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                     Intertwined Fates                  

    We Are All Connected

There are times when we may feel disconnected from the world.  Our actions can seem like they are of no major consequence, and we may feel like we exist in our own vacuum. Yet, the truth is that our simplest thought or action - the decisions we make each day, and how we see and relate to the world - can be incredibly significant and have a profound impact on the lives of those around us, as well as the world at large. The earth and everything on it is bound by an invisible connection between people, animals, plants, the air, the water, and the soil. Insignificant actions on your part, whether positive or negative, can have an impact on people and the environment that seem entirely separate from your personal realm of existence. Staying conscious of the interconnection between all things can help you think of your choices and your life in terms of the broader effect you may be creating.

Think of buying a wooden stool. The wood was once part of a tree which is part of a forest. A person was paid to fell the tree, another to cut the wood, and yet another to build the stool. Their income may have had a positive effect on their families, just as the loss of the tree may have had a negative impact on the forest or the animals that made that tree their home.  An encouraging word to a young child about their special talent can influence this person to develop their gift so that one day their inventions can change the lives of millions.  A poem written "merely" to express oneself can make a stranger reading it online from thousands of miles away feel less alone because there is someone else out there who feels exactly the way they do.

Staying conscious of your connection to all things can help you think of your choices in terms of their impact. We are powerful enough that what we do and say can reverberate through the lives of people we may never meet. Understanding that you are intimately connected with all things and understanding your power to affect our world can be the first step on the road to living more consciously.

Welcome to my Author's Page, I hope you find something you enjoy here.  I love nature and love learning new poetry forms, I do Haiku, Senyru, Haiga, Tanka, Rictameter, Ya Du, Villanelle, Pantoum, Minute and rhyming poetry and always working on improving my free verse.  I am a political beasty also and you may see it reflected in my work. 

Since coming to AP I feel my work has improved immensely, I especially enjoy the critical review and I Feature my work just to get them.  If you click on my work in the feature box I EXPECT a comment or please just don't bother, since it costs points it is unfair to take the points without leaving a comment, even to say you may not like it.  So please take the time to comment.  It is always appreciated and  I will usually comment and read the other poets work in return or applaud the comment.  I have found most of my favorites this way.

I find the contests inspirational they make me stretch myself which in turn assists in my poetic growth, taking me places I wouldn't have thought of going myself.  Offering challenges I never thought I was capable of.

I have met some wonderful people on AP, friendly and kind.  The rich diversity of this site appeals to me, and I love the opportunity to have friends from all over the world, somehow it makes the world feel so much smaller.

I am now addicted to this place, I enjoy the teenagers, and younger people on the site.  I have a grand daughter out here too who is 10 years old and has her own site.   www.allpoetry.com/ashbaby

If you are a nature lover or if you need some inspiration, just click on the link below, You will love it!: 

The Wonder of it All

My motto is "Peace," something I do not expect to see in my life-time, but still think it is something worth striving for the sake of future generations.  Thank you for visiting my author's page.

 

Written for me by my talented AP Sister Recluse Writer!

              
I send you gift from way Downunder
the reason why is not a wonder
'Tis because you've filled my heart
with faith in humanity...
no poisoned dart!
My gift is filled with many a
and promises that you I'll bug
If not for thee I'd have drowned in sorrow
Here's cheers to US and a bright tomorrow!

An Acrostic Done for me by UnCharteredPoet 
   A talented poet here on AP and friend 

 Poet's name: Dawn Baby 

 Devoted qualities abundant 
 Awakened my senses of new writes 
Willing to guide a new muse   

 Nurturing to new "poet-babes" in the wings
                             ~ 
Beginning friendships through words 
Applauding a good piece with praise 
Believing in the ones whom taught 
You've become my mentor indeed.

 

QUOTES: 

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."-- Agatha Christie

"True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess."  Louis Nizer, American Lawyer

"The greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising up every time we fall." Confucius

"A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof." Rene Char

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. "  T. S. Eliot

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. "  T. S. Eliot

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."  Robert Frost

"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist." Mark Twain

"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact."  William Shakespeare

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."  Oprah Winfrey

"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." Ernest Hemingway

"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."  Herbert Hoover

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."  John F. Kennedy

"War will only end when Father's love their sons more than they hate their enemies."  Arab Proverb

"A friend is someone who can see through you and still enjoy the view."  Author Unknown

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."  Albert Camus

"Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." Elizabeth Stone

"Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them." Brendan Francis Behan

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." Abraham Joshua Heschel

"I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself... and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part."   Shirley MacLaine

"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up."  John Andrew Holmes

"Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish." Author Unknown 

"It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it." Lady Bird Johnson

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are... Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in my pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return." Mary Jean Iron

"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be."  Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist

 

"No Boy Is Worth Crying Over And The One Who Is, Won't Make You Cry."  Sarah Kanz, Age 10

 

 

AP FAMILY TREE (ALL ANGELS):

     Writes by them:

Sister-Morningstar1948 Proud Native American http://allpoetry.com/poem/2429181
Sister-Sonja beautiful Poet from Croatia http://allpoetry.com/poem/2474847 

Sister-Little Feather   http://allpoetry.com/LittleFeather

Sister-Meanderingbear  W. Virginia http://allpoetry.com/meanderingbear

Sister-Recluse Writer Australia http://allpoetry.com/Recluse%20Writer

Niece-WinE-reDpuddles,  Zambia\http://allpoetry.com/poem/2554636

Daughter-Rose Tattoo Sayuri Japan http://allpoetry.com/Rose%20Tattoo

 

     My first published book of poetry.

  

I would lke to thank All Poetry, Kevin and his staff for this wonderful site.  I have spent countless hours learning from other talented poets and resources provided by this site.  I want to thank all the poets who have commented on my work or critiqued my work.  In spite of myself, I have become a better poet for those comments and critiques.  If not for all of you I doubt I would be here announcing the publishing of my book.  I sincerely thank each and everyone of you, all of you are my inspirations!   

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