Friday Frills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn7MJIqvOh-ML8Fgr9dmMI2i8_oqJ7I57Qbi5vChiiQ5dKTOzO3z6XHZ56ff0XXh_NUvQ_OQ3OpTNfwE3U4f_maVMSSRo_Nt9V8xuMsYx_DTMjJVAsOe1bun0tLFKbUJOrPSCaQXb2t5f/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn7MJIqvOh-ML8Fgr9dmMI2i8_oqJ7I57Qbi5vChiiQ5dKTOzO3z6XHZ56ff0XXh_NUvQ_OQ3OpTNfwE3U4f_maVMSSRo_Nt9V8xuMsYx_DTMjJVAsOe1bun0tLFKbUJOrPSCaQXb2t5f/s640/friday.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape… </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But a woman of strength uses the power of kindness to keep her soul in shape. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman isn’t afraid of anything… </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of her fear.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman won’t let anyone get the best of her…</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids doing the same in the future…</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A woman of strength realizes life’s mistakes can also be a blessing</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">disguise and capitalizes on them.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman knows how to walk on a tightrope in high heels...</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But a woman of strength masters the art of walking tall after stumbling over. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman wears the look of confidence on her face…</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">But a woman of strength wears grace.</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey … </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong… </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A strong woman is one who gets her heart broken time and time again and still has the strength to gather the pieces to create a new life for herself. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>This is a Salute to you, dear friends, each of whom is a Woman of Strength.</i></span></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Author unknown, edited by me. Image via Larazo.</i></span><br /><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /></div><br /></div><br />

Friday Frills

A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape…  But a woman of strength uses the power of kindness to keep her soul in shape....

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Friday Frills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrEBsqZwlaRcR5jxTsnbabn9uqLPwB1Gjn35nNweqJ302dpB0veD0iME5Ui8zs2n5ZKTyyzlARKF1M4nMRzripQWSzgcDEVH8P4mIOWB-b4rFAlcrqQxQrfPx20I1f5qkQdtRYLk1J0vf/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrEBsqZwlaRcR5jxTsnbabn9uqLPwB1Gjn35nNweqJ302dpB0veD0iME5Ui8zs2n5ZKTyyzlARKF1M4nMRzripQWSzgcDEVH8P4mIOWB-b4rFAlcrqQxQrfPx20I1f5qkQdtRYLk1J0vf/s640/friday.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you’re a failure,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It means you haven’t succeeded yet. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you haven’t accomplished something,
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It does mean you have learned something. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you’ve been a fool, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It means you have a lot of faith. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you’ve been disgraced,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It does mean you were willing to try. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It means you have to do something in a different way. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you’re inferior,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It does mean you’re not perfect. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you’ve wasted your time,
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It means you have a reason to start fresh. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you should give up,
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It does mean you should try harder. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean you’ll never make it,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It does mean it will take a little longer. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Failure doesn’t mean God has abandoned you,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
It does mean he has a better way.</span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Author unknown. Image via Fashiongonerouge.com</i></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

Failure doesn’t mean you’re a failure, 
It means you haven’t succeeded yet.  Failure doesn’t mean you haven’t accomplished something,
  It d...

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Friday Frills

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn-6jhyphenhyphenLon_KyyibKWk232qC4xuo2WaniyGI3sSdsGnyplnkGyClX0XXJ0kRwu8-1MBxdScFaUwMygVPMcMavTNHUk-LI3lMtFa-nOXjPNbeTQ4SuOJq6_uAqT9rizVMxYz_Di29IP86W/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn-6jhyphenhyphenLon_KyyibKWk232qC4xuo2WaniyGI3sSdsGnyplnkGyClX0XXJ0kRwu8-1MBxdScFaUwMygVPMcMavTNHUk-LI3lMtFa-nOXjPNbeTQ4SuOJq6_uAqT9rizVMxYz_Di29IP86W/s1600/friday.jpg" /></a></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life there are people that will hurt us and cause us pain, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we must learn to forgive and forget and not hold grudges. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life there are mistakes we will make, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we must learn from our wrongs and grow from them.  </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life there are regrets we will have to live with, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we must learn to leave the past behind and realize it is something we can't change. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life there are people we will lose forever, sometimes by choice, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we must learn to let go and move on. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life there are going to be obstacles that will cause interference, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we must learn to overcome these challenges and grow stronger.  </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life there are fears that will hold us back from what we want, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but we must learn to fight them with the courage from within.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In life the best way to succeed is t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.</i></span></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Quote © Angie Flores</i></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /></div><br />

Friday Frills

In life there are people that will hurt us and cause us pain,  but we must learn to forgive and forget and not hold grudges.  In life there ...

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Friday Frills

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</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more outgoing we are, the more helpful we become.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more curious we are, the more creative we become. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more persistent we are, the more successful we become.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You are the master of your own universe...</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How you choose to use this power</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is all up to you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Use it well, and you can become whatever you would like to be.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">Words by William Arthur Ward, edited. </span></i><br /><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">Image via weheartit.com</span></i><br /><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></i></div><br />

Friday Frills

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.
 The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become.  The more enthusiastic we ar...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPQ0sOTkai7vChox1tc3BIIkKOCciTHqIsfOHhpLZDSSQcuNLM_skDt5dM5f_Hh275iRySRWCnupVenl3Ppt0Yuf8lV9WqOv4h2CZJqRkGJxJMbxlLqQ6tjKAmEcYNoecW5FL1OUaL7qW/s1600/leopard+skirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPQ0sOTkai7vChox1tc3BIIkKOCciTHqIsfOHhpLZDSSQcuNLM_skDt5dM5f_Hh275iRySRWCnupVenl3Ppt0Yuf8lV9WqOv4h2CZJqRkGJxJMbxlLqQ6tjKAmEcYNoecW5FL1OUaL7qW/s1600/leopard+skirt.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>You are unique.</b> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In all the history of the world there was never anyone else exactly like you, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And in all the infinity to come there will never be another you. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never affirm self-limitations. What you believe yourself to be, you are. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To accomplish great things, you must not only act, but also dream,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only plan, but also believe. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have built castles in the air - p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ut foundations under them.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Believing is magic, you can always better your best. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don’t know what you can do until you try. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing will come of nothing. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don’t go out on a limb, you’re never going to get the fruit. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no failure except in no longer trying. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Define your goals</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and go after them. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Defeat may test you, but it need not stop you. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If at first you don’t succeed, try another way. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For every obstacle there is a solution. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The greatest mistake is giving up. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's a gold mine within you from which you can </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">extract all the ingredients of success. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it will achieve. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dream great dreams and make them come true. Do it now! </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Author unknown.  Image found via weheartit, edited by me.</i></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

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Friday Frills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvGc6N5-CBKNNIYRuce-RPapebpPtkk7_xqGnFzFqfO-BcJS0wPDQKI-hgmaaaWe3n8ysYw0gcF4k-kwS1DNyotJrHFdsk9LFTlPSznSy5yEROjSNsyOj1bMgi8KYigRx0fuIIlEP8gmz/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvGc6N5-CBKNNIYRuce-RPapebpPtkk7_xqGnFzFqfO-BcJS0wPDQKI-hgmaaaWe3n8ysYw0gcF4k-kwS1DNyotJrHFdsk9LFTlPSznSy5yEROjSNsyOj1bMgi8KYigRx0fuIIlEP8gmz/s640/friday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you? </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you? </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the immeasurable power of today. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you? </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will break through the barriers of the past by looking </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at the blessings of the present. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the security and confidence of empowerment. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with their powerful innate strength. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you? </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today, </span>many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of their bad habits. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will find abundance in simplicity. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of their lives and make positive changes. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you?</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today,</span> many will take the action necessary to make a difference. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you? </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Today</span> is a new day. 

Many will seize this day.

 Many will live it to the fullest.

 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Why not you? </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Quote copyright to Steve Maraboli. </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Image found via Fashion Gone Rouge</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><br />

Friday Frills

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i-eGns9CP0JDpZ-HNYtem27jsJsxvhQQyEFLsl9P6MfVRBIf9AQMlc6twcFKstHunRereTnBelV_qWcBgvOQmfdENtIHSiWj3jYKHPo8VlqU9_TnNcEuX7bEVC2CdIF6gopL6ytBnBjk/s1600/fridayfrills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i-eGns9CP0JDpZ-HNYtem27jsJsxvhQQyEFLsl9P6MfVRBIf9AQMlc6twcFKstHunRereTnBelV_qWcBgvOQmfdENtIHSiWj3jYKHPo8VlqU9_TnNcEuX7bEVC2CdIF6gopL6ytBnBjk/s1600/fridayfrills.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How many times have we said something that we immediately realized</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was not the right thing to say?
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How many times do we look back on an event and think, "<i>If only</i> I had…"</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
How many times do we do something that we wish hadn’t done? </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've learnt that</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can’t change what has been said.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can’t change a past event.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can’t change what has been done. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, do you drown yourself in regret, sorrow, repentance?</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Do you think about what might have been?</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Do you relive an event the way it should have been? </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forget about regret, and focus.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Focus on today, not on the past.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Focus on what you <i>can</i> do now, not what you didn’t do then. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only thing to regret is living in the past
.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only thing to feel sorrow for is not living each day to the fullest.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
The only way to repent is to sincerely say, "I’m sorry".</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t live your life regretting yesterday.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Live your life fully, so when tomorrow comes, you won’t regret today.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Quote by Catherine Pulsifer, edited.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Image via weheartit.com</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

How many times have we said something that we immediately realized was not the right thing to say?
 How many times do we look back on an eve...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin8IoldyQAUeSMgkjkFoUs6eIMq0zjzuEhAGA6PLcaVzWjsPToZoB_mGbJ3egp1qNU55qkeUSFJgcDr9F6TwYOvjpGnIm8X1I1NuZX82RmYsks1S_3tKDlVVDGYCrH-ykQvSETFlPNQK1/s1600/fridayfrills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin8IoldyQAUeSMgkjkFoUs6eIMq0zjzuEhAGA6PLcaVzWjsPToZoB_mGbJ3egp1qNU55qkeUSFJgcDr9F6TwYOvjpGnIm8X1I1NuZX82RmYsks1S_3tKDlVVDGYCrH-ykQvSETFlPNQK1/s1600/fridayfrills.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you extend pure love to everyone with selfless motivation, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is an attitude of <b>kindness</b>. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you send good wishes and compassion to those who are in deep sorrow, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is an attitude of <b>mercy</b>. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you see the virtues rather than the weaknesses in others, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is an attitude of <b>acceptance</b>. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you bless and uplift someone even as they defame you, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is an attitude of <b>forgiveness</b>. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you tolerate a situation and take responsibility, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is an attitude of <b>humility</b> and <b>self respect</b>. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you provide your counsel and co-operation even when it is not appreciated, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That is an attitude of <b>selflessness</b>. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every second, every moment and breath of your life is nurtured by attitude. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Its important to know the right one to choose.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Author unknown. Image via Tumblr, edited.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

When you extend pure love to everyone with selfless motivation,  That is an attitude of kindness .  When you send good wishes and compassion...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH2GZ3AflD40Z7Mqc3ShxnJ4skt8rAGsY3afz88mCpemS-B-U9FRz0HK9tfRvmkzdULBVlmyn05Wo8FkhWB7g8jVH2WNwoWQ6FCyoY9PEzdNsIK7FyKGC5RCOByUneXS1u7RzmJBTa0fG/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH2GZ3AflD40Z7Mqc3ShxnJ4skt8rAGsY3afz88mCpemS-B-U9FRz0HK9tfRvmkzdULBVlmyn05Wo8FkhWB7g8jVH2WNwoWQ6FCyoY9PEzdNsIK7FyKGC5RCOByUneXS1u7RzmJBTa0fG/s1600/friday.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone who listens and you will be heard.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Be someone who cares and you will be loved.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Be someone who values truth and you will be respected.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.

</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone filled with gratitude, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there will be no end to things for which you'll be thankful.

</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly shines.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to be.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Quote by Ralph Marston. Image via Tumblr.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

Be someone who listens and you will be heard. 
Be someone who cares and you will be loved.
 Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. 
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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GrcHN1eRnuuIxeNYwe9t5HIE7qkgitACS8TIAbsZ7HFHyIP9QTCH_4EY6ksr3-6IJveeJI-7bWUqAlhyip0E4nal3WCXwTf2V3zvlFBY9y1KiLmLy7R-UQL38ecPI6xieFJhLMdjhXzI/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GrcHN1eRnuuIxeNYwe9t5HIE7qkgitACS8TIAbsZ7HFHyIP9QTCH_4EY6ksr3-6IJveeJI-7bWUqAlhyip0E4nal3WCXwTf2V3zvlFBY9y1KiLmLy7R-UQL38ecPI6xieFJhLMdjhXzI/s640/friday.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>There Are No Squares In Nature...</b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Thinking about it, when have you ever seen the following? </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A square leaf </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
A square fruit
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A square tree 
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A square raindrop</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coming to think of it, nature, unlike man, does not produce </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Square moons
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Square suns
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Square planets
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or square galaxies</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are no square rainbows
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nor square flowers
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nor square minds</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That could fit inside a square box</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet more often than not, that’s exactly what we do. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We try to put everything inside a box</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
We try to make all things black and white
</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Attempting to conform to a standard of modern convention</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since the dawn of man-made technology,
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have certainly lived in a world of squares: </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Square houses
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Square buildings</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Square computer screens </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We write on square papers set upon square tables.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
We sleep on square beds and enter upon square doors.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What has this shown us?
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You shouldn't try to fit into something square, </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are meant to shape your own life, your own way.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next time someone tries to place your creative soul inside a small box.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
Kindly remind yourself: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are <i>no</i> square stars in the Universe.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Author Unknown, edited.  Image found via Grazia.com</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

There Are No Squares In Nature...  Thinking about it, when have you ever seen the following?  A square leaf  
A square fruit
  A square tree...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8UZOLxKMRaBuhwSMWKEnF6aYwxJE2G5AZfXFQZ99MnN7iMGe1CFk5aJpim_yAFDbm96roUxd3bxtQyPr-CjW56hInvrguLM3dmKPBdtaRL4LKcC9zpeEceaWjXQWotvyDB6U6tCweurw/s1600/fridayfrills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8UZOLxKMRaBuhwSMWKEnF6aYwxJE2G5AZfXFQZ99MnN7iMGe1CFk5aJpim_yAFDbm96roUxd3bxtQyPr-CjW56hInvrguLM3dmKPBdtaRL4LKcC9zpeEceaWjXQWotvyDB6U6tCweurw/s640/fridayfrills.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Real women have lines, wrinkles, and flaws.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each one earned with experience, perseverance and determination.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There’s no computer to airbrush your mistakes.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let them make you who you are.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love every mark, every scar and every extra curve you wished to go away.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What you deem as an imperfection is what adds to your unique beauty.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Accept what you can’t learn to love,
 </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then let go of what you can’t accept.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Treasure them for their memories.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Like a worn love letter or an old family heirloom from generations ago.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each line and blemish comes with the wisdom only years of life can give.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And life is not to be hidden or covered up.
</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For life is how a girl grows into a woman
.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And real women don't conceal their flaws, they proudly embrace it.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Author unknown, quote adapted by me. Image via Tumblr.</i></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

Real women have lines, wrinkles, and flaws.
 Each one earned with experience, perseverance and determination.
 There’s no computer to airbru...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pmhLV8uZIrccG9ayZDS0VufCen_brh8rGwp0ceQEbit2jr_qngfgA0W-m8rRAhU4KGIrsviSclov9D6O4-4pQ1MKov7RhLrrPeZXqpO-uCRknKyXfokFs4G-D-8SJWmdgKm5XQSpIhNr/s1600/friday+frills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pmhLV8uZIrccG9ayZDS0VufCen_brh8rGwp0ceQEbit2jr_qngfgA0W-m8rRAhU4KGIrsviSclov9D6O4-4pQ1MKov7RhLrrPeZXqpO-uCRknKyXfokFs4G-D-8SJWmdgKm5XQSpIhNr/s640/friday+frills.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone wants success, and yet they often don’t 
know when they have it. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For most, it is the maddening chase toward a better way of life.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An aim to achieve <i>more</i> of something. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More fame, power, recognition, money or material things. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For some, it is the understanding of a loving family member, the compassion of a friend </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> people that they can count on when life throws them a curve. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've come to believe that success is <u>not</u> more material wealth, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But peace, happiness, contentment, and love. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Real success is not to be sought after in the outer world, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But discovered in your inner world. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all want the things that life offers. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">But we don’t need as much as we think we do. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooner or later you will discover that real success is friends, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">strangers, and anyone who crosses our path and makes a difference in it. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is kindness shared, support given and received,
 it's listening, giving and caring. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These will endure while you change jobs, swop cities, trade-in cars, when fashions fade, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and you tire of the temporary gratifications that bring you what you think is real. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What matters is people. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What lasts is love. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What counts are true friends,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you treasure these you can count yourself a success.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Quote by Tim Conner, adapted by me.</i></span><br /><br /><br />

Friday Frills

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Birthday Frills

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For me, a birthday is not a sign of getting older, but it signifies the survival of another 365 days of life's ups and downs and in-betweens. All our experiences have moulded us into a wiser, more appreciative, more forgiving, more self-determined, more ambitious, optimistic and courageous version of ourselves. Isn't that the greatest gift we can receive? This birthday, there is nothing material on my wishlist, just the hopeful thoughts below..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTrxkdEWe-o34OX7zkPZatCYFX70mzBaoW0XXFeAVndkh2fCC6U_ViTJtCBbVYrshXNs6VsDl6cAGUIKTzd2EXEV75tN50anklzMdAw3JkYCaFV28O3WFvX3N9MhOnJ8fpzt3yBzGM9-s/s1600/birthdays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTrxkdEWe-o34OX7zkPZatCYFX70mzBaoW0XXFeAVndkh2fCC6U_ViTJtCBbVYrshXNs6VsDl6cAGUIKTzd2EXEV75tN50anklzMdAw3JkYCaFV28O3WFvX3N9MhOnJ8fpzt3yBzGM9-s/s640/birthdays.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;"><u>This Birthday I Wish For:</u></span></b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>Happiness in my heart </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serenity in my soul <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Success in all the things I attempt to do <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>Time enough to reach for my dreams <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>Enough patience to see me through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>Inner beauty <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An open mind <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Confidence, strong and lasting <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Strength to do what needs to be done <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Believing in tomorrow <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Living in today <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Knowing the right way is the only way <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Clearing out the confusion <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facing the facts <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Not being afraid <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Never giving up <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Finding hope in hard-to-find places <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>Putting smiles on other people's faces <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>Knowing when to talk <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">* </span>And knowing when to listen <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Standing by the truth <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Being firm in my commitments <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Using my insight to set me right <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Going from rock bottom to mountain top <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Learning from mistakes <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Understanding the greatness within <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Looking for the good that is always there <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Sharing the things that need to be shared <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span> Remembering that it can all be a puzzle, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But solving problems is one of the sweet joys of life. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">*</span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>If you are also celebrating your birthday in February, I wish you a great one!</b></i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">P.S. I am lucky to be have the lovely Adeola Naomi interview me on her blog <a href="http://distinguisheddiva.blogspot.com/2013/01/blogger-spotlight-frills.html">here.</a></span></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Poem adapted from original by Douglas Richard.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br />

Birthday Frills

For me, a birthday is not a sign of getting older, but it signifies the survival of another 365 days of life's ups and downs and in-betw...

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Friday Frills

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkt2PJ49tnkDx2SrQsfErLLJMRYINNyUNaUgo6QsVCYJePqDAHalE_rshePxvf-j58pI4X9KzNk-9I2I4m1Gh0wBR9I8E_8eZMFQfYXAMGlzteXjVGBMHilrSQ-5TCpcb-1Y8UCaJw8Y7/s1600/fridayfrills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkt2PJ49tnkDx2SrQsfErLLJMRYINNyUNaUgo6QsVCYJePqDAHalE_rshePxvf-j58pI4X9KzNk-9I2I4m1Gh0wBR9I8E_8eZMFQfYXAMGlzteXjVGBMHilrSQ-5TCpcb-1Y8UCaJw8Y7/s640/fridayfrills.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there was ever a time to dare, to make a difference,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To embark upon something worth doing,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IT IS NOW.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not for any grand worldly cause, necessarily...</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But for something that tugs at your heart,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something that's your inspiration, something that's your dream.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You owe it to yourself to make every single day count.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SO HAVE FUN. DIG DEEP. STRETCH. DREAM BIG.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There will be good days. And there will be bad days.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There will be times when you want to turn around,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pack it up, and call it quits. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those are the times that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> will challenge you, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it will prove that you're not afraid to learn by trying.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PERSIST.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because with an idea, determination, and the right tools,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can do great things.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let your instincts, your intellect and your heart guide you.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TRUST.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Believe in the incredible power of the human mind.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of doing something that makes a difference.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of working hard. Of laughing and hoping.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of lazy afternoons. Of lasting friends. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of all the things that will cross your path this year.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The start of something new brings the hope of something great,</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And remember, with a little hope...</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Author Unknown. Image found via Tumblr, both edited by me.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

If there was ever a time to dare, to make a difference, To embark upon something worth doing, IT IS NOW. Not for any grand worldly cause, ne...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6amjOZSpnvOzFg1alEdH4_Ofti1XPlS9y7oYLFXjNPKkbZMDswp06OUgAtv5E1wlh0tsHWaEzQ9kd2G9_Vrbkw0jf_LJaEFioBPucveqYWixpDkjtMWSdktL5MGC9i79sIfq1TK3I2eZk/s1600/friday+frills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6amjOZSpnvOzFg1alEdH4_Ofti1XPlS9y7oYLFXjNPKkbZMDswp06OUgAtv5E1wlh0tsHWaEzQ9kd2G9_Vrbkw0jf_LJaEFioBPucveqYWixpDkjtMWSdktL5MGC9i79sIfq1TK3I2eZk/s640/friday+frills.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that within me lies an extraordinary radiance, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to letting my light loose on the world.</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that the source of my power and wisdom is in the center of my being, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to acting from this place of strength. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that I possess an abundance of passion and creative potential, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to the expression of these gifts.</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that the time has come to let go of old notions and unhealthy attitudes, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to re-examine what I've been told about beauty and dismiss what insults my soul. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that negative thoughts and words compromise my well-being, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to thinking and speaking positively about myself and others. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that young women are in need of positive role models, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to being an example of authenticity and self love. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe in the relationship to care for my body with respect, kindness and compassion. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I commit to balancing my life in such a way that my physical being is fully expressed and nurtured. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that joy is essential part of wellness, </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit to removing any obstacles to joy and creating a life that is full of exuberance.</span> </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe that a woman who loves herself is a powerful, passionate and attractive force </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">and I commit from this day forward to loving myself deeply and extravagantly. </span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Quote by Jan Phillips. Image found via axioo.com, edited by me.</i></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br />

Friday Frills

I believe that within me lies an extraordinary radiance,  and I commit to letting my light loose on the world.   I believe that the source o...

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Friday Frills

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This poem reminds me that when we least expect it, someone somewhere may be inspired by something we do or say. It could be your comments, your views, your values or your kind actions. And although it may seem simple or insignificant to you - you never know; to someone else, it may mean the world and influence their lives for the better. We each have the ability to make a positive difference in someone's life...sometimes without knowing it at all.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7GnDfZ6m9BIAwc1HE7JSQCqKHg-ziGT5pHUGuX4CJ1pEXtD-ypjPYNistH2EIvXG4Us1LQBLNgKQQ11sOuO-LlF7JXURI8NZkHroZMRYIjB7YMIenJA0FYgO85Q_pSMbwDnXU-kK1Uio/s1600/friday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7GnDfZ6m9BIAwc1HE7JSQCqKHg-ziGT5pHUGuX4CJ1pEXtD-ypjPYNistH2EIvXG4Us1LQBLNgKQQ11sOuO-LlF7JXURI8NZkHroZMRYIjB7YMIenJA0FYgO85Q_pSMbwDnXU-kK1Uio/s1600/friday.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;"></span></span><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">You never know when someone</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">May catch a dream from you.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">You never know when a little word,</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">Or something you may do</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">May open up the window</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">Of an inquiring mind that seeks wisdom & light.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">The way you live may not matter at all,</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">But, then again you never know<i>...it</i> <i>might</i>.</span></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;"><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />And just in case it could be that<br /><br />Another’s life through you,<br /><br />Might possibly change for the better,<br /><br />With a broader and brighter view.<br /><br />It seems it might be worth a try<br /><br />At pointing out the way to the right.<br /><br />Of course, it may not matter at all,<br /><br />But then again...<i>it</i> <i>might</i>.</div><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">  So keep on doing whatever it is you do,  </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">You may inspire one soul or perhaps even a few.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;"></span></span><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;">                                                                                   </span></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Poem by Helen Marshall, edited by me. Image via weheart.com</i></span><br /><br /><br /></div><br />

Friday Frills

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