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Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

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British Columbia, Canada

0 posted 2003-08-15 04:35 PM

~* A Grateful Heart *~

Like any other day
the ocean called me,
but ...
Today is different.
I weep in praise of
my surroundings
as I have never
done before.

So still I watch,
as salty tears
wash away in
a sea of happiness.

Today, my tears
are velvet soft
dripping sweetness
of unspoken words
that humbly tells
of my love of life.

Alone, I listen
to the naked silence
and in this
absolute silence
I can finally hear
the very first
peaceful song
of a grateful heart

~*~

Thank God!

I don't want to know where I am going, it'll ruin my journey.

Carpe' Diem

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-08-15 04:41 PM

I feel your inner peace from here...

Yes.

So happy you are feeling better my dear friend.

God/dess bless.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2003-08-15 04:50 PM

Very lovely poem of gratitude Sharon.
I'm so pleased you are feeling somewhat better.
~Summertime Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

3 posted 2003-08-15 04:51 PM

beautiful and softly penned,,,

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

4 posted 2003-08-15 05:04 PM

Sharon

I think maybe nothing feels better than feeling better.

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

5 posted 2003-08-15 05:27 PM

Beautifully expressed Sharon.

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2003-08-15 05:34 PM

Yes, thank God for these moments...James

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

7 posted 2003-08-16 12:31 PM

Thank you all for reading my silent prayer, I have much to be thankful for.

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

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Ontario, Canada

8 posted 2003-08-16 09:04 AM

Beautifully written Sharon. This digs deep into the well of thankfulness. Some days, our appreciation for life overflows, and these words captured this with a tenderness and sincerity that I could feel.

Best wishes and big hugs, my friend,

/Kit

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

9 posted 2003-08-16 10:46 AM

Indeed - This one's a keeper, Sharon - For multitudes of reasons... Now STAY well, OK???...

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

10 posted 2003-08-16 11:24 AM

I'm very happy that mind, body and spirit have all decided to bunk together again.

All dwelling in the geography of wellness.

Yes, now STAY well

Ed

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

11 posted 2003-08-16 11:38 AM

How I know
this feeling...

Well done, Sharon...

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

12 posted 2003-08-16 11:46 AM

So beautiful, nothing can give greater peace than a grateful heart.
Love the picture too.
Hugs. Margherita

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

13 posted 2003-08-16 06:15 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Sharon, you have no idea how much this touched me, dearest friend, when I was a little boy and I used to see the ocean I felt so weak and powerless and felt incapable of lifting any burdens like the ebb of the tides, and when I refrained from saying farewell to this semi-cruel world because I believe God was pushing me back and proving to me His strength exists to the faithful, I now look to the ocean and cry in joy and that is where I want to live! (big hugggssssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, yay, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth
I can see the sun set and I perceive

***Live***

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

14 posted 2003-08-16 08:19 PM

You are all so very special in your own way with the time you put into your comments and I truly thank you.

Noah this place has not been the same without you and your wonderful comments, welcome back m'friend.

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (08-17-2003 04:19 AM).]

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

15 posted 2003-08-17 03:51 AM

Today, my tears
are velvet soft
dripping sweetness
of unspoken words
that humbly tells
of my love of life.

It shows and it radiates!!
You light up the room,  Ms. Mysteria~

Grateful I am~

HopeS
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

16 posted 2003-08-17 04:50 AM

So glad you are feeling better Sharon
yes the ocean can be quite soothing

Hope

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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Sydney, Australia

17 posted 2003-08-17 05:56 AM

I love this one! thanks for sharing

Roniece Dawson-Bruce

vandana

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USA

18 posted 2003-08-17 10:48 AM

enjoyed

SmartChick
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On A Journey To The Unknown

19 posted 2003-08-17 10:25 PM

Sharon, this is an absolutely beautiful poem of gratitude. I hope all is well with you.

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

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A Mountain Paradise

20 posted 2003-08-18 09:11 AM

How much we take our senses and surroundings for granted. This was exceptional Sharon and I'm glad I bumped into it.

Stay well sweet friend ...
Hugs from Marti and Ron

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

21 posted 2003-08-18 09:24 AM

so lovely Sharon..I am waiting for that peaceful song..to touch me

Hope you are feeling better

Maureen

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

22 posted 2003-08-18 09:53 AM

Alone, I listen
to the naked silence
and in this
absolute silence
I can finally hear
the very first
peaceful song
of a grateful heart

Sharon, this is so very beautiful. I'm glad
that you are feeling better, swet Lady.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

23 posted 2003-08-18 10:32 AM

Beautiful as are you!

Susan

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

24 posted 2003-08-18 01:12 PM

Well, the day I got news I was indeed going to be okay from my doctors, the dam burst, and I will share what happened as feelings are meant to be shared with friends, I was reminded, and not penned up inside. I went to the seawall with a neighbour after the doctor, and suddenly I started wailing and crying, and screaming so they tell me, the dam of fear I had been living in for a long, long time finally burst, and there I was attracting a crowd in that gratitude. My friends know me so guess what I did when I realized I had an audience? I prayed out loud to the one person who knows why I had been spared, and I will every day for the rest of this grateful heart's life.

So thank each of you for reading this, it was in fact part of that prayer.

Carpe' Diem

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (08-18-2003 01:15 PM).]

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

25 posted 2003-08-18 05:19 PM

I am SO glad you're better and will be better still... and this prayer of thankfulness is as beautiful as the heart it poured from. *S*

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