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#4511voted by our readers
By JennaBeaSwimma SILVER
High Point, North Carolina

the nights are long and lonely the days are scorching hot the whole way, people pressuring making me into something I'm not all the while, I sing remembering myself, re...
JennaBeaSwimma SILVER, High Point, North Carolina
9 articles 13 photos 21 comments

#4512 Poetry
By el-oh-el PLATINUM
Maloney Gardens, Other
el-oh-el PLATINUM, Maloney Gardens, Other
28 articles 14 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn&#039;t serve the world. There&#039;s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won&#039;t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It&#039;s not just in some of us, it&#039;s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.<br /> -Marianne Williamson

#4513 Poetry
By RocktheDock BRONZE
West Melbourne, Florida
RocktheDock BRONZE, West Melbourne, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4514 Poetry
By SierraOrtiz BRONZE
Kerman, California
SierraOrtiz BRONZE, Kerman, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4515 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#4516 Poetry
By PvtMiller BRONZE
Stuart, Nebraska
PvtMiller BRONZE, Stuart, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4517 Poetry
By kk10TM GOLD
Burlington, Kentucky
kk10TM GOLD, Burlington, Kentucky
18 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#4518 Poetry
By noah9100 SILVER
La Quinta, California
noah9100 SILVER, La Quinta, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4519 Poetry
By Brett Spielman BRONZE
New York, New York
Brett Spielman BRONZE, New York, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4520 Poetry
By AddisoMLeo GOLD
Crest Hill, Illinois
AddisoMLeo GOLD, Crest Hill, Illinois
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Such a cruel boy. Telling me to dream one more time. I thought I was satisfied because my dream had come true... And I&#039;d told myself it was enough... Yet here you are, watering this withered heart again.&quot;