#291494 Poetry
What's Mine
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

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#291495 Poetry
Deep (Winter Fog)
By Jake Williams BRONZE
Kalispell, Montana
Jake Williams BRONZE, Kalispell, Montana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#291496 Poetry
Waves of Life
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

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#291497 Poetry
Erin to David
By ErinAirfire GOLD
Yreka, California
ErinAirfire GOLD, Yreka, California
13 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are reading the story of our lives<br /> as though we were in it,<br /> as though we had written it&quot;<br /> <br /> -Mark Strand

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#291498 Poetry
Simple
By BlackMoonWhiteSky PLATINUM
Cedar Park, Texas
BlackMoonWhiteSky PLATINUM, Cedar Park, Texas
44 articles 3 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
Thus is life, live it, or die trying!

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#291499 Poetry
My Name
By Bellers BRONZE
Portland, Oregon
Bellers BRONZE, Portland, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If music be the food of love, play on.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --William Shakespeare

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#291500 Poetry
Fight
By Morg95 PLATINUM
Salem, West Virginia
Morg95 PLATINUM, Salem, West Virginia
23 articles 3 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.<br /> - Gandhi

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