Tag: acceptance
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November 23, 2009 01:35 PM EST --
If you can do nothing about something that has happened in the past, shut up, and go from there in accepting it.
In college I worked in a small emergency room. A middle-aged couple arrived who . . .
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January 29, 2009 12:48 PM EST --
FATHER PLEASE TAKE ME
Father please take me into your arms.
And show me the way to go.
Break all the stubbornness in my mind
And in me an obedient servant find.
Take all the blocks . . .
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August 29, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
SCARS OF THE HEART
What is it you feel
When you see my scars
Do they make you ill
Do they make you scared
Do I carry a load
That you are not a part
These scars on my body
Have left . . .
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October 05, 2007 10:58 PM EDT --
I am asking this question for a reason. Too many of us, both male and female are uncomfortable with our bodies, esepcially when naked. I have been to nudist gatherings in the past, and you really do learn . . .
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March 18, 2008 07:26 AM EDT --
I read a story this morning that I thought was worth sharing. It was by a motivational speaker named Mac Anderson. I love to read positive motivational things first thing in the morning. . . .
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December 29, 2008 12:20 PM EST --
So often, as a new year approaches, I have spent my time thinking about what I needed to change, what improvements I needed to bring to my life. Would this be year I finally lost the extra pounds I wasn't . . .
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April 09, 2009 05:43 PM EDT --
Hesitant step off beaten track
Hop back on, for there's a someone
Going, trying, getting back on
Concrete impressive, tip their hats
Pieces cracked with broken luster
Sawn broken boards loiter . . .
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April 20, 2009 05:04 AM EDT --
I feel for others who are going through so much at this time. There are so many of us here that suffer in their lives, but keep going on despite the heartache. There are so many I admire on Gather who . . .
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June 22, 2009 12:55 PM EDT --
There have been many losses here on Gather lately and I would like to share this poem with you that I first posted on June 16, 2007.
The Silence of the Marigolds
by Heather . . .
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March 05, 2008 11:55 AM EST --
I absolutely love this quote. I think that people try so hard to change who they are, when they really need to do is accept, honor, and work with who they are.
"Even after many years of psychoanalysis, . . .
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January 01, 2009 06:11 PM EST --
I have had such a hard time coming up with one word to concentrate on for the coming year. Today I thought of a word and knew it was mine. A little history here. I saw Sharon's article , by the way . . .
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January 23, 2009 03:52 PM EST --
Work out each sleeveless irony
Redolence, impish incomplete
Gentle word existential
Estivated sun, yonder shadow
Tired, cranky, learn to mellow
Culture, marvel and time shaper
Harmony refrain . . .
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August 15, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
I am not a writer, but I feel like I have been accepted here on Gather anyway. I try to write things that matter to me because I figure they might matter to others as well. I appreciate every single comment . . .
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December 05, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
Lecture To A Missionary(Summary)
I recently read this lecture by Red Jacket addressed to Reverend Cram of Boston Missionary Society. This meeting was offered on how to instruct the . . .
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April 12, 2008 05:09 PM EDT --
I have 3 groups and if anyone wants to join:
http://brightenyourday.gather.com/ this is a post anything group with the intent to brighten each other's day.
http://leftbehind.gather.com/ . . .
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May 24, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam
Good enough for me
Opinion runs contrarily
To what these eyes so simply see
The suggestion box is full... of other people's . . .
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February 13, 2009 08:30 PM EST --
Happy Valentine's Day - I love You Just the Way You Are
What could be a more appreciated Valentine's Day sentiment than, "I love you just the way you are." No pretense. No hoping . . .
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March 11, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
Gather was my escape from the day to day grind of everyday life. It was a place of acceptance and a place to meet new fun people that shared the same interests. I loved writing in high school . . .
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November 28, 2009 12:30 AM EST --
Yesterday, I was exhausted. I got home from school, laid down and just went to sleep. I woke up to my cell phone ringing. A number on the screen that I didn't recognize. Confused, I answered it.
"Hello? . . .
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January 09, 2008 03:09 PM EST --
In their book, Soar with your Strengths , co-authors Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson write that "strengths develop best in response to another human being." One could argue that this necessitates . . .
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