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Category: Encouragement
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"Watch this!" (Apologies to all the armadillos who end up as road kill. Here's hoping that it is always an adventure for each and every one of you.) Famous last words seen on a patch on a biker babe's jacket. See also Cat Meets Armadillo here. Related articles Alien…
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What I have been trying not to say out loud, is that there are blessings or gifts hidden in tragedies, and these gifts may not be obvious for some time to come, but they are there. If we can make a commitment not to let the anger and helplessness allow us to…
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The yellow flowers that grow on the vine that reaches for the heavens, are back and bigger than ever. Each morning there is a bouquet of them on my deck. Gifts from the gods!
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Awakened in the middle of the night to a squeal, followed by a familiar guttural – "Who who – who whoooooo? Who who – who whooooooo?" – right outside my window. I worried for some little creature that might have made the squeal, and then remembered that baby owls, who can't yet…
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This is a wholehearted amaryllis, only 4 days after that beautiful bursting bud!
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Wouldn't it be great if, everyday you realized that you are bursting with life? That the packet of your body is loaded with energy, and beauty and love and trust and an unstoppable urge to be alive and well and happy? Watch out world! …
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Flags in the sunshine are irresistibly bright. The Prince of Whales Restaurant, Cuna Street, St. Augustine, Florida, flying her flags!
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There is a saying – The rain falls on everyone – and I might add, even in Paris! Paris café photo by Patrice Goham, © 2012. Thanks Patrice!
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If someone asked you what the dominant emotion of your childhood was, what would your answer be? This happened to me and it wasn't a trusted friend or a therapist who posed the question, but someone I cleaned for who could engage me in interesting conversations. My uninhibited response was, "shame." As…
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Tulips going by, as all things must, beautifully. Photo by Gilda Strutz ©2013. Thanks Gilda! (It's National Poetry Month, so dust off those gems that you've jotted down and submit them to laine@lainesblog.com. Poems will be published the last week of April, so submit by the 19th. Add…
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