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I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
(Dawna Markova, b. 1942)
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(c) mlq
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Me In The Middle 
That poem is beautiful Mary Lou and something we can all learn from – I love the idea of improving on what was given to us and then passing it on to others.
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I love that line too, Leanne. It makes me think of my children, along with my writing and artwork. She has also written a book with the same title.
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“To allow my living to open me…” I love that line!
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I do too, Jennifer!
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