March 28, 2010

but what does it really mean.....

she believed
that spring was the only season
that could make you look at everything as a new beginning
~~
she believed
that being happy
was the only choice you could ever make
that would ever really mean anything
~~
she believed
that being patient was a gift that people are born with
and
that if it had to be learned
it would never be fully grasped
~~
she believed
that trying to change someone
was the only thing in life that was
truly impossible
~~
she believed
that believing
in herself
was
the only thing she had any control over
and
somedays
that belief
was a slippery little sucker that she had a hard time holding onto
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39 comments:

  1. She believed in the beauty of imperfection and weathered ...

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  2. ah yes, slippery indeed, but well worth the effort...
    the photo is simply stunning, I want to walk over, sit myself down and stare off into the distance...

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  3. It can indeed be a slippery little sucker.. but a worthwhile one nonetheless. Thanks for your visit to my blog the other day. I love your photos and the finishing techniques you use.

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  4. i love these words. and your photograph. i read them over a couple of times to have them truly sink in.

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  5. Beth, I have just recently found your blog (where have I been?) and love your writing and photography. I am a teacher and will be teaching a workshop this summer to other teachers in the effort to have the write poetry so they so what it is like. We don't know how hard the task is that we are asking our students to do! Could I use some of your writing? I of course will give out yourblog address (if that's okay). I had an activity planned where the participants listen to Pat Green's What I'm For (song) and your poem matches it perfectly. Thanks for sharing your talent. http://bookbantering.blogspot.com

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  6. If that chair goes missing, you will have to come to Texas to visit it. LOVE!!!!!!!

    xoxo
    Debi

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  7. Just beautiful--something to think about and ponder and savor. I'd love to follow your train of thought backwards, and find out how you create the things you do. It's really terrific!

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  8. Yes! Slippery is the right word! Trusting oneself is sometimes hard to do. Beautiful writing and the photo is stunning!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  9. gorgeous shot - love the words

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  10. Your words always give me much to ponder and leave me feeling enriched. I start my Sunday feeling happy. Thanks, Beth!

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  11. I believe I love that blue chair sitting in the mud. Somedays are like that, just sitting in a worn chair in mud.

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  12. As slippery as a bitty baby in bath water! Oh yes, I have to hold on tight some days. xo I so wished you lived near Chicago, cuz I would love to meet you for a cup of coffee!!!

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  13. Think how carefully we hold our babies while bathing them, so as not to let them slip from our grasp, and hold yourself as tenderly.

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  14. ... and then we take yet another long, deep, down past your toes breath and find a way to hang on ...

    beautiful image accompanying your incredibly rich and thought provoking words, beth ...

    thank you for sharing your lovely gifts ...

    prairiegirl
    2bbb

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  15. chair in the dirt...how can that be so pretty ...

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  16. Beth - Did you know my Mother? She believed all these things, and she taught them to me. I'm hankering to sit in that blue chair and feel the breeze in my hair...

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  17. you always have such lovely words to share.

    I adore the blue chair.

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  18. What a beautiful blog and a beautiful photo. Thank you.

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  19. all so very true....now take a seat in that lovely blue chair and enjoy a good glass of red! :-)

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  20. sounds a lot like what my counselor has been telling me lately.

    how much do i love love love love love your new banner!!!

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  21. That was one of my favorite lines in Pretty Woman. At the restaurant, remember?
    I believe in you.

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  22. Very nice Beth....love the photo. Hope the weather in Mad Town is warming up.

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  23. love, love this photo beth...
    and isn't that the truth...it can be a slippery sucker for sure!!

    happy week... ♥ kim

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  24. How true how true. Great photo Beth!

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  25. Loving your new blog banner Beth :-) And that chair!

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  26. here's to somedays being over quickly

    to more with a firmer grasp.

    the chair photo is divine.
    and thank you for acknowledging mine. I am still way back in the learning stages , so it means a lot . that helped my belief in things possible :)

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  27. The beauty of imperfection. I love that!!!

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  28. I absolutely adore this photo!!!
    of course, your words always touch me deeply...xoxoxxo thanks

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  29. You have good beliefs. I share them, though never word them quite so prettily.

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  30. what a beautiful photo...

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  31. Beth, your new banner is absolutely beautiful! Oh my goodness! I LOVE it!!

    I believe what she believes...

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  32. I sometimes feel like the chair in your photo..worn and weathered and stuck in the mud but still in Gods eyes useful with beauty. As always love your photo's and are inspired by them.

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  33. Ah, so true! I love this photo -- tons and tons!

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  34. such a gorgeous photo and splendid coupling of image with word:) I LOVE your new banner!

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  35. All she believed is true and correct.

    BTW: I'm looking for a chair like this. I'm scouring second hand shops but I have not yet fallen in love with one.

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  36. TEST: Ok, saw your message so I'm testing this by sending a note.

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  37. Oh my. I am quite in love with this photograph. Inspiring words to boot...

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  38. Wow Beth do keep have faith in your believing in yourself! You'll discover the most beautiful soul!!!
    Love love love the blue old chair.

    Where on earth do you find things like this?
    Hugs Dagmar

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  39. From the first day I visited your blog, I was intrigued by your poetry. The same remains true today.

    Sorry I've fallen behind on my blog visits.

    one love.

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth