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But I bet you think you are. I did. I thought I was too broken to be fixed The fear of deep scars caused by abused too much To afraid to go there. Too weak to want to Too afraid of the consequences Didn’t know what it would take What it would mean Then all…
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Brave means truth Brave means not caring but doing love anyway. Brave means inner truthfulness Brave means integrity over falsity Brave means justice over fear Brave means tell, even if no one understands or listens or wants to hear. Brave means summoning every ounce of being into being Brave means living beyond the mask Brave…
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There are daffodils in the world too, And puppy dogs, And trains that leave on time There’s children playing in the sea, And squirrels all around, There’s families playing board games, And teenagers doing their art, There’s wonder and there’s treasure in the world all around. Theres more love that overcomes the pain And joy…
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Learn to love and appreciate your past. Fully embrace it, thank it for teaching you, and let go of any judgement that there was something wrong with it. Your past is uniquely yours. It happened. It’s sacred. It’s beautiful. Nobody else had it, and nobody else ever will. Embrace your past, hug it, kiss it,…
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Thank you for being here _______________________, Rest your weary, or excitable, or fearful, or wounded heart Sit here a moment Stay. Love is your friend Love is your ally Love is your teacher Love is your hand And Love walks as you do, Love walks with you So my friend Stay here, held, surrounded And…
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As I stood here I didn’t notice the cars Or the take away shop beaming purple Or the shadowed arc of the bridge But the light As I stood there In that moment In that one exact time A million combinations of light flooded my eyes Every one unique And I pressed the shutter Awed…
James Ballantyne 