Aug 6

#114 Now

“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.” ― Masaru Emoto, Secret Life of Water Learning…

Now

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Jul 28

#113 Silence the mind

Put it all in a butterfly’s whisper

Life

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#113 Silence the mind

Jun 21

#112 Should I wait?

Doubts about roaming other paths. Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed. James E. Faust Should I wait? Or should I…

Poetry

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#112 Should I wait?

Doubts about roaming other paths.

Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed.
James E. Faust

Should I wait?
Or should I…

Jun 19

#111 If only

Simple poem dedicated to my newborn daughter in… —

Poetry

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#111 If only

Simple poem dedicated to my newborn daughter in…

Jun 3

#110 Goodbye

“I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT…Goodbye.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience You could have warned me you wouldn’t stay That you would randomly…

Life

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May 30

#109 Make me stay

“His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.” ― Warsan Shir Make me stay Convince me you want me in your life for real for a long time not just when you remember me not just when you need…

Poetry

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May 13

#108 Fernando Pessoa

Remarkable Portuguese writer of many names. — Once a week I decided to show you some of my favorite Portuguese writers, and there are so many! Authors who made my love for reading and writing increase with each year at school, each book and poem I wrote. Consequently, my whole view of the world changed also, seeing…

Poetry

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May 9

#107 Do you trust yourself?

Telling your ego to fuck off. Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see …each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition — all such distortions within our own egos — condition our vision of those in relation…

Ego

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May 4

#106 Wild wishes

When will I let them come out? “Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. -Carrie Bradshaw” I have wishes of gipsy dances beyond the horizon Grabbing a horse’s mane and ride into…

Love

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May 2

#105 Afternoon chill

It was all I needed. “Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the…

Love

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#114 Now

#113 Silence the mind

#113 Silence the mind

#112 Should I wait?

#112 Should I wait?

#111 If only

#111 If only

Simple poem dedicated to my newborn daughter in…

#110 Goodbye

#109 Make me stay

#108 Fernando Pessoa

#107 Do you trust yourself?

#106 Wild wishes

#105 Afternoon chill

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