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Susan
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0 posted 2004-08-28 11:55 AM



Are we not amazing?
Depths of untold reach
Extending beyond ability to comprehend
New layers exposed as old layers peel
Casting off the “was”
And embracing the “are”
Wondering what is to “come”

Fascinating, the soul
So rich in its textures
So frightening in its capacities
Powerful beyond imagining
A force to be reckoned with
Be it good or evil
And all of that, our choice

Our choice
We’re back to amazing
Amazing because it is our choice
What we make of this life
What we choose to become
Who we choose to become
It is our choice
Be we victim or hero

s.a.t.


Forgive me if I seem to be waxing philosophical of late . . .must be the change in the weather and the season.

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2004-08-28 12:30 PM


yes Susan, it is always the change in weather...always something about this time of year...and I love it!

write on! write on!

Honeybunch
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2 posted 2004-08-28 01:30 PM


I'm inclined to think that it's the change in you but either way you've hit the nail on the head.  Enjoyed!
HopeS
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3 posted 2004-08-28 02:06 PM


" A matter of choice , yes Susan I agree

Hope

Susan
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4 posted 2004-08-28 02:34 PM


Thank you all -- hugs to you.

  Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

Marge Tindal
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5 posted 2004-08-28 02:40 PM


Susan~

'Fascinating, the soul
So rich in its textures'


My children and my friends tell me that this thought writes me ... and I pray it always does~

Thank you ... thank you ... I will be sharing this with some beautiful people~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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Magnus
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6 posted 2004-08-28 04:34 PM


Yes, choice...that one word that is often
left out of an excuse for a bad "choice"...

How easy it is for some to allow the tongue
to speak of others and their influence in
our decision process...

Takes but a second to cast the stone,  and
but a lifetime to catch it...

Excellent write Susan...good thinker...

vandana
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7 posted 2004-08-28 07:30 PM


liked it
Susan
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8 posted 2004-08-28 09:41 PM


Thank you Marge, Barry and Vandana -  I think I was trying to convey that we all have a choice of who and what we become - given most circumstances. And yes, Barry, people forget this, I think, and wish to say it is someone elses fault, that they weren't given a choice.  I was trying to convey the hope of the fact that it is we, ourselves, who get to choose, and as such, we are empowered as to our destinies.  Does this make sense?

Hugs to you all -- Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

iliana
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9 posted 2004-08-29 01:07 AM


It is amazing, Susan....wax all you want!   .....jo
JamesMichael
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10 posted 2004-08-29 04:10 AM


Go ahead and be that way...I'll post the silly stuff for tonight...for example "Much To The Pleasure."
Susan
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11 posted 2004-08-29 09:13 AM


Jo and James -- smiling at you both

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

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