This image is courtesy of RUGU and speaks very loudly to me today.
Whitman clearly understood something that most take far too long to appreciate, I know I did and paid for that time wasted dearly. He intuited that it is not the choices made in comfort and ease alone that creates strength, will and provides us with the impetus to grow. We define ourselves by ALL the choices made but when we contest with others who would write the lines of our life’s play THEN we discover the path that WE would take through life and the lessons from which we will grow.
Unload and Unwind 
Jenni can you please post some of Whitman’s poetry/prose
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Shall do love. 🙂
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Very true Jenni.
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In some cases, I think it is the latter frame whom we learn the most meaningful lessons.
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So do I.
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Great quote. Very meaningful to me, especially at this time. Thanks for sharing, dear Jenni!
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Good one. It’s very true, often you learn more from your enemies than your friends.
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Yes it is – rather sad really but it is true.
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Ah yes! Those lessons learned from those who braced themselves against me.
Powerful lessons indeed.
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Reblogged this on Top of JC's Mind and commented:
Thanks to Walt Whitman and Jenni for this message.
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