It has become increasingly difficult to tell the difference between a naturally and a humanly created diamond these days. Both can be breathtakingly beautiful. Both can sparkle and shine and dazzle and both can even have value. The difference between the two is the story of their creation. The humanly created diamond is created for … Continue reading DIE MEND
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FADE
is a rose that is dying, fading after it has given its all ... any less a rose?
Lone l y
I walk the streets alone with no one by my side to share my thoughts so, I let my thoughts drift and I find myself walking in a world of dreams where others know me, and I am safe where I matter I am important where others speak and laugh and share with me and … Continue reading Lone l y
miracle
Miracles, the way we perceive them, are only needed on two occasions. the first is when something is totally out of our control and we are unable to accept what is happening …because we are frightened or because we feel it is unjust or for whatever reason. the other times that we look for a … Continue reading miracle
surgery
surgery of the heart is painful and troubling. we resist it and often find ourselves in greater pain and trouble when we avoid it. recovery might be slow and what of the scars that are left? could it be that the scars become the map that highlights our past, our values, that which is truly … Continue reading surgery
coin
Every coin has two sides. sickness and health, sorrow and joy, birth and death, day and night, summer and winter, good and evil. live with the knowledge that life and experience are made up of both challenge and rest, struggle and achievement and that each season, each side of the coin of experience is necessary … Continue reading coin
value
What value, the life of one person? is it dependant on the person's context? the person's contribution? the person's ability? or on any of the many different variables that exist between us? is it dependent on the valuer's context? the valuer's contribution? the valuer's perspective? or on any of the many different variables that exist between … Continue reading value
right
What will you do to prove you are right? what will it take, when you are right, to make your point. and is being right the most important? has, being right, doing right, being on the side of right, knowing what is right, ensuring others follow what is right ever been able to cure our … Continue reading right
one
But what difference will i make? i am only one. i am small and insignificant. i am no different from anyone else. yet the life force within, the 'thing' that is bigger than me kept whispering in the wind to the very soul of me ... "trust me ... others have gone before and others … Continue reading one
free
letting go of the past does not mean forgetting. we try the impossible when we try to forget. it means treasuring, learning and forgiving. remember the past. treasure the wonder and beauty it holds, these are the rich soils in which your hope can grow. learn from your mistakes, you will become wiser from learning … Continue reading free
cracked not broken 