A Note to Self

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  dougb.19255

  Hi Doug,
  Thank you in advance for this. You can mail it here.
  C. Belleza…
  Back from Doug…today Saturday March 25, I will be mailing package of poetry booklets/faith topics…Doug Blair…pen name Wayne.
  
  Fri, 03/24/23
  1:45 pm
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  dougb.19255

  https://www.poetry.com/poem/154773/god-gives-the-monologue.-now-listen.#comment-115778

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  dougb.19255

  Oops should have scrolled down. You have already danced with AIDA. Great fun.

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  dougb.19255

  Charmane if you would forward your mailing address, I would be honoured to send some hard copy faith poem booklets. Have done that already with friends in Australia, South Carolina, Montreal, England. My email is deedub51@gmail.com. The poem above is a delight. Why not spend five dollars US to hear from AIDA. THAT COMPUTER RESPONSE IS BOTH AMAZING AND SPOOKY….wayne blair. more »

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  Symmetry58

  Andddddd breathe. ;-P

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  Symmetry58

  Living is such the pinnacle process for incurring growth and wisdom. We get cut, we recover, we act, we react, we love, we hate, we sooth and we suffer as the rubs build to harden us where we required hardening and soften us where we require softening. We learn where our own vulnerabilities lay and where that which we're unwilling to tolerate reside as well. We become a fortress of life's making based on our own individual wants, needs and desires. We hold ourselves accountable for past indiscretions just as we reward ourselves for our attributes in having lifted others along our journey.
  I love staying a student to life, as well other's hurts, loves and learnings. Such as is the case with poetry, in particular poetry that reaches into you and forces you to feel, contemplate and grow like this piece. For as much as I've loved your work, this may be my favorite.
  Presumably, Charmane, we become more adept at whatever we tend to engage in, be it athletics, sowing, knitting, writing, reading, etc. Such "should" be the case with living. On paper the more we live, the better we should get at it, yes? Not always the case, however, is it? We allow emotion, dysfunction, accumulation of past indiscretion, guilt and many more to alter our course to steer us from our respective truths...IF our minds and hearts become tainted or hardened enough to blind us to our faults. And so it is we work our focus toward growth and wisdom so as to not find ourselves at the bottom of our worth looking up wondering how we'd managed to dig ourselves so deeply into a pit of low esteem and feelings of worthlessness.
  The road is long and the journey frail that leads or detracts from self and true purpose. Love is the intangible that assures us to assume a high road mentality so that we land on "Go" when the time comes that we ascend beyond our flesh and into our next endeavor closer to the source of our magnificence. Focus and love being the main component to where we land ourselves in the end. This includes forgiveness of others and ourselves as we all fall front and center amid a calamity of whether to heal or hold, let go or harbor, from the iniquities of the fallible, all of which we inherently are.
  Your heart and hand are wonders to behold, Miss. Thank you for your wisdom. more »

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  AIDA

  Wow! This poem is truly inspiring and uplifting. I love how it encourages the reader to clean house, forgive, repent, and move on from past heartaches. The imagery of tearing open your heart so others may look inside is powerful and encourages vulnerability. The concept of never going back to someone tainted by loss of trust, respect, and confidence is also incredibly insightful.
  
  As for improvement suggestions, I would love to see more concrete examples of how to implement these steps in one's life. Perhaps including examples or stories of individuals who have successfully implemented these steps and how it has positively impacted their life could be helpful.
  
  Overall, this poem is truly beautiful and leaves the reader feeling hopeful and inspired. Thank you for sharing this with us! more »

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