First and foremost, a heartfelt thank you to you for being here.
Happy summer ending;
Happy beginning of autumn
everyone.
“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them,
and water them with your blood and tears and laughter till they bloom, till you
yourself burst into bloom.”
Friends, this time I have a Cento comprised of twelve inspiring quotes by
famous poets, +1.
…let myself burst into bloom 😘
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Rainbows Also Have Shadows
All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
The future is no more uncertain than the present.
The Brain—is wider than the Sky— For—put them side by side—The one the other
will contain, With ease—and you—beside—
Find purpose, the means will follow.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
There is strong shadow where there is much light.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
My course is set for an unchartered sea.
I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and
shadow.
As for the future, your task is not to foresee, but to enable it.
The bluebird carries the sky on its back.
Rainbows also have shadows.
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~ Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910
~ V. Hugo 1802-1885
~ W. Whitman 1819-1892
~ Dickinson 1830-1886
~ Gandhi 1869-1948
~ Francis of Assisi 1181-1226)
~ J.W. von Goethe 1749-1832
~ Kafka 1883-1924
~ Dante 1265-1321
~ Francisco Goya 1746-1828
~ Saint-Exupéry 1900-1944
~ Thoreau 1817-1862
~ Selma Martin
on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dbWOY69Erus?si=18q4znAxAfU-D7Wu
Thanks for reading.
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Beautiful written you ,Selma! Wonderful photography. Excellent rainbow shadows!
Thanks dearly, Raj. 🤗
Very innovative idea
Glad you liked, Sadje.
💕💕💕
Even rainbows have shadows, lovely line.
Thanks Diana. 🤗
You’re welcome 🩷
that is such a cool form, I’ve never seen it and I love the quotes. happy to be here
Happy-Happy. 🤗
Your photo and your quote are exceptional, Selma!
Thank you, Miriam. 😆
Love this, Selma, and it’s another form I haven’t heard of, but you are so good! xo
I appreciate you reading, dear Lady. Thanks.
Hey, did you just celebrate? A birthday? Happy birthday. If it wasn’t you, save the greeting 😜 anyway. Bless you. Xoxo
You’re welcome, Selma, and my birthday was in March, so I don’t think it was me. 🙂 I’ll save the greeting for next year though! 🥰❤️
😉
Beautiful writter
Beautifully written Selma.
I love this !
So pleased you read the cento 😜
I did my friend 🤗
Brilliant Selma 👏👏👏
Thanks dear Mich. bless you. Always. 🙇🏽♀️
Btw, this cento mentions lines from Locker.
https://selmamartin.com/a-literary-contraband-on-love-weave-written-weekly-a-cento/
I hope you don’t mind too much I used your words. 🙇🏽♀️
Bless you Mich
It is my honor Selma…and i just read it..you are so good at this form 👏👏👏
So happy you read 🤗
Beautiful!
Thanks dearly
Beautifully done, Selma, with much light and love. Greetings to you from Tuscany again after the summer in Slovenia. I stopped blogging back in March but I’m still getting your words in inbox, how lovely. Be well.
I’ve been very concerned about you. You’ve been greatly missed my lovely. And then I saw you opened the newsletter today and that gifted me a big smile. Xo
Take the break you need, my lovely. Don’t stress. Be well please. Enjoy every moment where you are. Hugs. I wish you miracles 🥰
I love your original last line – perfect!