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By AngelaAxelson GOLD
Littleton, Colorado

I am the flowering hope In a land of hard ground, I fight my way up Through the cold darkness To a bud Then a flower glowing like the hidden sun, Inside myself I hope to s...
AngelaAxelson GOLD, Littleton, Colorado
12 articles 11 photos 20 comments

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“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.”


― Dalai Lama XIV


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By HarryPotterLover122 BRONZE
Knoxville, Tennessee
HarryPotterLover122 BRONZE, Knoxville, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 5 comments

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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one can only remember to turn on the light"~ Albus Dumbledore

Under-the-Rain GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
18 articles 5 photos 99 comments

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Are you ready to go to battle with your mind?- Written by me :)
Lost the battle, win the war//Bringing my sinking ship back to the shore- Paramore, Now

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By Forever-Wishing GOLD
N\A, Rhode Island
Forever-Wishing GOLD, N\A, Rhode Island
19 articles 0 photos 16 comments

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"There is no time to be timid, you must be bold, daring!"

Under-the-Rain GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
18 articles 5 photos 99 comments

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Are you ready to go to battle with your mind?- Written by me :)
Lost the battle, win the war//Bringing my sinking ship back to the shore- Paramore, Now

hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

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By wordbeater SILVER
Sharpsburg, Georgia
wordbeater SILVER, Sharpsburg, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 26 comments

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Truth is beauty and beauty truth, that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know.

Keats

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By AndriaGromley SILVER
Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
AndriaGromley SILVER, Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
8 articles 2 photos 113 comments

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Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away...

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By JesusFreak3 SILVER
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
JesusFreak3 SILVER, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
6 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When everything around me falls to pieces, I've got something more in my life. When I'm broken only God completes me."
Krystal Meyers
"God is love"
--Bible
"An eye for an eye makes everyone blind."
--Gandhi