I love deeply - and I love to love.
I love to be able to give the gift of love to the world around me...and sometimes I love to receive it too.
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Polyamory is the practice or lifestyle of being open to having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time, with the full knowledge and consent of all partners involved. Persons who consider themselves open to or emotionally suited for such relationships may define themselves as polyamorous. Polyamory means 'loving more than one'. This love may be sexual, emotional, spiritual, or any combination thereof, according to the desires and agreements of the individuals involved.

Posted by a fellow Triber named Natasha. I fell in love with this and decided to add it to my page:

When life lays you low, as it sometimes will, when the road your trudging seems all uphill...
When the funds are low, but the debts are high, when you want to smile but you have to sigh.... when care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must...but don't you quit!!!
Life is queer, with it's twists and turns, as every one of us sometimes learns, and many a challenger has turned about, when he might have won had he stuck it out. but he learned too late, as the night came down...how close he was to the golden crown.....
So...dont give up though the pace seems slow, you may succeed with another blow.....
and stick to the fight when your hardest hit.... It's when things seem worst...that YOU MUSN'T QUIT!!!!

anonymous

To know what you know
And to know
What you don’t know,
That is real wisdom.

- Confucius

Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, Dance like no one's watching - Aurora Greenway
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“It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.” - Anon
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“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.” - Anon
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
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“If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.” - Tom Krause
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“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs
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“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” - Steve Jobs
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“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.” - Anon
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” - Dr. Seuss
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“I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” - Madonna
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“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.” - George Bernard Shaw
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” - Albert Einstein
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"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." - Buddha
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"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyways." - Anon
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Andre Gide
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“Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others.” - Anon
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“Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.” - Anon
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“If your dog doesn't like someone, you probably shouldn't either” - Anon
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“It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.” - Anon
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“People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.” - Orlando Bloom
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“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” - Confucius
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“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.” - Confucius
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“All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them” - Walt Disney
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“Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.” - Anon
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“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” - Moliere
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“Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.” - Washington Irving
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“He overcomes a strong enemy who overcomes his own anger” - Anon
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“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” - Thomas Alva Edison
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“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Alva Edison
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“Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” - Bernice Johnson Reagon
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“Smile when it hurts most.” - Anon
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“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler
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“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne
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"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is." - Albert Einstein

Thank you Wendy, for bringing this to my attention.
Written by Nobel laureate Derek Walcott.

Love After Love

The time will come, when,
with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door,
in your own mirror.
And each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, "Sit here, Eat. Relax."
You will love again this stranger who is your Self.
Give wine. Give bread.
Give back your heart,
to itself,
to this stranger who has loved you
all your life,
whom you ignored for another,
but who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs and the desperate notes.
Peel your self-image from the mirror.
Sit. Here. Now. Feast on your life.
Fall in love again with your Self and with all of life.

Credit goes to ReachOut for this fine passage. It was sent to her via email.

As we grow up,
we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down
probably will.
You will have your heart broken probably more than once,
and it's harder every time.
You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend.
You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast,
and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So... take too many pictures, laugh too much,
and love like you've never been hurt
because every sixty seconds you spend upset
is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
Don't be afraid that your life will end...
be afraid that it will never begin.

"Ooh! Bondage and dinner. That's my kind of evening!" - The Slitheen known as Margaret Blaine, or to give her real name, Blon Fel Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen from Doctor Who