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Picture was painted by Thomas Kinkade,
Painter of Light.

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Thomas Kinkade can be seen here:

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Enjoy!




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A favorite text of Saint Augustine's, the 105th Psalm: "Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore." As the search goes on for so many along so many different paths, Paul offers some reassuring words for the journey: "Be at peace among yourselves ... encourage the faint-hearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks ... hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil"—wise words for all of us, whatever our doubts, whatever our faith.

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"What shall we say of the actual acquirement of wisdom?--is the body, if invited to share in the inquiry, a hinderer or a helper? I mean to say, have sight and hearing any truth in them? Are they not, as the poets are always telling us, inaccurate witnesses? . . .

"Then, when does the soul attain truth? . . . must not true existence be revealed to her in meditation, if at all?

"Yes.

"And meditation is best when the mind is gathered into herself and none of these things trouble her--neither sounds nor sights nor pain nor any pleasure--when she takes leave of the body, and has as little as possible to do with it, when she has no bodily sense or desire, but is aspiring after true being?

"Certainly."


Plato, Phaedo

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The undeveloped being lives in isolation of consciousness within himself, his village, his town, his country, depending on how far along he is, always contained within definite personality limits, separated from other creations by the confines of his senses and sympathies. The developed man is as different a creature in the breadth of his perceptions as a walnut differs from the winds. The developed man can search out any distance with an extension of himself, his full consciousness concentrated at any point he desires. He assumes kinship with other consciousnesses as poignantly as with his own.

Kindred souls commune not only psychically as souls but also through their inspired artistic creations: writings, art and shared acts of kindness.

Stewart Edward White, Across the Unknown

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~ Eleanor Rigby ~
(Alternative Lyrics)

Eleanor Rigby
Sits at the keyboard
And waits for a line on the screen
Lives in a dream
Waits for a signal
Finding some code
That will make the machine do some more.
What is it for?

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

Guru MacKenzie
Typing the lines of a program that no one will run;
Isn't it fun?
Look at him working,
Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
It takes a while...

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

Eleanor Rigby
Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work;
Feels like a jerk.

Guru MacKenzie
Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
Nothing will load.

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

~ Paul McCartney ~

Music and original lyrics here:
" www.thebeatleswebsite.com/songs/eleanorrigby.html "



~ In My Life ~

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all.

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more.

~ Lennon/McCartney ~

Here is the link for words and music:

" www.thebeatleswebsite.com/songs/inmylife.html "

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What's it all about, Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?
What's it all about when you sort it
out, Alfie?
Are we meant to take more than we give
or are we meant to be kind?
And if only fools are kind, Alfie,
then I guess it's wise to be cruel.
And if life belongs only to the strong,
Alfie,
what will you lend on an old golden
rule?
As sure as I believe there's a heaven
above, Alfie,
I know there's something much more,
something even non-believers can
believe in.
I believe in love, Alfie.
Without true love we just exist, Alfie.
Until you find the love you've missed
you're nothing, Alfie.
When you walk let your heart lead the
way
and you'll find love any day, Alfie,
Alfie.

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Here is a link to a Hawaiian radio station (Aloha Joe.com) that plays beautiful Hawaiian music 24/7. You will see "Click here to listen to ALOHAJOE-IN", click and enjoy!

" www.warpradio.com/stream.asp?id=13769 "

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Thanks to Albert Gazeley (agazeley), you can click here to hear the haunting, mournful sound of whales (actually six recordings blended
into one) and read his excellent poem about them:

" poetryworld.us/cryfromthedeep.html "

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Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one. Love is never
boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; never selfish, nor quick to
take offense. Love keeps no score of wrongs; does not gloat
over other men's sins, but delights in the truth. There is
nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith,
its hope and its endurance. There are three things that last
forever: faith, hope and love; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-13

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~Love Quotes~

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary woman; to enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy.

~ Anais Nin ~

Love is not words, not writing..it's silent companionship that never ends.

Author Unknown

Love is the best medicine and there is more than enough to go around once you open your heart.

~ Julie Marie ~

You'll discover that real love is millions of miles past falling in love with anyone or anything. When you make that one effort to feel compassion instead of blame or self-blame, the heart opens again and continues opening.

~ Sara Paddison ~ Hidden Power of the Heart ~

Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity.

~ Doc Childre ~

Love the heart that hurts you, but never hurt the heart that loves you.

~ Vipin Sharma ~

Enthusiasm created from the heart is the spirit of the matter. It ignites your whole system so there's no drag, no resistance, no thoughts like "Do I have to?" coming from the head to sabotage the power of your surrender.

~ Sara Paddison ~ The Hidden Power of the Heart ~

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

~ Lao Tzu ~

To love one who loves you, to admire one who admires you,
in a word, to be the idol of one's idol, is exceeding the
limit of human joy; it is stealing fire from heaven.

~ Delphine de Girardin ~

You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving.

~ Amy Carmichael ~

To live is like to love...
all reason is against it and all health y instinct for it.

~ Samuel Butler ~

To be unaware or to deny self is to be unaware and to deny love; to be without love is to die.

~ dark search ~ (AP)

Love is the best sedative.

Meeting your soul mate is your reward for being true to yourself.

Love is...
joy beyond measure,
a priceless treasure
more precious than gold!

~ Maureen ~ (AP)


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I wanted a perfect ending... Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.

~ Gilda Radner ~

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God is using you. Thank you for letting him.

~ Gus ~ Audience member at Clay Aiken's show in DesMoines,
Summer of '04

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Never think that God's delays are God's denials.
Hold on, hold fast, hold out.
Patience is genius.

~ Comte de Buffon ~

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Your vision will become clear only when you look inside your heart.

Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.

~ Carl Jung ~

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Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you
choose and their use establish the life you experience.

~ Sonia Croquette ~

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief
will help create the fact.

~ William James ~

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I can be of no real help to another unless I see that the
two of us are in this together, that all of our differences
are superficial and meaningless, and that only the countless
ways we are alike have any importance at all.

~ Hugh Prather ~

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The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them...words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out.

But it's more than that, isn't it?
The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure that your enemies would love to steal away.

And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it.

That's the worst, I think.
When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear...

Author Unknown

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Appreciation is wonderful. It makes what is excellent in others
belong to us as well.

~ Voltaire ~

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The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

~ Mark Twain ~

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When I despair, I remember that all through history
the ways of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time
they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall.
Think of it...; always.

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

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We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world,
and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson ~

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Man always travels along precipices.
His truest obligation is to keep his balance.

~ Pope ~

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MOTIVATION

Plan for good. Give yourself something to look forward to
and it will motivate you. When your enthusiasm lags,
energy vanishes for lack of nourishment...Open your mind
and spirit to new understanding and new ability to overcome any
problem--especially inertia. What appears to be impossible
may be the wall you can only see from your present stance.
If you are willing to give thanks for something you want before
you see it, you will not be disappointed.
Be constant to your goals, show gratitude--and one day you will
look back and wonder why you doubted!

~ Joyce Sequichie Hifler ~

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ACCEPTANCE

Happiness comes from accepting the present situation,
whether it's something you wish to savor as long
as possible or change as quickly as you can.
Neither is possible without acceptance as the starting point,
because without acceptance, you are living on the periphery
of your life. There at the edges, you can't fully
enjoy the good stuff or do anything about the rest.

~ Victoria Moran ~

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On a cold winter's day, a group of porcupines huddled together to stay warm and keep from freezing, but soon they felt one another's quills and moved apart. When the need for warmth brought them closer together again, their quills again forced them apart. They were driven back and forth at the mercy of their discomforts until they found the distance from one another that provided both a maximum of warmth and a minimum of pain. In human beings, the emptiness and monotony of isolated self produces a need for society. This brings people together, but their many offensive qualities and intolerable faults drive them apart again. The optimum distance that they finally find and that permits them to coexist is embodied in politeness and good manners. Because of this distance between us, we can only partially satisfy our need for warmth, but at the same time, we are spared the stab of one another's quills.

~ o ~

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

~ o ~

Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see.

~ o ~

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~ (1788-1860)

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~ Reflections of Friendship ~
(for Maureen)

Friendship needs no lavish praises
Friendship doesn't understand
Distance or miles
Friendship needs no studied phrases~

Friendship cheers the tired and weary
Makes a shy one feel brave
Always fulfilling its mission
And helps pass the lonely days~

You give my day some small delight
A simple joy to cheer my soul
No matter how far, or heavy the load
Sweet as the journey you bring me
On friendships road~

Friendship
Pure unselfish friendship
Taking time for a visit or two
It's a pleasure to walk
Friendships path with you~

I will share
A cheerful smile
And extend a helping hand
In need
For it makes our friendship
More worthwhile
Kind words and thoughtful deeds~

And even though we are
Miles and miles apart
Always in you I will find
A warm understanding heart~

~ Susan ~ (Blushfulmoon)

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Friendship Cinquain

Maureen
Sweet friend to all
Who is never unkind
Gift of love sharing with others
Blessing

~ Sherry Finley ~ April 11th-2004

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M aureen you are a true friend
A lways there to lend a hand for
U nconditional love you give to us the
R ose is the flower I think of you as you are
E ver caring~ always sharing~ always kind~always
E ternally seeking to please and help others
N ow and forever more we are one soul~one mind.

~ Joan Benecke ~ (angelica)

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I met a poet today her name was Maureen
Her author's page is gorgeous this I seen,
Her writing was inspirational to me so
When I'm done back to her page I'll go,
"I'll Never be Able Say Good Bye"
nearly made me fall down and cry,
She definitely lives in "The Sea of Love"
Looking for "Soul Mates" in the Heavens above,
She regretted saying, "I Got Cloned"
Her warning in my head endlessly droned!

~ Melissa ~ (meesa p)

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M any poets on this site
A re ladylike, sweet, devout
U nless you know our Maureen
R eally you've missed out!!
E very word she writes is magic
E very comment leaves no doubt
N ever will you find a nicer lady than when our Maureen is about.

~ leannewales ~

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M ysterious as the Pharaohs’ tombs;
A geless, as the desert sands;
U nderscoring nature’s rounds.
R iding on the Love Express,
E ’en her humour kindly sounds.
E very love-poem sweetly stands;
N ever lost in my heart’s rooms.

M any trophies has she won -
A ll her ninescore poems beguile.
U niversal truths and grace
R ise upon her Muse’s wings.
E ver beautiful, her face
E vokes the Mona Lisa’s smile.
N ature, love and lots of fun.

~ Hugh Wyles ~

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Hopes and wishes of a Happy New Year
For one of the sweetest ladies I know
I ask this dear Lord all in prayer
That the peace in her heart will only grow
For she touched the very soul of me
The first time I read her heart
She flows with grace so freely
And when you made her, love played a part
As she writes of faith, hope, and love
She blesses us all so tenderly
You tell the world of God above
And share the faith you have with me...

~ Timothy ~ (poeticweaver)

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Maureen my friend at AP....
so much in you I like to see....
the words you use seem so complete...
and so much more than the eyes meet....
my friends here at AP....
have been so wonderful to me...
and you my friend are one of them too....
so here it is..I love you too.

~ Bud ~ (budlem)

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M/emories of Love & Life
a/re your strength ~ your
u/nderstanding
r/eveals the depth of your
e/mbrace ~
e/ven in darkness, your Light can
n/ot be diminished...


~ Night Hope ~ (Wanda)
~ October 6, 2004

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Soul mate’s come to you in many disguises
one of mine comes in the form of a friend.
Maureen is my soul mate from Allpoetry.
From the moment we met we knew each other
Our thoughts intermingled speaking as one
knowing whatever the other was thinking.
Many soul mates I have met in this life time
in my physical life and here on this site,
none have affected me the way ours have
Though we often pass like ships in the night
we never forget the special bond we share.
never will it be broken.
Friends we will always be here and beyond.
I am so very glad to have you as my soul mate.

~ angelica ~ (Joan)

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Maureen is proud to be a daisy
and though she's small, she's strong
with her words of poetry
she serenades us all night long.

~ Lady Bird ~ (-Em)

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There is only one Maureen!
She is a wife, friend, and poet
With a heart full of love that comes from many miles
From her room to ours via the computer screen.

~ blushfulmoon ~ (Susan)

1/10/05

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I read a poem about a little girl written by Maureen.
The essence of her was in every word ,oh, what a dream!

~ queenie ~ (Joyce)

2/17/05

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M agnanimous spirit that soars like poetry in motion.
A dmirable in giving friends her total devotion.
U biquitious in her love, sprinkled like a magic potion.
R adiantly she beams her joy like the moon at night.
E mbodiment of all in the world that's so right.
E xplosive charm in which many find much delight.
N ever willing to give up on winning the good fight.


M arinated in kindness that perfumes each day.
A mbrosial aura wrapped in a sterling bouquet.
U ltra-dependable, for her there's no other way.
R ich in wisdom that's displayed in her every word.
E xpresses her will with the freedom of a bird.
E xtends her heart to the sorrows she has heard.
N ice is what is stated, not just what's inferred.


M easured by the depths of a stellated heart.
A ngelic vibes her existence does impart.
U tilizes her talent to spread unity through her art.
R eaches out to embrace the innocence of a little girl.
E ach day she's here makes this a better world.
E very breath she takes makes another heart unfurl.
N eedless to say, in her, you have found a pearl.


~ Marjorie Joyce Leslie ~
03/16/05
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