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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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FAIRY TALE December 1998 Perhaps we all cling to our own favourite fairy tale. For some, it is a dream of unrequited love that remains perfect because it is unsullied by reality; For others, it is the search that counts, a need for a perpetual quest for the love we desire and which must be rejected before it is tested in case the quest ends in success; For some, it is the languishing sense of loneliness in the refusal to compromise on a vision of impossible perfection; For others, it is in poetically spurning the happiness one has - or two have - or could have, with a little work, until it is lost; For yet others, it is the belief that we can stuff our mouths with all the cake on the plate which will magically replenish itself without our help. When will we all realise that it is only imperfection that can heighten and lend character to perfection and only we can make that so? The choice is a safe, lonely, passive dream or precarious, active reality. - Owl |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia |
::smiles:: Wonderful write! You never cease to impress me. :: bows :: |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Uriah. I am honoured by your reply. - Owl |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
I feel pretty smart seeing eye to eye with a wise Owl! Enjoyed! :-) |
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Debo Member
since 2006-04-18
Posts 321Texas U.S.A. |
Truethful write Owl As truthful as we preceive It in our dreams... Debo |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Diana....you see life with a poetic wise-owl's eye...I lke that and this!!  |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"The choice is a safe, lonely, passive dream or precarious, active reality." Yes, wisdom is the word for this one Diana. Thank you for this jewel. |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
I agree, wisdom is the word for this one!!!! Excellent writing!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Giggles, Steven. You ARE smart. Thank you for calling me wise, Steven, (Debo by inference), Martie, Kate and Windwalker - and for the kind words of all of you. Wisdom is something I admire and respect tremendously and it is one of the things I aspire to most - and to be called wise, by so many people whom I admire and respect means a great deal to me. - Owl |
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luminosity Senior Member
since 2005-11-18
Posts 813 |
wonderful write......very thought provoking |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Diana, what an observer you are, and I'm thinking you know exactly what steps to take to walk your path to fulfillment. I can't really add much to what the others have written, but I concur...it is wise and well-rounded in it's points, and you've penned it beautifully! Anyway one looks at love, it does not leave them where it finds them! ~ Karen  |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
You do your wise kin proud, Dear Owl!  May all your dreams and fantasies become your reality!  Love & Hugs, Linda  |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Wonderful write! Eric |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you luminosity. I love provoking thought, probably mostly because of the pleasure I get out of Thinking - I see it as an activity - and I hope that others get as much enjoyment out of it as I do. Thank you Karen for seeing me as an observer and my poem as wise, well-rounded and beautifully penned. I don't think many people would see my life as fulfilled - but I most certainly do. Like everyone else's, I would imagine, it hasn't been an easy one, but I squeeze every song and tear out of it. I love your succint truth of love not leaving us where it finds us. Earth Angel, thank your for loving owls (I know you do, otherwise you wouldn't have said what you did!) and for that adorable, flattering graphic of me, and the cute Earth Angel and the flower - as well as the good wishes and the love and hugs. Lots to you too. Thank you Ericc. I am glad you enjoyed it. - Owl |
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