"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time, That's why it doesn't often happed to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to the people who don't understand... but once you are Real, you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
Recently engaged, moved, up-rooted.. and all that good stuff.
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"When our eyes see our hands
Doing the work of our hearts,
the circle of Creation is completed
Inside us, the doors of our souls fly open,
And love steps forth to heal everything in sight."
Buried deep within each of us is a spark of greatness, a spark that can be fanned into flames of passion and achievement. That spark is not outside of you, it is born deep within you.
What Gives Me Hope
The beauty that surrounds us always..
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
What/who changed my life and why
A book : The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.. moving moral story with suprises and new twists everytime you read it.
"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love."
Testimonial on Oct 12, 2004
Since I've met Stephanie here at Care2, we have spoken several times. She is a very kind, caring & wonderful person who knows how to be a true friend! I highly recommend that you add her to your friends list! You certainly won't be disappointed :)!