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Curious Also Serious

AS I COUNT DOWN IN MY MIND I'M LIKE FIVE,FOUR,THREE.TWO,ONE. AS THOUGH I BLINKED MY EYES AND MY ENEMIES WAS GONE,ALL OF THEM BY MY SURPRISE.I'M ALL BUT BLIND NO ONE SEEMS TO EVEN NOTICE ME,AND MY HATERS IS THE ONLY ONES THAT SEEM TO SEE.THAT'S HOW I KNOW THAT MY LIFE IS NOT ALL THE WAY COMPLETE,BUT THE LITTLE GIRL THAT I ONCE USE TO BE THAT WAS SO WEAK NO LONGER REMAINS INSIDE OF ME.I WAS LIKE A TUMBLING TOWER BUT AS OF RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW I STILL STAND,ALSO I'VE FIGURED OUT THAT THROUGH ALL OF THIS I'VE BECOME A STRONGER WOMAN.AT FIRST I DIDN'T WANNA STRUGGLE JUST SO THAT I COULD MAKE IT OUT,BECAUSE IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THIS I ALWAYS FALL BACK INTO THE WRONG OR SAME ROUGHTS.BUT NOW MY BROWN-EYES CAN SEE & MY EARS CAN HEAR SO CLEARLY,AND THAT'S WHAT LED ME TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD CAME TO REALIZE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SUCCEEDED HAVE BEEN THROUGH AS MANY THINGS AND WENT THROUGH AS MANY TOUGHER ROUGHTS & ROUGHER THAN ME.COINCIDENTLY MY LOFE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO END UP LIKE THIS,BUT COMPLICATED IS A WORD I'VE NOW REALIZED THAT I CAN'T EXIST.YOU SEE ALL THROUGH MY LIFE IT SEEMS AS IF I HAD ALWAYS BEEN SO SERIOUS!BUT I'VE CAME TO THE PART WHERE I CAN HONESTLY SEE,THAT NOW BEING SERIOUS AND ALSO CURIOUS WILL ALWAYS REMAIN AND LINGER AS IF IT WAS A SPECIAL PART OF ME.......

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Date: 11/17/2009 5:37:00 AM
Thank you for starting my week out with some excellent reading India. May this week find you in good health and your pen be overflowing with inspiration. Love, Carol
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