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The Dilettante Diaries: All Roads Lead Home

The Dilettante Diaries: "All Roads Lead Home"



All Roads Lead Home
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All Roads Lead Home

(Lovejoy-Burton/October 2018)



"Where we LOVE is home -     
home that our feet may leave, 
but not our hearts".













About Inner Strength
"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars".  Og Mandino

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places". Ernest Hemingway

"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty". Lao Tzu

"There is a saying in Tibetan, Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful the experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster". Dalai Lama XIV

"Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think". Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world". Harriet Tubman

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will". Mahatma Gandhi

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality". Plutarch

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer". Albert Camus















All Poems/Stories/Quotes in the pages of this - "Book" - 
for my much beloved daughter Georgia. 

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Beata Agustin February 15, 2024 at 4:42 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton February 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM "Don't knock on ordinary doors, your arms are long enough to reach the Sky"/Rumi. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton February 15, 2024 at 12:31 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/communion_1007994

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton January 9, 2024 at 12:39 PM LadyLabyrinth. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton January 9, 2024 at 12:42 PM All 3 books, for my much loved, beautiful, clever, brave daughter, Georgia. Love, your mother. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton January 9, 2024 at 12:40 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/me/LadyLabyrinth

David Smith December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM Very well thought out and equally well set out. Hope you get this as not sure if you are checking comments. Maybe 20024 will see more of your work on show. Enjoy the holidays wherever you are. Best regards David in NZ

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton May 28, 2023 at 5:12 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/me/LadyLabyrinth Leanne Lovejoy-Burton October 8, 2023 at 2:04 AM Both books, for my much loved, beautiful, clever, brave daughter, Georgia. Love, your mother.

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton November 4, 2022 at 3:16 PM "Blue Sky"/Hale - https://youtu.be/mJPpBlhHd04

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton November 4, 2022 at 3:11 PM ART. Iroquois. "Sky Woman and the Creation" http://www.bigorrin.org/archive-creation1.htm Leanne Lovejoy-Burton November 4, 2022 at 3:17 PM "Creation"/Iroquois Mythology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_mythology

Muhammad Imtiaz July 12, 2022 at 8:10 PM Home sweet home. So true, I feel at home, at home. Miss you Dear LLB. Muhammad Imtiaz July 13, 2022 at 1:47 AM Thanks dear LLB, the queen of wisdom.I am well alhamdolillah. Hope you to be so. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton July 13, 2022 at 1:18 AM Hey, I miss me too. :) Trust you are well. Keep on shining. Xx

I Am Anaya February 11, 2022 at 5:42 PM All though awakened, I have yet to find home. I am afraid, Leanne. What keeps me going are inspiring poems like yours. I want to leave a legacy for Zenzele. And I wish to emulate you, I cherish your words. The image above...stark and raw-- Forging through adversity, immune to the elements, you look ready! Leanne Lovejoy-Burton February 13, 2022 at 3:02 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/communion_1007994 Leanne Lovejoy-Burton February 13, 2022 at 3:01 PM Too kind Anaya. You have immeasurable strength in you, we all do. There is nothing to fear, when you harness what's inside. We are put to the test (sometimes what we perceive to be the worst, lowest, deepest dark tests), to confirm our faith and belief of what lies dormant in all of us, it is woken, when we are facing a wall. I commenced writing all these poems and stories for my daughter, Georgia. You have great strength in you, push through your heartache, your fears, for there is the greatest strength in you. It resides in all of us. Much Love, Leanne.

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 7, 2021 at 5:15 PM Angel through the Wires. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 7, 2021 at 5:15 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/angel_through_the_wires_1005750

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 6, 2021 at 12:16 AM Lead Me Home. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 6, 2021 at 12:16 AM https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81240756

Lady Labyrinth December 3, 2021 at 10:16 PM Blue Sky. Lady Labyrinth December 3, 2021 at 10:16 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/blue_sky_1410461

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 3, 2021 at 5:57 PM Legacy. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 3, 2021 at 5:57 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/legacy_1366057

Joseph P. DiMino December 2, 2021 at 7:43 PM For sure, all roads lead home. An inspiring collection of quotes. Thank you for taking the time to gather and share them with us. These are too good for one visit. Blessings my friend. Joe. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 3, 2021 at 5:27 PM what's the saying?....."We're all just walking each other home"...

Joseph P. DiMino April 12, 2021 at 8:21 PM For Source is truly our center. Finding one's firm footing when all else in this world, outside of love, has been spent and discarded. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton April 13, 2021 at 4:18 PM True. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton April 13, 2021 at 4:17 PM https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/the_corner_chamber_4873

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton January 21, 2021 at 12:46 AM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_name_and_blue_sky_on_a_sunlit_friday_morning_1186024

Paula Goldsmith June 26, 2020 at 2:12 PM Very True. As you say, "All Roads Lead Home." Great pictures to go with your poem. Enjoy your day and weekend....... Leanne Lovejoy-Burton November 24, 2020 at 2:34 PM Thanks Paula.

David Smith February 4, 2020 at 4:44 AM You expressed the sentiment skilfully for new ears to hear. Regards David Leanne Lovejoy-Burton November 24, 2020 at 2:34 PM Thanks David.

Freddie Robinson Jr. December 19, 2019 at 2:02 AM Muse truth of golden insight, LL! Love and peace forever. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 19, 2019 at 4:03 AM Much love to you R and your loved ones, as the Yuletide season swiftly progresses. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year full of joy, peace and Love. And that you and yours are warm and safe as your Winter intensifies. As always, on the other side of the Pond, your friend, Leanne. Keep singing and composing your beautiful songs and stories. xx

Freddie Robinson Jr. December 19, 2019 at 2:00 AM Your transcendent voice is dearly missed, my beautiful peacock quill friend! Love and more love always. Romantic Warrior Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 19, 2019 at 4:01 AM R, I hope you are doing well over there in The Land of the Brave. I've been writing constantly in PS and out in the real world of Leanne Lovejoy-Burton, I continue to write my story and that of my daughter, Georgia. It is amazing where writing can transport a 'writer', but I am always walking closer towards Home, the main muse. x

Muhammad Imtiaz September 27, 2019 at 6:14 AM We are all like birds and animals who went out of their houses and then return in the evening Muhammad Imtiaz February 4, 2020 at 1:28 AM Hi LLB yeah , you are correct. walking different ways but objective and goal is same. there are so many different ways, out of them there is only one way that will lead to truth and peace . that is the destiny of mankind.we need to find that way . Have a nice day Leanne Lovejoy-Burton September 27, 2019 at 3:56 PM Imtiaz, you have such a beautiful way of expressing yourself through the cerebral magic you weave, it is 'unique' just as that word is hidden within your name. We are all walking different roads, heading towards the same place, possibly. "Home" true Home lies within all and that is the Home that needs to be found. x

Joseph P. DiMino April 16, 2019 at 10:13 PM Very positive and inspiring, Lianne--for sure, no place like it. Great joy! Lady Labyrinth April 17, 2019 at 2:55 PM I've just directed Lovejoy-Burton to go visit your short stories pages..."Land of Beginnings" is a corker of an adventure in ...shadows. Love it! Leanne Lovejoy-Burton April 16, 2019 at 11:04 PM Thanks Joe. x

Jannie Breedt April 2, 2019 at 12:15 AM Leanne , your work is full of wisdom and crafted by a specialist , you. I guess we have walked that crooked path. Alas, Im still so stupid though. Love J ps Im stealing some of your references to make me look smart xx Leanne Lovejoy-Burton April 2, 2019 at 1:42 AM Jannie Breedt, you would have to be one of the strongest women I have had the pleasure of meeting in these pages and in this world of poets and story tellers. Out there in the real world, in South Africa, in your world, you are one strong woman to contend with ... glad to see you are still alive. Your writing is superbly crafted, colourful and sensual. By no means are you stupid. Your cerebral cortex is flying higher than most. I must away now to drink from the nectar on your pages...

Jannie Breedt April 2, 2019 at 12:08 AM Well hello chicken!! I finally read the clip on your Getrude Bell that you had eluded to. What ! Was I fascinated. O yes. Only now am I going up to read your work....b.t.w. I am the chicken. Youre way too gorgeous. Hope youre smiling , else Im in the Soup here Leanne Lovejoy-Burton April 2, 2019 at 1:48 AM Smiling. The gorgeousness element is debatable. The intelligence level is in high contention at present. Some might say I am if anything, annoyingly incorrigible. Flattery will always win the day. Whip-crack-away. XO

Muhammad Imtiaz December 12, 2018 at 7:21 AM Dear LLB This is so true and full of wisdom. simply love it. Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts Muhammad Imtiaz September 27, 2019 at 6:04 AM Yes we all find home. It's true Leanne Lovejoy-Burton December 13, 2018 at 1:06 AM We all find home eventually Imtiaz. x

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton November 7, 2018 at 5:46 AM https://youtu.be/YolR4xWN8Eo Kishan Sharma November 21, 2018 at 6:34 PM Hi where are you Leanne?

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