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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;The contents of your heart
are under pressure of being known, and
no one is  exempt from the introspection of the soul.&#8221;
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<p>&#8220;The contents of your heart</p>
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<p>no one is  exempt from the introspection of the soul.&#8221;</p>
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&#8220;Psalms, gather
quietly in the loving
heart of a mother; yet
It echo&#8217;s loudly in the
eager ears of her little
children.&#8221;
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<p>&#8220;Psalms, gather</p>
<p>quietly in the loving</p>
<p>heart of a mother; yet</p>
<p>It echo&#8217;s loudly in the</p>
<p>eager ears of her little</p>
<p>children.&#8221;</p>
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&#8220;Nothing inspiring, ever
rusts from the inside. It shines
effortlessly on the outside of love.&#8221;
_____________________
&#8220;Enthusiasm energizes
your mind with a billion volts
of ecstatic enlightenment.&#8221;
______________________
&#8220;If tyranny is inevitable; then
we&#8217;d best be inevitably good&#8230;
At being equally resistant!&#8221;
_____________________

 
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<p><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span>&#8220;Nothing inspiring, ever</p>
<p>rusts from the inside. It shines</p>
<p>effortlessly on the outside of love.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">_____________________</span></p>
<p>&#8220;Enthusiasm energizes</p>
<p>your mind with a billion volts</p>
<p>of ecstatic enlightenment.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">______________________</span></p>
<p>&#8220;If tyranny is inevitable; then</p>
<p>we&#8217;d best be inevitably good&#8230;</p>
<p>At being equally <em>resistant!&#8221;</em></p>
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&#8220;If your life, 
wants more;
tangible truth&#8230;
 Then put your hand
over your own heart, and
feel the sound of a pulsing star.&#8221;
Written By: Delores M. Sparks
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;If your </span><span style="color:#ffcc99;">life, </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">wants more;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">tangible truth&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;"> Then put your hand</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">over your own heart, and</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">feel the sound of a pulsing star.&#8221;</span></p>
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&#8220;Soothing alms,
bathed in charity; washes
clean your inward excuses.&#8221;
Written By: Delores M.Sparks
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;Soothing alms,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">bathed in charity; washes</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">clean your inward excuses.&#8221;</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Hark!
O&#8217; laurel poetry;
Lift thy lightsome tongue,
and raise the glorious
scent of forever
from the passionate
precepts of our
God&#8217;s immortal son.&#8221;
Written By: Delores M. Sparks
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;Hark!<br />
O&#8217; laurel poetry;<br />
Lift thy lightsome tongue,<br />
and raise the glorious<br />
scent of forever<br />
from the passionate<br />
precepts of our<br />
God&#8217;s immortal son.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Written By: Delores M. Sparks</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Work purifies our time, and
alleviates our obstacles.&#8221;
Written By: Delores M. Sparks
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;Work purifies our time, and</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">alleviates our obstacles.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Written By: Delores M. Sparks</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;If  joy is a paradise, inside
your mind; then grow a bigger brain!
So, the rest of us can come over
to your happy way of thinking.&#8221;
Written By: Delores M Sparks


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<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;If  joy is a paradise, inside</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">your mind; then grow a bigger brain!</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">So, the rest of us can come over</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">to your happy way of thinking.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Written By: Delores M Sparks</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Character is a garment, we put on 
our circumstances; However
we can only develop integrity
if we promise to change.&#8221;
Written By:  Delores M. Sparks


&#8220;I am the sum of my involvement
in a universal flux&#8230;
I am an inth next to nothing
in my imaginary dust. Yet, I
count, because, God is certain of
those he came to Love.&#8221;
Written By: Delores M. Sparks
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;Character is a garment, we put on </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">our circumstances; However</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">we can only develop integrity</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">if we promise to <em>change</em>.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Written By:  Delores M. Sparks</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;I am the sum of my involvement</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">in a universal flux&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">I am an inth next to nothing</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">in my imaginary dust. Yet, I</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">count, because, God is certain of</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">those he came to Love.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Written By: Delores M. Sparks</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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I grow silent&#8230;
So, I can not hear myself.
I grow so silent; that
I can be taught
to listen to Love&#8230;
Sh, the rustling leaves
are speaking
compassionately of
God&#8217;s infinite solace.
I grow silent, till I can clearly
understand my inward direction.
In this quiet, I am of
more service to His
perfect plan&#8230;Here,
I am listening-
Preach to me!  Till peace
remembers me again!  In this,
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<p>I grow silent&#8230;</p>
<p>So, I can not hear myself.</p>
<p>I grow so silent; that</p>
<p>I can be taught</p>
<p>to listen to Love&#8230;</p>
<p>Sh, the rustling leaves</p>
<p>are speaking</p>
<p>compassionately of</p>
<p>God&#8217;s infinite solace.</p>
<p>I grow silent, till I can clearly</p>
<p>understand my inward direction.</p>
<p>In this quiet, I am of</p>
<p>more service to His</p>
<p>perfect plan&#8230;Here,</p>
<p>I am listening-</p>
<p>Preach to me!  Till peace</p>
<p>remembers me again!  In this,</p>
<p>I promise to always grow in</p>
<p>silence, and rise above the</p>
<p>noise around me.  So, I can</p>
<p>hear my God&#8230; speaking softly,</p>
<p>through the expanse</p>
<p>of an eternity.</p>
<p>Written By: Delores M. Sparks</p>
<p>Copyright 2009</p>
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