Love and Love Alone

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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.

They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.

–Song of Myself  32, Walt Whitman

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A little busy this morning but wanted to share a few lines from Uncle Walt. I find that it has a soothing effect much like the effect of watching the wild creatures that live around us. My current best animal friend is Howie the older tom turkey who…

Are you struggling with drug addiction? Do you know anyone struggling with drug addiction? Are you interested in helping people suffering from drug addiction? Do you want to stop being a drug addict? Then continue reading to know more.

It’ll be interesting to know what drug addiction is before we proceed to the content proper;

Drug addiction is an urge to do something that is hard to control or stop. If you usecigarettes,alcohol, ordrugslikemarijuana(weed),cocaine, andheroin, you could become addicted to them. They can really hurt you and could even kill you.

The excessive consumption of illegal drugs such as Cocaine, Marijuana, etc has not only led to the death of most youths, but it has destroyed many people’s future.

I have seen most youths that are addicted, do the…

Moving on is very important when it comes to rebuilding your life after divorce. You will be out of it for a while, but you will find that you can rebuild yourself and learn from your mistakes. It is hard to part from someone who once was a part of who you where, but you will find that you can move on and find new things in your life to bring you joy and happiness. You can find a new hobby at your church, within your community, or within your home.

After you have allowed yourself to grieve, you will begin to want to find other things to fill your hours. If you are the type of person who like to be alone, you should find new things to learn that you can do by yourself. Take an art class at the local community college. Learn how to sculpt or…

Saturday May 15, 2021

Today’s Reading: Psalm 21

For the king relies on the Lord; through the faithful love of the Most High he is not shaken.

Psalm 21:7

Reflection: King David of Israel was a highly revered king, but he was also a man who was very imperfect. His sinful acts are recorded in the Bible for us to remember, including lying, adultery, and murder. But because he relied on the LORD, David was blessed beyond measure by Him. His prayers were heard and answered. He knew great joy in the LORD’s strength. He received abundant blessings from God, victory and majesty and splendor, and found joy in nearness to Him. Even the LORD’s corrective discipline upon him was a blessing. David did not acquire these things from God. There was no way for him to obtain any of these things for himself. Certainly, he could not earn…

While most of the women living in the modern society will choose career over marriage, why is the society uncomfortable with their choices?

Women have evolved from a dependent gender to a representative individual in the society. When most of the women earn their living on their own, there are many people who keep on forcing them to give up their career choices. Why is society so much uncomfortable in accepting the independent state of a woman?

You might be thinking that in what era am I living in; aren’t things like these extinct already. But in an answer I would like to say ‘NO’. Even today society wants women to stay at home because ‘Agar zyada padhi likhi hogi toh zyada zubaan chalegi iski’ (If she is more educated, she’ll have more opinions) Wait… What? Why do you want to have a submissive, Why do you…

Dear Love,
I hope you’re doing well. The pandemic situation in India is worse than ever but there’s so much empathy, resilience and faith amongst the people, especially on social media, who’re trying to help each other with whatever resources they can make available. I hope you’re keeping safe, love.

People everyday are losing friends, family, lovers and children. It’s heartbreaking. These moments of epiphany, make you ponder hard at what you have to lose. 
Dear love, I lost you but I take solace in the fact that you’re there in some corner of the world, happy and healthy. Isn’t it better to lose love and gain friendship than to lose the possibility of imagining them happy, somewhere, even if without you?
Juxtaposed to the losses people bear, I find my pain diminished to nothing.
My heart goes out for all those people who’ve lost their loved ones.

Pain isn’t…

by Serge ‘Mage’ Cote

To feel the power of this text, place yourself in the “I” 🙂

I will not quit.

I know my reason to do it.

I know there is walls all around me and they will do their best to stop me.

I will not quit!

I am great!

I will not be defeated.

I stand up and keep going on.

Poem Attribution, Goff James,Yesterday’s Barbed Words

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Las preguntas están elaboradas por Samuel Sánchez de El País corresponden con las respuestas que cada autor realiza pero en periodos cercanos al Post-15M. La vuelvo a reeditar pues se cumplen 10 años de aquel movimiento. -j re crivello

P. Afirma que la idea del progreso es un mito. Porque en el pasado la gente confiaba en que el futuro sería mejor y ya no.
Z. Bauman:. Estamos en un estado de interregno, entre una etapa en que teníamos certezas y otra en que la vieja forma de actuar ya no funciona. No sabemos qué va a reemplazar esto. Las certezas han sido abolidas. No soy capaz de hacer de profeta. Estamos experimentando con nuevas formas de hacer cosas. España ha sido un ejemplo en aquella famosa iniciativa de mayo (el 15-M), en que esa gente tomó las plazas, discutiendo, tratando de sustituir los procedimientos parlamentarios por algún tipo de…

Our existence, a maze

Blindfolded in a tornado fueled craze

With a start and an end in vague

Journeying through the looping circuitry

Hoping it’ll last for eternity

We propell on and row back

Never reaching our way out

Until the divine determines the end of our days

To escape forever, this life’s etheral labyrinth

Twists and turns

The divine masculine didn’t know why he followed her heart throughthe obscurity

Until one day he realized to reunite he had to let go of his insecurities and impurities, the divine feminine reunion, maturity.

~DiosRaw, 15/05/21

Guided by the Moon and Sun

he sits completely still

when the time is right

he opens his mouth

filtering water

travelling north to south

About the Book:

Title: Lyrical Embrace

Author: Amber Daulton

Series: Deerbourne Inn #2

Page Length: 154

Publication Date: Feb. 11, 2019

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

Synopsis: Out-of-work violinist Erica Timberly decides enough is enough. She leaves her abusive boyfriend and flees the big city, but then her car breaks down in the middle of the night. Though wary of men, she accepts help from Dylan Haynes, a stranger driving by on the road, and soon recognizes him as the sexy former drummer of her favorite indie rock band. Maybe, just maybe, her run of bad luck is finally turning around.

Music teacher Dylan Haynes knows Erica is in trouble, and her black eye is only the first clue. The stubborn yet vulnerable woman needs a friend, but he’s determined to give her everything she deserves.

Will Erica listen to the music in her heart and trust Dylan, or…

Hi everyone,
I’m amping up the promotion for my new poetry and prose book CROSSROADS (Winds of love).
We are so close to the release date this Monday(17/05/2021).

I closed my eyes and randomly chose different pages to pull out the extracts you’ll read in this post.
I’m hoping this can go a way in persuading you that I gave every single verse, poem, story and reflection great care.

…You can hear it as it prowls
Treachery, its shadow
And so you hide in fear
As the night whispers of heartache
And love hunts you like prey
Persisting like only love can!…

~Trapped by love~ Pg. 74

At the end of this post is a special incentive to purchase this book so please read on.

…The sun of day and moon of night alight
Their greed for one another, left naked to see
Stars twinkle as moist…

Life seems to be
tangled rumination
like tight knots
More trying to loose them
Getting over intricated

💖💖Loads of love from Soni💖💖

See the wounds burried inside her heart.

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Thank you so much for 300 followers! I love you guys so much, thanks for the support, the love, encouragement, thank you for everything! I’m really sorry I haven’t planned anything special for 300 followers. This is because I wanted to post original stuff with you guys because April was mostly only collabs and interviews. My summer vacations have started so I also had to cover up with studies I missed when I was unwell plus the holiday assignments. I’m very sure you’ll like reading those posts. They are about my likes, dislikes, things I have been doing and also some poetry. I wrote so many poems, big and small but I’d didn’t get the chance to share it with you all. So an apology and a gratitude from my side! I promise we’ll do something together when I hit 400 so make…