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There are Many Thorns in Paradise, but It's Still Quite Nice

October 29, 2014
By TravelerenRoute GOLD, Ribera, New Mexico
TravelerenRoute GOLD, Ribera, New Mexico
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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, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson


LIFE. It's good...

Today.

But what about tomorrow?

What about taking day by day.

It is tempting to give in to darkness.

TO TEMPTATION.

But STAY PURE, TIME WILL TELL

TIME WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU MORE.

That great dream you had

Never came to pass.

That job you waited for

Never came knocking at your door.

But carry on, day by day.

Maybe sometime your dream will come true.

But what is your dream really

REMEMBER PARADISE has many THORNS

And there is always a way out when you don't want one.

Things can only be easy and fun for awhile.

Then they are boring and more challenges come forth.

Challenges mean growth.

And, although there will always be LIGHT AND DARK

I have reached the light at the end of the tunnel for the most part.

Darkness recedes for a short while, hopefully for longer

It comes back because I cannot feel light without darkness.

But mostly its light, NOT GLOWING BUT PURE.


The author's comments:

This is meant to be a poem about the ups and downs of life. I hope that it will inspire you or at least that you will know there is light at the end of your tunnel.


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