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I absolutely love this picture!
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
http://flip.it/5SEwk
I absolutely love this picture!
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
Regardless of the consequences.
Thomas Paine did and he possessed the ability to be just and true regardless of wether it was popular or not. I loved his spirit of integrity!
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
(Leonardo da Vinci)
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
“Don’t ask.”
For some strange unknown reason I have had this magnetic attraction to mechanical gadgets.
I passed this garage today and I had to stop to snap a few. I see their beauty and uniqueness.
Art is in the eye of the beholder! 🙂
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
“allow them to take failure not as a measure of their worth but as a chance for a new start.”
(Wizard of Oz)
Sometimes we think because we failed miserably in our past that starting over is an impossibility.
We think that it’s hopeless for our families, friends, business associates, or neighbors to forgive our mishaps; however, the key for successfully starting over does not depend on the ability of others to forgive us, but on our ability to forgive ourselves.
Without forgiveness of our past mistakes there can be no future of tolerance of ourselves, or for others.
Remember being taught in Sunday school as a child, “Love thy neighbor as thyself?”
If we don’t love ourselves it’s an impossibility to love others. Forgiveness comes before love. Once we can forgive ourselves, we can love ourselves. Then, and only then can we share our love with others, regardless of how they respond.
Once we internalize this, we can slowly and gently start to love ourselves once again, or maybe for the first time.
We can completely make a new start.
A confirmation through my own life experiences is proof for me that we can absolutely rid ourselves of past guilt that had once been the keeper of our souls.
[Dawna Bowles ( C ) 07/14]
“I am who I am because of my past not in spite of it.”
“I give up all hope of having a better past.”
“We keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we at last come to look upon them as virtues.
(Heine)
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
the way love used to be…
visionless they wandered
Far beyond the sea
The desert has no lighthouse
How were they to see
Swallowed by deficiencies of their souls
Silent screams in a
Starless night or so it seemed
Without a struggle or fight
They absorb light
Without reflecting any rays
Lacking in hue and brightness
Ebony and ivory vanished in their day
Their melody stopped for
It was the end of their song…
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
Hi thanks for stopping by
I get lonesone in the sky
You took my picture that’s nice
I just wondered why
Would you like to be with me
Tonight we could light up this dark sky
I think you love me and I cant figure
Out the reason why
You must love every atom
In our universe that’s fly…
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[by Dawna Bowles (C)2014]
Levi,
May God’s bless and keep you always,
May your wishes always come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
(Bob Dylan)

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by [Donna Bowles (C)2014]
If only humanity could see
The beauty in themselves
If only they could see the light
Of the glowing stars in the night
Feel the breeze upon their cheek
Know the things that I see
The peace that comes
From being free
If only
Oh
How
I
Wish
And
Dream
Of
A
Life
Of
Peace
I
Dream
But
Then
I
Awake…
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by [Dawna Bowles (C)2014]