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[seastorm]

Thanks for that poem. I loved it.

Sea storm

[CB123]

Moon,

I googled Diego Davalos after I read your poem.  I enjoyed his poetry.  Thanks for sharing.

Here are my favorite lines:

god has named me and no one has ever uttered the sound,
i am hearing his voice now when i sleep,
i thought i heard muttering then whispers and now it is a shout

Perhaps our whole lives are the search for the name that is truly our own.  We have spent far too much time letting someone else name us.  That's what brought us here.  Maybe we have been more than voiceless--maybe we have been deaf!  Maybe we are doing more here than discovering our voices--maybe we are straining for that whisper.

Thanks, Moon!

CB

[DivineSunshine]

Quote:


No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone
else.

(Charles Dickens)

Thanks everyone!

Sunny

[moonlight52]

Sweet whispers to you CB ,

Your thoughts about Diego's poem are so true.

Like leaning out a window leaning out for.......

Blessing to you CB

you are so kind and understanding.

I do hope your dear son is well .

moon




Hi sunny

Dickens quote is so true and thank you!
In helping others we help ourselves .

So very true and it does work too
When you heal yourself a person can be of real help for others
Also are there any "useless" people in the world ???
How do we judge who is useless???

A thought provoking quote from Mr Dickens

namaste
I respect the light within you

m

[Sela]

Hi all:

I respect the light that radiates from you Moon!

Here's one from a speaker I'd like to hear:

$20 bill

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the  20 dollar bill up.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.

He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. You are special - Don't ever forget it!"

Author Unkown

[DivineSunshine]

Namaste, Moonlight!

Here's another I looked up by E. Dickinson:


If I can stop one heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching
Or cool one pain;
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again;
I shall not live in vain.



One of my favorites!

Namaste!

Sunny

[moonlight52]

Hi ya Sela and all

I do respect everyones light.
But what do you do when the foo believes you  are their enemy and I see no enemies.
foo believes I am harming them by asking for no contact.

What if there was a war and no one came ????
I am pro peace not anti war.

How does  just wanting to be left alone harm anyone else ???????????
I just can not be responsible for foo 's feelings any more....I can not take the game playing and so much controlling

I am trying to educate my heart .
much love to you Sela thank you aw Sela thanks 

Sunny

Beautiful Emily loving nature is loving self and so peaceful .

I know many kind acts that help others

My dearest Mr moon was choking at a restaurant and a good deed was done
One grip around the waist and pop out came the offending
food that had lodged there .

Life is so short too short for unkindness.
Boy Howdy was Mr moon glad to be breathing again .

In the light.......
m

[pennyplant]

foo believes I am harming them by asking for no contact.

Moon, I don't understand this concept either.  But I have noticed it occurring with other Ns and troubled types.  It must make some kind of sense to them.  But they don't think like we do.  We may never understand their logic.  Possibly it is related to the need for power over others that some people have.  I suspect you are more of a power from within type of person.  Just the opposite of the FOO.

Pennyplant

[moonlight52]

PennyPlant,

I can explain the no contact
But I really can not say what others are feeling.
My Dr has said no contact and I am trying to make a place for healing.

If I am in contact I crumble like a cookie.
what would be their reaction???

A big part of me getting healthy is NOT FOCUSING on their
feelings this is CODEPENDENCY not good for anyone.

i AM HEALING....TRULY

LOVE TO YOU PP
AND ALL THAT WORK STUFF YOU ARE GOING THU STINKS I am sorry you are going thu that.......

so much love to you pennyp

moon

[moonlight52]

Hi Leah,

I have been reading your posts and wanted to say I have learned a lot..

There also can be scars from physical abuse.

I am giving myself permission to heal.......

I hope this for every soul on our dear Earth.

thank you

moon

[Leah]

Hey Leah,

There also can be scars from physical abuse.

Yes Moon, I have some of my own.

My reason for posting the verse was that physical abuse is widely acknowledged and accepted.

But sadly, even today, not the same with emotional abuse.

Maybe I should move this to start a new thread.

Warm wishes,

Leah

[Leah]

Quote:  "This is the time to be nicer to yourself than you've ever been before ......... You're worth it!"

Leah (with her rainbow)

[Leah]

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." ---- Chinese Proverb


Read that today, on a newsletter, and thought it was so sweet.

Leah

[moonlight52]

awwwwwwwwwwww Leah

that is so lovely today in my back yard a hummingbird came near as i sat and was reading my book.

Hummingbirds always remind me of my sweet mom .........

 the other day when I was picking up my daughter (she is 14 and is very tiny and cute)
we both saw a double rainbow and we both just loved it made us smile. she's a sweetie...

moonlight

[Leah]

Oh Moon,

Those moments are so so precious

and a double rainbow!  wish I could have seen that

Holding love in my heart is all that I have ever done, freely forgiving (alas too freely)

"The love that I have is all that I have"

Leah (with her rainbow)