messages to a-rosewithin:
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from a-rosewithin :
---- To All Roses ---- Being that I will not be posting any further entries here at diaryland, I have turned the notes section off and have left the guestbook open for comments. This 'notes area' will forever be a precious place to and for me. Reading the kind words that others (strangers, loved ones and friends) have left me... uplift and encourage my Spirit. Thank you so much!! Love from afar, yet near in Heart ... ~ Shannon Collins ~ The Rose Within ~
from a-rosewithin :
Lovely quote, Fan4! Thank you for sharing it. =) I'd like to add that our friends are as different from us, as the color red is from blue. Imagine the amazing things we can learn from our friends! They are able to teach us much, especially as we accept them AS IS. It is then that their colors are added to the many colored hues of our own unique rainbows, which often results in a perfect blend of colors! Love from a fellow Washingtonian! ~ Shannon
from fan4 :
"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same." -Elbert Hubbard
from fan4 :
My notes section should be working fine.... "Richland" doesn't sound familiar, but we live in the same state.
from a-rosewithin :
I thank you Fan4! You inspired my addition to my most recent entry. I had not been satisfied with a paragraph and went back to add more. I did not take away ... I added. Fan4 ... stay TRUE to your convictions. They are absolutely completely 100% RIGHT ON FOR YOU! Others may believe differently and if you want to touch their lives and be an instrument of encouragement or enlightenment ... Stay true to what you believe without judging others. Please know that you are loved from afar and very near in Heart ... ~ Shannon
from fan4 :
I take it you aren't a Christian?
from kilowatt :
"I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them." ~ Virginia Satir ~ I thank you for the priceless gift of your friendship...the treasured gift of knowing you!
from kilowatt :
"Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The glory of action; The splendor of beauty; For yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision; But today, well lived, makes every yesterday A dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day!" ~ from the Sanskrit ~ I greatly welcome your appreciation for my entry entitled, �Feel Good Thoughts� as a confectionery masterpiece of the most ambrosial nature. I thank you for your continued initiative to leave me such lovely words of esteem. Your gestures of love and friendship are wonderful, unexpected kindness that make me happy! My wish for you this evening is that you experience beauty in any form, the sunrise, the sunset, the smell of grass, laughter, the softness of an embrace, something, anything, and fully and truly experience the sensation, allowing it to completely overwhelm you. I thank you, my friend, for all of the beauty that is within you that you so freely share with others!
from seekfreedom :
Forgive my lateness on this note! I would be honored for you to quote me. I have not yet looked at your diary, but I've seen what you wrote in your profile and I can tell already you and kilowatt have the same warmth to share with the world. I look forward to what your entries may contain. :)
from a-rosewithin :
I was only trying to leave you a note Minstrelite. Alas, your note section was turned off. So instead, I left a message, in my Guestbook, to thank you for your sweet note left here. =) Minstrelite ... I wish you a most EXCEPTIONAL and SPLENDID DAY!! ~ Love, Shannon
from minstrelite :
Tricia said you were trying to reach me. My personal email is apope5 AT comcast DOT net.
from fan4 :
Minstrelite doesn't have his notes turned on. He's taking a break from writing diary entries.
from minstrelite :
I learned of your diary from my friend Tricia (fan4). You have a beautiful journal--you lifted my spirits and re-awakened my love for the good things in life, after a struggle with darkness and despair. Thank you.
from kilowatt :
Regarding your entry "A Love Comment ... The Allure of Blogging," you are brilliant, my friend! For you have stated with more eloquence, more tenderness, and more luminosity, what I was attempting to capture within my own entry on the subject. "Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it." ~ Anais Nin ~ I thank you for the rarified gift that is you, your insightful mind, your abundant heart, your fathomless soul, and your continuous compassionate spirit. May you truly enjoy your day and may you firmly believe in your tremendous inherent beauty and talents.
from breathtaken1 :
Oh thank you so much for the very sweet note you left me...and yes, great minds do think alike. I was changing templates every week or two until I found this one. This one feels right and I never tire of seeing it. You have a wonderful diary...of course :)
from sunnflower :
Now that I have discovered your diary, I am really enjoying stopping by and reading. If I might make a suggestion (and maybe I missed it) - consider upgrading your diaryland subscription so you can have comments for each entry or use something like Haloscan comments. It would be great to be able to respond directly to each entry and I think you will be happy you added this capability to your diary. Love today's rain and tea poetry!
from candoor :
it is great to see your positivity continues to flow out here on the net... hope all of you are feeling fantastic today :)
from kilowatt :
Concerning, your entry "Love Notes and Cards ... For Michael", it is simply lovely! You beautifully express the exquisite feelings of tenderness, hope, and curiosity during the early phases of romance. I thank you for sharing the card, the notes, and your delightful P.S., with all of us here at Diaryland, as you honor your relationship with Michael. You are the mistress of divine expressions plucked directly from the petals within the lush garden of your heart!
from kilowatt :
Shannon, this is a duplicate of a note that I left on my own comments page in response to your most recent and wonderful comment. //// Shannon: My beautiful, vivacious, and compassionate friend, I am immensely grateful for your kind words. I look forward with great anticipation to be able to read your impeccably crafted poem of your unique origins. I wish you a sheltered circle of rocks to lie down in, wrapped in soft velvet, listening to the waves whispering, "Peace."
from nicim :
It was my personal dream. I always seem to have unusual ones. I taught myself "directed dreaming" as a child because of the constant nightmares (you start and end the dream the way you want). The oddest dreams are always the ones when you start coming awake, realize you are dreaming and fight to stay there - often called "lucid dreaming". Thanks for reading once again! PS: finally getting someone to help me design my template. YAH!
from nicim :
Thanks once again for your thoughtful note. LIATI is an artist (and I have her album which is quite nice). But it really means "Love Is All There Is". And I do so want to believe.
from hamiltonian :
I need to buy those bear-Thoreau books which I stumbled upon once on amazon.com by chance. there are so many books ouut there with Thoreau but the two I suggest are by the Library of America and can be purchased off amazon.com for about $45. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0940450275/qid=1113320770/sr=2-5/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_5/103-8201470-3311851
from hamiltonian :
I like your descriptive comment about kilowatt. Hopefully my own writings reach out and touch others with gentle reminders about living, loving, becoming more aware and welcoming all around. Though I do go about it a far different way than Kilowatt does. Sometimes my journal can be like having truth which may feel like shit rubbed in ones face. Thanks for the nice compliment and your journal is lovely.
from hamiltonian :
Love your journal..
from nicim :
You asked me once how I would describe myself if I were to describe me as I do others in my favorites section. I finally have the answer. NiciM: Because you really, truly, believe LIATI. Thanks for the notes you've left from time to time. They are appreciated more than you know. I am remiss to be just now saying so. If you have a chance - find the entries called "The Box" and "Let's Talk About the One". It may be that Anna is, at last, beginning to understand.
from elliorange :
*hugs* Thank you so much.
from kilowatt :
As you should be quite well aware of, I love and adore Sean, Kevin, Katie, and Joseph. They are each such unique, thoughtful, delightful, considerate, artistic, funny, and passionate children. Furthermore, it was my extreme pleasure to manipulate the colors of Sean�s beautiful photograph of the lovely Katie. I am so pleased that each of you is contented with its outcome. "We need to fill a child�s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can�t poke enough holes in it to drain it dry." ~ Alvin Price ~ I thank you for allowing me to express my love and respect for you and your children by engaging in this and other unexpected gestures for you and them, that hopefully possesses a combination of novelty, beauty, and graciousness. May you devour your miraculous life like a sweet peach and let the juice dribble down your chin.
from kilowatt :
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." ~ Oscar Wilde ~ Happy Valentine�s Day! In honor of the holiday and in the spirit of love, may you court yourself the way you would desire your ideal lover would court you. Recall the ways you have pleasured, pampered, served and loved other people in your life. How many of those loving actions, thoughts, and things have you ever given yourself? Therefore, do something nice for yourself today: indulge in one perfect chocolate; buy yourself a small present; go out for lunch; call your best friend; or whatever will give you a lift. Do not think about it, do something. Love yourself, you deserve it.
from kilowatt :
I am so pleased that you took the time to pause upon my doorstep and delicately place upon it, a lovely little gift from you. A plethora of gracious compliments. The act of reading your expressed sentiments was a most decadent treat that shall be the dessert to my day. I thank you immensely for your lovely words concerning my most recent entries.
from tkluin :
Your writing is wonderful! It makes the skies seem blue even when they're really grey! I hope you don't mind if I add you to my favs. -Blue
from a-rosewithin :
To Ric Candor: When next you visit this sweet and precious area, these Petals [notes] that others and yourself have left me. I thank you for your inspiration and for, "A Love Letter ... O Men!" Love from afar, yet near in Heart, ~ Shannon
from kilowatt :
My friend, I thank you for the time and energy that you invest in leaving me such beautiful words of truth, compassion, understanding, and radiance in your comments to my entries. Today, may you further express your love and respect for the people that share your life by engaging in unexpected gestures for them, that possess a combination of novelty, beauty, and graciousness. "A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."~ Arabian Proverb ~ I thank you for all the lovely acts of kindness that you have bestowed upon me. I am blessed! I am blessed by my association with you, my love with Lanny, and the countless other miracles that I experience on a daily basis. May you bask in an abundance of love today.
from candoor :
your diary has become more beautiful (maybe cutting the men out of your life is a good thing :)
from kilowatt :
As always, I thank you for your flowering words of esteem. As I have previously mentioned to you, today, may you walk the trail of self-kindness and enchantment that involves accepting constant change and embracing your process of shedding. May you keep shedding: unhealthy relationships, unfulfilling responsibilities, negative programming and thoughts, boring and unhealthy habits. May all of your shedding be an exhilarating process that results with a more fine-tuned and burnished you. (For it is my desire for myself to experience today as well.) And remember: In you I gaze upon a divine creation, a bold soul, and a splendid friend. May you bask in the brilliance of your dazzling reflection today.
from kilowatt :
I thank you for your kind words directed towards me in your entry entitled �A Love Letter ... Delightful Friends.� I am so pleased that the poignancy and powerful connotations of the sacred greeting �Namaste� resonated as deeply within you as it does with me. "Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.� ~ The Dalai Lama ~ I wish you a flashlight to softly illuminate all the obstacles that you can, if you choose, now dissolve within your life. I wish you a magical department store where you can shop for new possibilities. I wish you a very, very big shopping bag (made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials of course) to bring all those possibilities home.
from kilowatt :
The new design of your page layout is quite lovely. I like it immensely.
from thekirks :
I have been meaning to leave you a note! I read back to the beginning of your diary and see that we both have a shared love for kilowatt! She is amazing isn't she?! I look forward to reading your journal in the future and best wishes to you!
from kilowatt :
"The impossible is possible when people align with you. When you do things with people, not against them the amazing resources of the Higher Self within are mobilized." ~ Gita Bellin ~ I thank you for your constant words of esteem, encouragement, respect, and love. I thank you for assisting to make the impossible, possible!
from candoor :
sometimes these little notes can be the best part of a day (even when they are to someone else, but especially when they are from you :)
from kilowatt :
"Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." ~ Sydney Smith ~ It is almost an impossible feat to gather the words to eloquently respond to your latest love letter addressed to me. "Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration." ~ D. H. Lawrence ~ My friend, I am moved beyond words by your extremely generous and considerate nature. The weft and weave of your resplendent words of esteem have fabricated the most luxurious, exquisite, vibrant, and rare silks to grace the fabric of my mind. I thank you for the extravagant gift of your lyrical and charming words of praise. "A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Regarding your desire to play the piano again as one of your two new skills to master within this year, I would like to share the following thoughts with you. If you are a beginning musician and want to learn piano, sit down at the piano and touch the keys. Great. Tomorrow you can sit down at the piano and touch the keys again. Five minutes a day is better than no minutes a day. Five minutes might lead to ten, just as a tentative embrace leads to something more passionate. Making art is making love with life. We open ourselves to art as to love. Instead of thinking about conquering an art form, think instead of kissing it hello, wooing it, and exploring it in small, enticing steps. How many of us have burned through promising relationships by moving too swiftly? How many of us have burned out in new creative ventures by setting goals too high? Most of us. Creativity is inspiration coupled with initiative. It is an act of faith and, in that phrase, the word "act" looms as large as the "faith" that it requires. "Wholeheartedness is a precious gift, but no one can actually give it to you. You have to find the path that has heart and then walk it impeccably . . . It's like someone laughing in your ear, challenging you to figure out what to do when you don't know what to do. It humbles you. It opens your heart." ~ Pema Chodron ~ I thank you once again for your friendship for it sustains me. Today, may you further express your love and respect for the people that share your life by engaging in unexpected gestures for them that possess a combination of novelty, beauty, and graciousness. "A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." ~ Arabian Proverb
from younameit :
Shannon, I read your long comment on DangerSpouse's notes page. If no one else has told you yet (and I'm betting that they have), that long comment in which you ask what prose is... That is prose. In fact, that is excellent, riveting, stream-of-consciousness prose. I sincerely hope you will give us more of that on a regular basis on your web site. Either way, though, I promise to return often to read your diary. Sincerely, Mike.
from candoor :
you deserve all the praise you get, believe it, and continue being the inspiration you are... you have a knock for seeing what you want to see in others and choosing positivity helps them see their inner light... you are a great motivator and I hope this year sees you take your gifts into the professional world... may you believe in yourself as much, if not more, than your friends here (and everywhere) and your kids believe in you... love to each of them too :)
from dangerspouse :
Hi Shannon!! Thank you SO MUCH for the lovely note you left me - I am very flattered ideed! I'm glad some of my entries made you smile, tht really is the best compliment I heard all day. I'm looking forward to coming back here in days to come and reading over your archives. So far I've enjoyed the few I've perused - you are a wonderful poet as well as prose writer. Take care, and thank you again. Tom :)
from kilowatt :
I thank you for the treasured gift that is your words of loveliness. May today be a day of sparkling vibrancy, energy, passion, productivity, and immense fulfillment for you.
from arc-angel666 :
Oh Dear! Everyone with taught round bottoms. It seems you are firmly ensconced on the horns of a Dilemma! Massages for everyone accept Mommy! Well Madame I shall save the day and massage your taught round bottom, if you'd allow me? Its the least I could do considering it is the season of giving, Oh I forgot I have much more to give....heh heh heh :-) Happy New Year Good Looking.
from kilowatt :
The letters of self-reflection and appreciation generated by your children are quite amazing. I greatly admire the gentle nurturing manner in which you and Michael are raising your four remarkable children. Both of you, in your own unique style, are rearing conscientious, confident, honest, compassionate, talented, loving, generous, curious, contented, and insightful people. Upon reflection concerning their letters, I am reminded of several quotations: �In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.� ~ John Lilly ~ �If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.� ~ Brendan Francis ~ �Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.� ~ Sydney Smith ~ �Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.� ~ Anne Frank ~ �Becoming responsible adults is no longer a matter of whether children hang up their pajamas or put dirty towels in the hamper, but whether they care about themselves and others -- and whether they see everyday chores as related to how we treat this planet.� ~ Eda Leshan ~ �If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.� ~ Rachel Carson ~ �You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them -- no matter how old or impressive they may be -- as if they are children. For most of us never really grow up or mature all that much -- we simply grow taller. O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.� ~ Leo Rosten ~ Please thank each of your children for their willingness to share themselves so freely with others. I have been greatly inspired by their letters. May your holidays be filled with an inordinate amount of enchantment!
from candoor :
ditto what kilowatt said (and more cheers for your positivity and belief in yourself :)
from kilowatt :
Simply amazing entry concerning Sean's Love Letter to Himself. You and Michael are raising four remarkable young people! Your guidance and love for your children is of the highest quality. Please thank Sean for sharing this wonderful letter with all of us. May your day be filled with ceaseless beauty, wonder, and amazement.
from elliorange :
♥ Thank you. You're a beautiful woman.
from kilowatt :
I thank you immensely for your resplendent reflection, your gentle reassurance, and your brilliantly poetic words of charming admiration. I thank you for all that you have written, spoke, and thought in regards to me. You are a blessing.
from kilowatt :
"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving soul on another." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~ Each of us has the power to enrich a life, and your continued notes of friendship and admiration have enriched mine. I thank you for your continued reading of my diary and for your extreme thoughtfulness. My wish for you today is that you experience beauty in any form, something, and anything and fully and truly experience the sensation, allowing it to completely overwhelm you. May you, Katie, Sean, Joseph, and Kevin experience a truly magical holiday season! Lastly, you must please inform Katie that I enjoyed our conversation immensely! You and Michael have done a fantastic job of raising her, she is a delight!
from kilowatt :
I am at a loss of words to formulate the proper response to your incredibly generous, astoundingly overwhelming, sentiments of admiration for me, regarding one of my recent entries, �Seeing the Obvious.� It is as if I am a child on Christmas morning, waking up early and lying in bed, full of adrenaline as the sun rises and light filters through the windows, anxious for my parents to open the bedroom door and say, "Good morning! It's time to unwrap presents." Reading your words, I glimpse a package wrapped in slick vibrant red paper; a package bigger than I anticipated, bigger than I dreamed, bigger than I am. Finally, as I untie the bow and tear hungrily into the paper, I discover a gift more exciting, fulfilling, precious, and wonderful than I had ever dreamed. I thank you for the treasured gift that is your words of loveliness. May today be a day of sparkling vibrancy, energy, passion, productivity, and immense fulfillment for you.
from arc-angel666 :
My GOD She is beautiful just like her Mommy. Tell her I said Happy Birthday!
from candoor :
your entries are wonderful letters to specific people (unlike my diary, which is mostly my rambling thoughts as my profile says)... your personalized messages are beautiful and inspiring... no time for email tonight, but sending a hug :)
from candoor :
I tried to leave a note, Dland wouldn't let me, so perhaps that was a sign that the note should not be left, so I leave this note instead... the other note was deeper, more revealing, perhaps more creative, but gone... this one is here and loves you no less :)
from kilowatt :
I wish you a long leisurely walk on a beautiful path that gently slopes downward until you reach the door of a small, charming cottage. Written on that door are the words, "Who I Am." There is a key in the door. I wish you the courage to turn that key. Have a fantastic day and I again thank you for all of the positive energy and love you have been sending me. I have definitely felt its embrace. I thank you for your thoughtfulness.
from kilowatt :
"Some day after we have mastered the winds, the waves and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love; and then for a second time in the history of the world, humans will have discovered fire." ~ Teilhard de Chardin ~ I thank you my friend for all of the love that freely spills forth from the abundant vessel that is your heart. Your love letters are a deluge of beauty, acceptance, grace, understanding, and ardor. I thank you for sharing them for all to read. You are a blessing.
from kilowatt :
"I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet They're gonna knock me off my feet A lotta kisses on the bottom, I'll be glad I've got 'em..." ~ Joe Young ~ Yet, another quote that upon reading it elicited thoughts of you! I am considering adopting the elegance and loving style of your diary and feature the preceding quotation within a possible future entry of my own. I thank you for reading my entry today and once again, my delightful "Soap Roll," you amaze me with creating something truly unique and majestic from my unassuming beginnings with your �A Love Letter ... To An Enchanting Person ... Kim � On sharing an Enchanted Life ...� entry. It is a wondrous and enchanting gift that you possess and please do not ever allow it to diminish. May you experience an evening of unexpected bliss and amazement from basking in your own sparkling brilliance.
from kilowatt :
I thank you for your most recent entry focused on the concept of gratitude and friendship. Your delightful and uplifting words to and from Shawna reaffirmed for me the necessity of acknowledging all of the blessings in our lives. Furthermore, your dialogue with Shawna was sincere, honest, touching, and illuminating. I thank you for sharing it with anyone whom is fortunate to read you. May your day be an ambrosial amalgamation of adventure, discovery, bliss, relaxation, silence, music, love, and laughter.
from elliorange :
So beautiful.
from kilowatt :
I thank you for the compassionate and considerate expressions of your exquisite nature. Furthermore, I thank you for all of the beauty that is within you that you so freely share with others. May your day be one in which you praise and reward yourself wildly for the magnificent woman that you are and the even more majestic woman you are becoming!
from trypanon :
thank you for the notes you left me, and thank you for reading and enjoying my entries. I am glad you like them. I like reading your entries as well. Reading your letter to your mother, I felt as though I were recalling childhood memories, even though I did not experience any of the things you wrote about. Thank you!
from kilowatt :
Shannon: I thank you for your words of encouragement and admiration. The feelings of adoration are entirely mutual, my friend! Your words of esteem have provided an extreme lift to the beginning of this day. I am extremely pleased that you were touched by my "Snake Medicine" entry. Compassion is a difficult act for most of us to practice, however, I am learning more each and every day. I thank you for the constant surprise of discovering delectable morsels of love, acceptance, and praise all deliciously contained within your heartfelt notes and emails addressed to me throughout the day! I thank you for the time and energy you invest to write them. Have I told you today that you are a beam of sunlight, spreading love and friendship through the touch of your warm glow? You are, because you are simply radiant! I thank you for casting your rays of light upon me; I am forever transformed because of it.
from arc-angel666 :
I am a Man of many words mostly misused and misspelled. After reading the Letter to your Mother I find myself without the proper words to tell you how lovely that was. She must love you a great deal and be very proud of you. Your a Sweet Woman.
from kilowatt :
Your beautiful spirit blinds me with its radiance. The letter to your Mother is a brave and lovely sentiment of forgiveness, respect, devotion, love, understanding, acceptance, and joy. I thank you for sharing these deeply personal words of prose.
from candoor :
I've come with a good morning hug for you :)
from trypanon :
Thank you for the note you left me, as well as your reply to my email! I added your diary to my list of favorites. There is an apartment building or two between me and the university, and sometimes when they water their lawns I walk through the sprinklers. I like water. I'm glad you like my blog. Thank you!
from candoor :
wow, you're doing it... see me beaming with admiration and proudness (it's less egocentric than pride, and comes with a giggle)... I knew you'd bust out your bag 'o tricks and start sharing yourself (and the world is a much better place for it :)
from kilowatt :
You are most welcome for any and all words of praise I can bestow upon you. Your generosity is unsurpassable by most mere mortals. If you did not read my comments section for today's dream entry, you missed what trypanon had to say about you. This is what he said: "I agree with you that a-rosewithin's journal is indeed very lovely." You have fans everywhere! I wish you thoughts of peace, happiness, and contentment.
from kilowatt :
You! This Entry, "Love Letter of Acceptance"! You, again! I am unable to articulate the extent of your loveliness! I thank you for your continued perfect "reflections of resplendency." You further amaze me with your immense grace. I know I have previously stated my affection for you, however, without becoming too repetitious, you are an incredibly special person. I treasure our developing friendship and I thank you for the opportunity to know you. Thanks for being just you and enhancing my life in the process. "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Leo Buscaglia ~ I wish you thoughts of peace, happiness, and contentment.
from arc-angel666 :
After reading your Letter to Kim I realize you have a larger sweeter and kinder heart that I first thought you possessed. Be warned, if this continues I may be force to reach for and touch the Rose Within :-).
from elliorange :
♥ Beautiful children. Beautiful family. Beautiful words. Beautiful love letters. Beautiful you. Beautiful everything.
from kilowatt :
The "Letter to Yourself" is a most beautiful and passionate entry that reaffirms that love always begins with yourself. I thank you for your bravery at sharing with me and all others. May you continue to bloom into your own perfection.
from kilowatt :
The only words I can conjure up at this juncture in response to your wonderful words of inspiration are "Thank You." Furthermore, I thank you for your phenomenal words of admiration for my "Divinity in the Flesh" painting. Your kind words are most appreciated. I am uplifted by your tremendous encouragement and sympathy. May your evening be filled with enchantment.
from kilowatt :
I thank you for the compassionate and considerate expressions of your exquisite nature. May serenity be with you in all that you are and in all that you do.
from arc-angel666 :
Alrighty then let the hugging begin!!!!!!
from arc-angel666 :
That was beautiful and Alayna would have loved reading it, actually I'm sure she did. My goodness there seems to be a serious Babe hanging out on the front of your Profile. Your are a Good looking Woman, Indeed a beautiful one. Now these parts you speak of, the ones you have trouble loving, just send them my way and I'll give them a hug :-)
from elliorange :
Is that a picture of yourself on your profile? If so, you are beautiful. :)
from elliorange :
Shannon, on your profile you have the name .ell. listed. I wasn't sure if that was supposed to by my name, but if so, wouldn't it need to be: elliorange? I was just wondering, that's all. :)
from kilowatt :
Shannon that is a beautiful letter to your children. It is full of love, remorse, guidance, acceptance, and understanding. What a wonderful mother you are, I wish I could have experienced the abundance of your love and gentle instruction as a child. I sincerely hope that all is well with you. "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts." ~ Richard Bach ~ May your day provide you with an immense amount of forgiveness, love, serenity, fulfillment, and bliss. My thoughts are with you.
from kilowatt :
You are a labyrinth of colors and feelings and starlight and snowfall. Thank you for your words of esteem.
from kilowatt :
"The sweetest of all sounds is praise." ~ Xenophon ~ It is not possible that a lovelier person than you exists on this planet. You words in your love letters addressed to me uplift me and inspire me to be an even better person. I thank you for seeing so much goodness within me. The world outside is a mirror, reflecting the good and the bad, the joy and sorrow, laughter and tears within me. Some people are difficult mirrors to look into, but you . . . I look at you and I see all the beauty inside of me. I thank you for being a looking glass of unprecedented quality, reflecting only visions of resplendency. May your day be filled with enchantment!
from kilowatt :
"Stop the words now. Open the windows in the center of your chest, and let spirit fly in and out." ~ Rumi ~ You are divine! You are grace! You are what I hope I would be able to be some day! Thank you for expressing your ardor of humanity! You are a beacon of inspiration to me. "Your way begins on the other side. Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape. Walk out like someone suddenly born into color. Do it now." ~ Rumi
from arc-angel666 :
Hello My Lovely Rose-within: You are here now! Oh goody. Now I can feast upon you around the Clock lol. It looks as though I'm your first. Now remember what they say, you never forget your first LOL.

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