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Beauty is…

I don’t know if you know this but I LOVE horses. In fact, I used to go riding a lot when I was a child.

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Beauty is…

Have you ever looked at the sky and thought how amazing it is? I have been on many flights in my lifetime, and thoroughly enjoyed watching the changing clouds.

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Beauty is…

Have you ever thought or heard that something is almost or actually is too beautiful for words?

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Beauty is…

Have you ever thought how beautiful music is? From the deep tones of the majestic organ, to the twinkling glockenspiel or piano.

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In the night

In the night and the darkness, What is it that your mind turns to? Is it the horrors that still haunt you? Or the peace that comes with sleep?

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Pay for what you get

You have to pay for what you get, Excellent work does take time, Time and energy both combined, Including apt precision too.

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Taking your time

Taking your time isn’t an issue, Getting it right isn’t wrong, You don’t have to rush around, Accuracy is the price of genius

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Peaceful Meadow

Peaceful meadow basked in sunlight, With a brook gurgling by its side, And a forest on the other, Always a pleasure to be on.

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Beauty is…

I would love to talk about body image today. I know this can be a very delicate subject for many of us, but i think it’s important to discuss as part of looking at beauty.

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Beauty is…

When I was younger (I think about 7 or 8), I met a girl that basically lived in (well I guess you would call it) one of the clear cots that you get in hospital to put your baby in.

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Line and form

I was looking at a blanket my friend Clare has crocheted for someone and she used the entrelac pattern, which she had used to make me a jumper.

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Crowning of Charles III in Scotland

I don’t know if you are aware, but I am a Royalist in many ways. And today, with his Majesty King Charles III being crowned, I wished to see this event take place.

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Beauty is……

Beauty. What a word. Beauty. Now, what do you have to consider when beauty is the subject of choice? At the end of the day, it’s what you SEE and decide that makes something beautiful. What it means to you.

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Commitment

It’s a strange word actually, isn’t it? You can be committed to a place, person, idea, book, country….all sorts of things. And some of them aren’t the kind of thing that you would ever consider committing to.

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Conversation or Communication

Conversation or communication - so what do I mean as being the difference? Well, actually, quite a lot! As a young lady coming out into society, they were expected to learn how to converse.

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Seed of Life

The seed of life breaks forth, With joy as it faces what comes, It doesn’t ask for anything more, Than the things that bring it life

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Looking at me

You’re standing there looking at me, And yet I know you don’t really see me, You see the person you want to see, When you’re standing, looking at me

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Someone Else

You really don’t know what it’s like, To stand in someone else’s place, Go through what they’re living with, And then come out the other side.

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