tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821182269077490752024-02-18T21:10:41.540-05:00my heart looks like your heartCOME VISIT ME AT MY NEW SITE! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT WWW.HEARTTIMESCAFE.COM My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-82489569322289133422020-02-09T23:02:00.000-05:002020-02-10T08:06:36.489-05:00what i'd like to say to my children's bonus mom<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what i'd like to say to my children's bonus mom:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thank you for loving my children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i know you don't have to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i know you choose to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i know it might not have been on your bucket list </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to take on the hearts of another woman's children</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but you do it with ease and grace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and i am so grateful for that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you could easily choose to not be there for them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or for me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but you always show up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">without hesitation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and without question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i know i can count on you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> i know my children are in good hands when they are with you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and that gives me more peace than i could ever fully explain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thank you for being willing to co-parent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and work together, not separately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thank you for being willing to be part of a family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">instead of seeking division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thank you for being willing to be part of an example</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of how peacefully and lovingly families can do this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i love you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and i am so thankful that you are you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and that you are such an important part of our life.</span></div>
<br />My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-89007473085206106672020-02-09T22:59:00.001-05:002020-02-09T23:02:16.622-05:00someone who believes<div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are all accountable for our role in making sure our relationship is healthy and successful.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How we show up is not dependent upon how the other person shows up.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How we show up is on us.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can’t blame the other person or their responses for how we choose to stand for or not stand for honesty, openness, willingness, compassion, or growth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can’t blame our parents or our past relationships or the last person who did us wrong.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can’t blame our patterns even if they feel like old true reliable friends</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we can’t blame the other person’s patterns or struggles either.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Openness can be intimidating and honesty can be scary</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but without the courage to believe in the best,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we cannot rise to the love experiences we deserve.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It might take a leap of faith but sometimes there are things you have to believe in</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you have someone who believes,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who is willing to grow with you through the uncomfortableness</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and love you into the next level,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I hope you will have the courage</span></span></div>
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<span class="s2"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to be their someone too.</span></span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-76408468803867212892020-02-09T22:46:00.000-05:002020-02-09T22:49:10.904-05:00so much more<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">You are beautiful and attractive regardless of anyone else’s beauty and attractiveness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">One woman’s light does not take away from yours,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and your light does not depend on anyone else’s actions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You don’t need anyone else’s attention,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">approval,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or a face or body or hair or clothes</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">like anyone else’s</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to be deemed beautiful or attractive or desirable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">You are more than enough.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">You are so much more than enough.</span></span></div>
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</span></span>My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-79085521860948091822020-02-09T17:29:00.001-05:002020-02-15T13:52:06.078-05:00what i'd like to say to my bonus kids' mother<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thank you.<br />thank you for blessing my life with the three most valuable parts of yours.<br />i know motherhood isn't easy.<br />i know it can be traumatic when our family dynamic changes and things don't go the way we'd planned or hoped.<br />i know it can be scary when other people enter our children's lives and we are no longer their sole heart provider like when they were small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i also know no one can replace you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and no one will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i'm sorry if you feel afraid in any way, or hurt or angry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">these children are amazing human beings because of you,<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and i am so grateful to you for that.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i love them like my own,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but you never have to worry about where you stand<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in their eyes ... or mine.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we don't have to know each other for me to honor you,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and love you.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">how could i not?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when you are a reason my heart smiles every single day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving means loving people for who they are,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not for who we want them to be or think they should be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It means letting people do what they’re going to do</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">instead of trying to control what they do</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or how they do it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It means holding people in any space they need to be in,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whether it includes you or not,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whether you agree or not,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whether you understand or not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the ache in our heart, the hurt in our chest feels bigger than the possibilities in front of us. Sometimes the gap is so wide between where we are and where we want to be or even know we belong, that we can’t step into our present for fear of falling into that gap where we know it is empty and where we will be surrounded only by the echo reminding us of where we aren’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the aloneness is too large and takes up so much space that we are unable to muster any desire to make small talk or shallow laughter even with people we know and love because in the inside underneath and behind all that small talk and laughter is just a sad hurting little version of ourselves that longs to be in another place or another time or both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I say all this to say that if you are feeling any of these feelings, you are not alone, I know these feelings well. And you are not required to feel differently just because other people around you do not share your current emotions. This can happen at any part of the year and for different amounts of time but especially during the holiday season it can be a challenge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes we start out a sentence normally and with a smile or even laughter but somewhere in the middle we are sobbing and drowning. Sometimes we want to collapse, sometimes we want to retreat, and sometimes we just want to hide. Sometimes we manage to hold it together and later wonder how. And it’s okay to be there, wherever you are, and feel what you feel, whether it’s because you are grieving a loved one or grieving your own self in some way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be gentle with yourself and know that your smile is not lost</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even in the moments when you can’t find it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your beauty is present</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even when you feel you can’t be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your spirit is alive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">even if you feel part of you isn’t. </span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-82555924939147453932020-02-09T14:15:00.002-05:002020-02-09T14:15:32.910-05:00bonus love<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">There is never a time nor a day when you will ever have to wonder if I love you exactly as you are.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">You don’t have to work hard for it</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">or do anything to earn it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I am already happy just to love you,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I am already rich in ways money could never buy,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">and I am already proud of you for being You in a world that can sometimes make it so incredibly hard for people to be themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">There will never be anything you must do or change in order for me to love you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">You are not here to gain approval or acceptance or love from me;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I am here to simply love you,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">already,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">and always.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Loving you is the highlight of my life</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">and it is my goal and my pleasure to love you well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I pray that if I ever fail you in this way,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">you will tell me and let me know you need me.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">For there are always going to be things on our journeys that cause us to feel unsure in some ways,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">to doubt at times,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">to be afraid,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">or to not trust.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">One thing you can always, always, count on and trust,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">is my love for you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Let not a day go by that you don’t know this</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">like a constant peaceful undercurrent of your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The undercurrent that never stops.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The undercurrent that never fluctuates. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The undercurrent that moves you forward</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">yet will also</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">welcome you back home.</span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-25534089080007832832020-02-09T14:10:00.000-05:002020-02-09T14:12:19.042-05:00when holidays hurt<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you’ve lost someone and this is your first holiday season without them on this planet,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know there are no words I can say to fix it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know it’s hard to feel celebratory at times</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and you might even feel guilty for having a holiday your loved one can no longer have</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and it can feel wrong to enjoy it,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or even impossible to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel you, and I’m sorry, and I’m sending you love during this difficult time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you’ve lost someone and this is your 2nd or 3rd or 4th or 10th or however many years it’s been,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know that it still hurts</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and that the holidays can be a harsh and sad time of struggle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know people forget that you still hurt in that way,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">some expect you to be “fine” by now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and others don’t even know about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel you, and I’m sorry, and I’m sending you love during this difficult time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you’re alone right now</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and life has thrown unexpected twists and turns your way,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and you’re trying your best to be grateful anyway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and to make the most of everything you do have</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and to smile and celebrate and at least look like the happy person you want to be,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know how overwhelming that can be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know how loneliness can trap you into thinking the worst</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or feeling you are unloved or unlovable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You’re not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel you, and I’m sorry, and I’m sending you love during this difficult time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i would rather breathe love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and risk looking crazy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">than breathe crazy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and just look like love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i would rather be whole</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and look like an incomplete mess</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">than look whole</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and know that parts of me are missing and the rest of me is messy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i would rather take a chance on something i know is great</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">than succeed with something i know is marginal at best.</span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-36294367238041849912020-02-01T16:02:00.000-05:002020-02-01T16:06:40.247-05:00you<div style="text-align: center;">
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♥️</div>
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<br /></div>
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you,</div>
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with all your fears</div>
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uncertainties</div>
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doubts</div>
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falls</div>
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and insecurities,</div>
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are what this world needs.</div>
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<br /></div>
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what you see as your flaws</div>
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i see as individual markings that are part of what makes you beautiful,</div>
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part of what makes you you. </div>
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the things you wish you could change, i hope never do.</div>
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<br /></div>
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where you feel you have failed</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
i see experiences that have led you closer to who you are</div>
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and to what is true for you and to ways in which you can best show up for yourself and for others.</div>
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how you choose to protect yourself</div>
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i see as places i can pour love into.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
times when you forget to believe in yourself or in the divine</div>
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i see as opportunities for me to remind you of your greatness</div>
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and to help you return to love.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
reasons you give as to why you can or can't,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
should or shouldn't,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
have or haven't,</div>
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i see as growth,</div>
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as you learn your way and discover who you are.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
you,</div>
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with all your faith,</div>
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gifts,</div>
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love, </div>
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courage,</div>
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and infinite reasons to be here,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
are what my world can't do without.</div>
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My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-80671508635462929192020-01-29T13:27:00.001-05:002020-02-01T16:07:24.057-05:00as if by barbed wire<div style="text-align: center;">
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♥️</div>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay to speak the words that hurt your chest and get caught in your throat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as if by barbed wire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bleeding on your insides </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">afraid they will never climb all the way over and make it to the outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it's okay to let people know when they have harmed or insulted your heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">instead of you just holding onto the pieces as they crumble and fall away,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nurturing your wounds in silence out of fear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not taking action</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and telling yourself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you are taking the high road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay to make your voice heard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and your feelings known </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">even if it makes someone else uncomfortable with the way they have to stand there before you with your pain slowly spreading onto</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and staining</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay to forgive yourself for not yet being able to forgive someone else who has never seen a problem with dismissing your thoughts, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ignoring your spiritual offering, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or belittling your you-ness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(you'll know when it's time.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you’re okay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you’ve always been okay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and you will be more than just okay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no longer bearing the weight </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that was never assigned to you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to carry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it's okay. i promise.</span></div>
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My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-89929591544531257512020-01-28T20:22:00.006-05:002020-01-28T20:22:57.576-05:00today<div style="text-align: center;">
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♥️</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
things might not be perfect today. </div>
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things might hurt today. </div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
things might go wrong today. </div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
things might be really hard today. </div>
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things might actually suck today. </div>
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and i might cry today. </div>
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and i might feel like shit at times today. </div>
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but i will know that none of these things make me less beautiful,</div>
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less wonderful</div>
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or less desirable. </div>
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and i will allow all those feelings</div>
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and then still choose to be glad today. </div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
and i will then still choose to focus on what i want today. </div>
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and i will then still choose to believe in myself today. </div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
and i will then still choose to serve others today. </div>
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even if it’s not an ideal day ...</div>
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i am so thankful to be alive today.</div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-23834833626547361282020-01-27T08:38:00.001-05:002020-01-27T11:06:19.319-05:00my pulse<br />
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♥️</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="p1" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">you are beautiful. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">there is no one like you. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you are special,</span><br />
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> gifted,</span><br />
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and so important. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t need to impress me or anyone else;</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you are amazing already. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">focus on you and the love you are giving. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">forget about anyone else and the attention they are getting. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no one is you. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no one serves the world in exactly the way you do. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no one is here on this planet,</span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or in my life,</span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the way you are. </span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no one carries my heart</span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and walks the earth</span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with my pulse</span></div>
<div class="p2" style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">while at the same time coursing through my veins</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">every</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">day </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but you. </span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-5241933132929867362020-01-26T22:47:00.003-05:002020-01-26T22:47:54.701-05:00I AM<div style="text-align: center;">
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♥️</div>
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<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
i respect you even when you disrespect me because that is who I AM. </div>
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<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
i honor you even when you dishonor me because that is who I AM. </div>
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<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
i defend you even when you betray me because that is who I AM. </div>
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<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
i protect you even when you neglect me because that is who I AM. </div>
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i choose to see the best of you even when you undervalue me because that is who I AM. </div>
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i forgive you even when you don’t apologize because that is who I AM. </div>
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i pray for you even when you hurt me because that is who I AM. </div>
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i love you even when you don’t love yourself because i see you,</div>
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because i have faith in you,</div>
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because i am for you, </div>
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and because that is who I AM. </div>
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none of this is weakness. </div>
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none of this is stupidity. </div>
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all of this is unconditional love </div>
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because that is who I AM. </div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-56742767037610883462020-01-24T06:52:00.000-05:002020-01-24T06:52:03.360-05:00suitcases and red flag label-makers<br />
♥️<br />
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i know a lot of people have questions about love, whether it's a romantic relationship they're in, a relationship they want to be in, their role as a parent or the role of their parents, their family, their friends, etc.<br />
and i know a lot of people post and repost quotes and memes and dialogue or complain about the seemingly unattainable unconditional love, and some want the world to believe they have it but behind the smiling faces, social media posts, and canned answers about how they're living their best lives, they're actually missing out on it ... and each other.<br />
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because how can we expect or hope for someone to love us unconditionally if we show up with a suitcase full of our own conditions? <br />
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how can we even say we want or need someone who will put up with us and all our 💩 if we are unwilling to deal with anyone else's 💩?<br />
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how can we say we want, hope, or pray for someone who will never leave us and always choose us, if we have dealbreakers, red flag label-makers, or are always ready to unchoose them when their struggles manifest as mistakes that hurt us?<br />
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how can we say we want a relationship with an honest man or woman when we hide things from them and refuse to trust them with our truths? <br />
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and how can we ask for loyalty when we have one foot out the door that they don't even know is open, or our fingers are doing the walking in and out of other people's texts, DMs, or emails, and spreading our energy all over the place so no one person gets our whole heart ...<br />
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may we all remember that in order to be loved the way we truly want to be loved, we must be brave enough to love the way they need to be loved as well as the way we want to be loved.<br />
i promise, it will change your life. and your love.My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-48424478616525444352020-01-20T13:00:00.001-05:002020-01-20T13:01:10.936-05:00every single thing <div style="text-align: center;">
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♥️</div>
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when you remember the voices that told you your feelings didn’t matter,</div>
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or that you were weak, </div>
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or weren’t good enough,</div>
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pretty enough,</div>
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or talented enough,</div>
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and the tears burn your skin before you even realize you are crying,</div>
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i hope you let them fall</div>
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and take with them the untruths you have been swallowing your whole life.</div>
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i hope you cry as much or as often as you need to,</div>
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to cleanse your soul</div>
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of the lies you were fed. </div>
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i hope you know I am sorry, </div>
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they were wrong about you, </div>
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and every single thing about you matters. </div>
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every single thing about you is enough. </div>
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every single thing about you is on purpose, </div>
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has purpose, </div>
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and is loved,</div>
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and always has been.</div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-11383093138505237352020-01-19T00:14:00.005-05:002020-01-20T13:01:34.159-05:00it’s okay<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">♥️</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay if you’re sad. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i still want to spend time with you. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to pretend you’re not sad. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to not cry if suddenly you feel like crying. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to push your feelings down inside you so they don’t show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i know they are part of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and i always want to know them better. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay if you’re mad. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i still want to talk to you and listen to you.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to sugar coat the words you need to get out.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to say things are okay that aren’t okay.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to accept what isn’t acceptable</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and keep quiet about it out of fear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i’m right here, regardless. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it’s okay if you’re stressed. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i still want to see you.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to carry your worries on your own.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to weigh your burdens and your blessings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and be afraid that your stress invalidates your gratitude.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it doesn’t.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you don’t have to doubt your faith, or me, or you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i believe in you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the thing is, it’s okay if you’re not your best all the time. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i still want to hold your hand and share this life with you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and remind you that my love for you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is never</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">going anywhere</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">without you.</span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-52752595548480376352020-01-15T19:03:00.004-05:002020-01-20T13:02:37.554-05:00the jackpot<div style="text-align: center;">
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♥️</div>
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you deserve someone who doesn’t hesitate to choose you - </div>
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on your best days, on your worst days, and on all the days in between. </div>
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someone who learns to love you the way you need to be loved,</div>
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not just the way they know how to love. </div>
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someone who thinks you’re amazing just for being who you are,</div>
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not because of anything you do. </div>
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someone whose affection and admiration you don’t have to compete for,</div>
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earn,</div>
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or fear losing. </div>
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someone who is grateful to have you</div>
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and would never consider life with you to be settling </div>
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but rather hitting the jackpot. </div>
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❤️</div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-82619610213993399282019-11-29T10:24:00.000-05:002020-01-20T13:02:59.218-05:00tomorrow<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">♥️</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving you means I will always be trying to get to the root of any issues, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not so I can judge you, I promise you that. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But so I can understand you better, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so I can love you better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving you means I will remain curious about your past, present, and future ... </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your goals, dreams, and desires; </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will become a student of your life, not to possess you or suffocate you</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but so I can know how to better pray for you. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is so I can learn what your needs are</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and know what guidance to ask the Universe for, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so that I can support you in the ways that matter to you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving you means I will always ask you questions, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and it is not nosiness or overbearingness in my heart, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is because I’m interested in your experiences, feelings, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your mental, emotional, and spiritual health. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I might not always tell you that I’m also regularly asking God to bless you </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and asking how I can bless you, each and every day, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and what I can do,</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">how I can serve you love,</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to help you fulfill your purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving you means I will continually seek our divine connection, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">not to control you or manage you, </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but to make sure you never feel alone, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lost, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">unimportant, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">undervalued, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or unloved. </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It means I will not accept a loss of connection </span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">because you are worth everything </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and there is nothing worth losing you over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving you means it is my life’s work to love you well, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and that it is safe to know one another as no one else does, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so no matter what happens in life, we never have to be </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">afraid of our fears, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lonely in our alone times, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or forgetful or neglectful of our blessings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loving you is seeing you, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and praying you will see yourself and love yourself </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as the Spirit and I see you and love you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is believing in you and every ounce of your potential. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is knowing that the parts of you which you call flaws</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are actually the beauty marks of your soul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is wanting nothing more</span></div>
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everyone deserves a place where they can be their whole and real self:</div>
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where they don’t have to put their best foot forward 24/7 in order to be cherished.<br />
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where they can be who they are and not who the world tells them to be or just who others want them to be. </div>
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where they are allowed to express their fears as well as their triumphs, without fear of isolation, judgment, rejection, or removal of love. </div>
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where they will be embraced when they’re lonely, reassured when they’re afraid, and helped when they’re struggling. </div>
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where they can speak freely about who they are, </div>
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confess the demons they battle, </div>
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and express disappointme<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">nt or hurt when they experience it.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />everyone deserves a place where they can take comfort in being known fully, </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">where insecurities don’t outweigh gifts, </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">and mistakes don't overrule blessings.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />everyone deserves a place where they trust they will not be given up on, </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">walked away from, </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">or given the silent treatment when they say things that are hard to say ... or hard for others to hear.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />everyone deserves a place where they know they can confront their own pain and heal in the safety of belonging, without punishment, ridicule, or penalty.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">where they can be fully seen and known, with celebration and applause.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />where they can be their best </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">and where - when they are less than their best - they are reminded of their goodness and truth</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">without losing the respect, admiration, value, support, worthiness, friendship, </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">or love, </span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">from another.</span></div>
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My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-37942282381732256392019-02-01T09:21:00.002-05:002020-01-20T13:03:40.729-05:00the courage <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">♥️ </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">my wish for you today is that you love yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">whether it's a day of many tiny moments where you remember</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">or are guided</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">over and over </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">to love yourself,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">or a day chock full of loving yourself full speed ahead,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">i wish for you the courage to see yourself,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">accept yourself,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">love yourself, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">and know </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">that you are worthy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">#chooselove ❤️</span></div>
My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-43922922598068979942019-01-16T10:24:00.000-05:002020-01-20T13:04:08.501-05:00without consequence <div style="font-family: helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">people are walking around with smiles they’ve put on while wound full and scarred, taking care of life while nervous and unsure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">fragile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">scared. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">hurt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">sometimes selfish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">and often armed with a multitude of strategies to protect themselves from pain or the perception of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">people of all cultures, all faiths, all ages, all races. even those who have it or keep it together and are doing well ...it’s part of our humanness and part of our journey regardless of our outlook and skill set, regardless of our belief systems and spiritual life, regardless of our mental health and our energy. we all have stories that have built us and at times broken us, and we all have the desire to connect, to belong, and to be cared about. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">i know people look at each other and miss who they’re looking at because they aren’t seeing who they’re looking at, they are seeing the outside and all the externals of who they’re looking at. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">i also know that Love looks at people and sees their insides. Love sees past the curtains, barricades, and facades. Love sees inside and recognizes all the ways a heart beats and says “you are worthy.”</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">i know Love is healing, certain, constant, and strong. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">i know Love is assurance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">pure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">selfless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">graceful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">faithful. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">strength through seasons that threaten our joy. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">unshakable through storms that hurl us into unwelcomed chaos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">i know Love protects us without consequence through shame, fear, or attack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">and celebrates not as much all that we do, but all that we are. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Love seeks to love, not to be loved, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">to console, not to be consoled, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">to understand, not to be understood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Love is not a seeker of attention or gain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Love loves </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">no bounds. </span></div>
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My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-12710356577466682652018-09-30T11:15:00.000-04:002020-01-20T13:04:40.223-05:00never and always <div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Loving you means I never look down on you no matter how far or in which direction you fall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I give and learn, all that I can, to lift you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means even though I look up to you I know I am never less than, and because when I have fallen you are holding my hand to bring me back up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I am never judging you, shaming you, deserting you or betraying you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I have your back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means our friendship carries our relationship when life gets in the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I support you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I respect you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I enjoy you. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I believe in you, I stand by you, I protect you, I value you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I am always moving towards you, never away from you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I am grateful for your life and for your willingness to share it with me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means our sacred connection is more important than any difference, challenge, or conflict. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It means I know we are all human, we all have victories and we all make mistakes, and there is no heart I’d rather be beside through all of them</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">than yours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Never above you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Never below you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Always beside you. </span></div>
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My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-90400349721417899482018-07-18T12:52:00.000-04:002018-07-18T12:52:08.633-04:00anywhere<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">i've seen you together</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">i see you in pieces </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">i know your whole self </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">i know when you're broken</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">i know when you're you</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br />i know when you're not you<br />i know you at peace<br />i know when you're troubled<br />struggling<br />and fighting against yourself<br />i know when you're scared<br />when you're courageous<br />when you're trying to love the best that you can<br />against the odds<br />against the uncertainty<br />against your self imposed or conditioned belief of unworthiness<br />(inaccurate i know)<br />(but real for you i also know)<br />so rest your wet salty face in my hands<br />and let your fears escape<br />hot on my fingers and deep in my skin<br />and let me look into you<br />because the thing is,<br />in pieces you are still whole to me<br />i love you anyway<br />either way<br />all the ways<br />every way<br />and i'm not going anywhere<br />other than anywhere<br />you go<br />with me ...</span>My Heart Looks Like Your Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00872772108037659912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982118226907749075.post-19153350898115764552016-09-29T09:33:00.001-04:002016-09-29T09:33:36.728-04:00today i am ...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">virabhadrasana I is a posture in which we acknowledge our own spiritual warrior who every day does battle with our ego ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i used it specifically for this message because i feel that even when we are unfinished, even when we are a work in progress, in between, in the meantime, in the middle of the process ... whether we get delayed, sidetracked, or we stumble and lose our footing, while we are trying to get from here to there, we can still be thankful. we can still know that we are still blessed. valued. inspired. and loved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can't see it, only remnants of it. because when we focus on gratitude ... blessings ... inspirations ... values ... and love ... we no longer see the ego and its struggle to be anyplace else but where we are.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and wherever you are right now, in this moment, on this day, YOU are thankful and appreciated. blessed. valued. inspired and an inspiration. and above all, you are LOVED.</span></span></div>
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