Janelleツ

I'd like to meet:

People that will inspire or entertain me.********************************************************* Someone to follow who does not lead the way. ********************************************************** May your home Be filled with laughter May your pockets Be filled with gold
******************************************************" Only by joining together can we find the strength we need to build a world where tenderness is valued more than violence, humility more than humiliation, and meaning more than money. " - Dr.William Thomas Learning from Hannah - Secrets of a Life Worth Living 1999******************************************************

Music:

Movies:

A Return To Love *************************"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 and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." The quote was written by Marianne Williamson. It comes from her book, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles."

Television:

Weeds, Dexter, L Word, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Law & Order SVU & CI, Closer, Stand Up Comedy..

Books:

Favorite: Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince. I think if everyone read this book the world would be a better place! ..

Heroes:

MY CHILDREN!! I love them so very much! They continue to inspire me. They teach me more about life and love than I could ever learn on my own. I cannot express in words how proud they make me. I only hope that I can be as much for them as they are to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glitter-graphics.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dylan Groene (July 16,1995 - June 2005) No human should ever have to endure what you did in your short life. My heart will always mourn you. May your suffering not go unnoticed, let it bring greater awareness that we must as a society do everything in our power to protect children against the evil pedaphiles of this world! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** Frances Farmer ** ( 9/19/1913 - 8/1/1970 ) “Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam. But I must relate the horrors as I recall them, in the hope that some force for mankind might be moved to relieve forever the unfortunate creatures who are still imprisoned in the back wards of decaying institutions.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** James Francis Thorpe ** Indian Name: Wa-tho-huck meaning Bright Path ( 5/28/1887 - 3/28/1953 ) " Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (February 2, 1878 – July 17, 1965) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Evans Schultes (Jan 12, 1915 - Apr 10, 2001)******************** Life... Life is the blossoming of flowers in the spring, the ripening of fruit in the fall, the rhythm of the earth and of nature. Life is the cry of cicadas signaling the end of summer, migratory birds winging south in a transparent autumn sky, fish frolicking in a stream. Life is the joy beautiful music instills in us, the thrilling sight of a mountain peak reddened by the rising sun, the myriad combinations and permutations of visible and invisible phenomena. Life is all things.Of course, people want to live long. But in the end, what matters more is what we have been able to leave behind -- the value we have created in our lives, the number of people we have made happy and how much we have been able to grow and expand as a person.A single day of life is worth more than all the treasures of the universeEveryone born in this world has a unique role that only he or she can fulfill. Were this not the case, we would not be here. The universe never acts without cause; everything invariably has a reason for being. Even the weeds people love to loathe serve a purpose. I might add that every cherry blossom has its own personality, a purpose and meaning in life that is unique to it—as do the plum, peach and damson.The course of our lives is determined by how we react—what we decide and what we do—at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.When we are aware that each moment of each day, each gesture and step we take is truly mystical and full of wonder, we will live our lives with greater thought and care. We will also have greater respect and appreciation for the lives of others.Live in a way that is full of life… for yourself, for your loved ones, for your friends. People who do so will find the courage to transform sufferings into hopes. Not only that, but they will be able to light the lamp of hope in the hearts of many others, as well.It would be pointless for a plum blossom to try to remake itself as a cherry blossom, no matter how deeply the plum yearns to do so. The plum is happiest when it blooms as itself in full glory. How much of the color and wonder of life would be lost if it weren't for our dissimilarities.Whether in life or in a specific undertaking, there will undoubtedly be times when you achieve genuine progress, only to come up against a wall or feel yourself regressing. There will be times when you just need to stop and rest. Such are the vicissitudes inherent to any struggle. When you challenge to achieve something, be ready to face the unexpected.Life may be more akin to a series of meets than a single marathon. You can lose a race here or there, as long as you win in one contest, in one area. All the struggles you endured will become a prized investment in your own person.Human society can be full of contradictions. It can be unfair; unforgiving, too. Yet we cannot afford to dismiss it and turn our backs to the world. A person who does loses, and no excuse can gloss that over. Given a choice whether to sink or swim, one must swim to the very end, no matter how the seas around us may rage.~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ <<< Enkindle >>> You remind me of a raging fire. Incased in a beautiful mantle, so refined. I want to be as close to you as I can be, touch you. I close my eyes, I feel your heat on my skin. You feel so warm and safe. Oh how I revel in losing myself. It feels so hot on the exposed flesh. I must open my eyes. If I am too close, I will surely perish. 2003 ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~A DREAM WITHIN A DREAMby Edgar Allan Poe (1827)Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? *************************** That night when joy began Our narrowest veins to flush, We waited for the flash Of morning's levelled gun.But morning let us pass, And day by day relief Outgrows his nervous laugh, Grown credulous of peace,As mile by mile is seen No trespasser's reproach, And love's best glasses reach No fields but are his own.November 1931 "Five Songs" II --Collected Poems ~ W. H. Auden************************ Invictus ************************Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. William Ernest Henley ( 1849-1903 ) ************************************************************ ***************