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Victoria Emory's avatar

The perfect post, Sister Star.

Exquisite, right and inspiring.

RESIST | FIGHT's avatar

Beautiful read 🌺

Theano's avatar

Thank you! ❤️

Susan Crandall's avatar

Beautiful thoughts, thank you for sharing them with us. Hope is the thing with wings? Was that Emily Dickinson? I struggle to feel it's fluttering sometimes but I struggle harder not to give up and become bitter. I'm grateful for the opportunity to stay out of despair that helping my fellow alcoholics to stay sober affords me. Inside out, love is an inside out proposition, and the cells/atoms/infinitely small of my body tingle when I bring my attention to them. I am the goddess of the universe of my body and send all its bits and pieces love everyday and it reciprocates.

Theano's avatar

Much love to you ❤️

www's avatar

Your sentiments for our beloved Mother Earth are mine exactly and have not seen this put into words so eloquently. Keep up the vital work you are doing!!!! Thank you 🙏 💛

Theano's avatar

Thank you - how kind you are ❤️

Amanda Painter's avatar

So thoughtful and well-articulated. Thank you.

And a question: when you use the word "despised" in #15, do you mean simply "hated" or is there another meaning to that word with more nuance than I am familiar with?

As Victoria has noted, an inspiring (and inspired) list. <3

Theano's avatar

Thanks and love to you both, my dear friends.

Amanda - I have always invested 'despise', rightly or wrongly, with the additional sense of looking down upon, as at a cringeworthy speech or behaviour. Hope that makes sense xx