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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 
Beautiful words to reflect very true thoughts. Thank you!
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Thanks for sharing Trisha! ❤
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Thanks Mary Lou for such positive thoughts. As I get older I am frequently anxious and more scared about doing things than when I was younger – and you’ve reminded me that life is for living. #MLSTL
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Me too Johanna! It’s so easy to give in to that. 🙂
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A fabulous quote for today and every day. Thank you! #mlstl
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I like it too Debbie! It’s a good reminder. 🙂
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Beautiful quotes Mary Lou – and certainly great reminders to get up and get on with living our best lives – they tie in well with my blog post that I wrote on Monday about living well.
MLSTL and I’ve shared this on my SM 🙂
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Thanks for sharing Leanne! I want to check your Monday post. 🙂
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What a positive way to start my Wednesday! Thank you Mary Lou for reminding us that life is certainly there to be lived now! #MLSTL
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Thanks Sue! Glad you like it! 🙂
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A timely read and I thank you for the reminder. Off to live as much as I can ‘in the moment’ that is today! Denyse #MLSTL
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That poem always give me the shot in the arm that I need Denyse. 🙂
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These are lovely. I especially like that first quote. That’s a fun photo with the raft. Is that you and your family? I have a similar photo from the late 80’s on a river in Queensland! Sharing on Twitter. #MLSTL
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That’s me and two of my sons along with my son’s friend and his father. It was the late 80’s or early 90’s that we went. Thanks for sharing!
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I love both of these quotes — and they are just what I needed to read right now!
#MLSTL
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Glad you liked it! 🙂
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Beautifully said. Thank you Mary Lou.
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❤
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