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Let Your Light Shine Through

We are masterpieces for we are uniquely created, masterfully crafted with our traits or qualities, gifts and talents to shine. ~~~ Quote by Poet ~~~ LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THROUGH We are all given gifts and talents. It is up to us to acknowledge or discover and it is our responsibility to work on, develop, fine tune, optimize and use our gifts and talents to light up our stars to shine bright and spread the light reflecting what are given to us into the world. I wanted to be a dancer when I was a little girl. I just settled on dreaming of it for where I grew up; the focus was more on academics, than artistic talents for they were more expensive to pursue, going to private lessons and requiring transportation for practices. However, I was always chosen to dance and perform in front of big audiences. In my heart and in my soul, I have a talent in dancing and I let that gift shone bright to spread the light on the people watching. Fate intervened, marrying young, having children, divorcing spouses, becoming a single parent and working like a log to provide for and support my children. I became their shining star in my own way, their light to see the bright side of life. I gave my all in every position I had. I developed my traits and qualities, learned and used all the resources and became skilled in each of them. I shone for contributing my knowledge, my proposals for better procedures; thereby, getting promotions, receiving awards, praises giving me significance. I am now in my golden years and find my star shining more brightly for I am sharpening my talent in dancing and discovered my other talents in writing poetry, drawing and choreography. Here I am, a star shining brightly spreading the light reflecting the gifts and talents given to me to share this bright light to everyone I touch. 4/13/21 Writing Prompt - Shine - Poetry Constance La France Checked: PS Grammar Checker

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Date: 4/22/2021 11:19:00 AM
Marilene, congratulations on your win in my Writing Prompt Shine Challenge with your wonderful Free Verse poem, well done, and I like your quote a lot, love _ Constance
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Marilene Evans
Date: 4/22/2021 12:41:00 PM
Thanks so much for my placement, Constance! I am so glad that you like my quote a lot. always, Marilene
Date: 4/21/2021 10:01:00 AM
Congratulations Marilene on your win - dancing star! Your words have spoken my heart. I too love to dance and believe that each of us is needed and each of us is necessary to make the eternal plan work - each of us is indeed uniquely crafted like snowflakes. I just resonated with your poem. Time to get out those dancing shoes! Thank you for sharing your gifts and giftedness. Blessings to you!
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Marilene Evans
Date: 4/21/2021 10:22:00 AM
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Have a blessed day.
Date: 4/21/2021 9:48:00 AM
I told ya! Congratulations on a fine win. Have a wonderful day:-) Alexis
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Marilene Evans
Date: 4/21/2021 10:18:00 AM
Thanks, Alexis. Have a great day and a wonderful night.
Date: 4/13/2021 10:21:00 PM
You shine and this gorgeous poem shines too. Each line exquisitely penned. I expect to see this with a golden lei in the winner’s circle.
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Marilene Evans
Date: 4/13/2021 11:04:00 PM
Thank you. Thank you, Caren! I appreciate your compliments. Good night.
Date: 4/13/2021 7:12:00 PM
WoW! Marilene, What a well-written and inspirational write. I echo what Malabika said; I applaud you for letting your light shine in every situation. You are most definitely a shining light here on poetry soup. Your light shines through in your poetry. Congrats in advance. Have a wonderful evening:-) Alexis
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Marilene Evans
Date: 4/13/2021 11:00:00 PM
OMG! Thanks so much, Alexis. You are lifting me higher. Good night.
Date: 4/13/2021 6:05:00 PM
Such a shining life, Marilene. Applaud you for everything you have achieved. Your story resonates for me - probably with a lot of motivation, in the long run you are able to achieve the best - even in a different direction. BW ~ Mala
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Marilene Evans
Date: 4/13/2021 6:55:00 PM
My heartfelt thanks to you. Sometimes life takes you to a different path, no matter how you tried to stay on the path you wanted. With each trials, we gain strength and with will and determination, we always find the way HE is directing us.

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