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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?... Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do... It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." .......Marianne Williamson From Wild Flower Collection Wild Flower Gardens   Bird's Eyes It is better to light candles than to curse the darkness. It is better to plant seeds than to accuse the earth. The world needs all of our power and love and energy, and each of us has something that we can give. The trick is to find it and use it, to find it and give it away. So there will always be more. We can be lights for each other,and through each other's illumination we will see the way. Each of us is a seed, a silent promise, and it is always spring. .......Merle Shain Little Running Deer, Poetry      picturezone/free/hybiscus             Trees Bow My heart leaped up As I saw the flowers, A deep rose Color here, The hanging Rosy purple Color there, As the fingers Of the Mulberry tree Brushed my hair. And the evergreen Trees bowed to me as I mowed their green carpet. Little Running Deer    http://thumb7.webshots.net/t/58/158/4/67/80/2888467800026745827eAAKHD_th.jpg Rhododendrens at Kalaloch, Washington State Kalaloch - Washington                                 Jewels In My Mind Drops of water Like jewels running Through my fingers The sweet water That I may Never taste again Mountain snow water So sweet and crystal clear Like a dream Of long ago The picture painted In my mind Of the shallow mountain River rushing swiftly by So sweet and crystal clear And the drops of water Like jewels running Through my fingers Are now running Through my mind. Little Running Deer