My theme for the A to Z Blog Challenge @AprilA2Z during the month of April is ~ My Life Is My Masterpiece ~ Lessons Learned
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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
~ John Lennon ~
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Always Choose Life ♥ Choose Love Over Fear
LOVE by Ukraine artist, Alexandr Milov
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The 2016 A to Z Challenge #atozchallenge@aprila2z is 26 Days in April (No Sundays) of blogging using each letter of the alphabet as a prompt for each blog. My theme for this Challenge is My Life is a Masterpiece ~ Lessons Learned
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* Note: My letter sketches were made from ideas I found on Google Images. *
Me In The Middle 
Fantastic post! Thank you 😀
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Glad you liked it, Heather! 🙂
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Beautiful! The quotes and images work so well together in sending your message. I admire your creativity too.
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Thanks, Wendy! Glad you stopped by! 🙂
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Beautiful message to start the week! Thank you!
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I’m glad it gave you a good start! 🙂
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Open-heartedness is such an important skill [lesson?] to learn in life. Love this post. Your “O” calls to me.
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Lesson is a good way to put it, Ally! Not being open-hearted will teach a person a lot if they are willing to change. 🙂 Thanks!
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As momma used to say, “you get further with sugar than vinegar”. Love is the sugar, fear is the vinegar 🙂
Stephanie Finnell
@randallbychance from
Katy Trail Creations
Stephanies Stuff
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So awesome! Your momma was right., Stephanie ! 🙂
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I love that last picture of the wire adults with the children inside reaching out – just beautifully eloquent. Leanne @ cresting the hill
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My favorite too, Leanne! We’ve all been there when we’ve been afraid to reach out and yet really wanted to. 🙂
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Très beau !
Bonne journée, bises.
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Merci! 🙂
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