Beautiful people do not just happen…they are born out of intense struggle in the crucible of life…what an honest way to approach the new year…many thanks and much appreciation to “Life Is Your Piece of Art” for this post…be encouraged!
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happy new year my friend!
Thank you…and to you and all of yours, as well…be encouraged!
Hurray, WP let’s you “Like” reblogs now!
That should be “lets”; thanks for nothing, automatic spell-checker!
…at least now I know who to send my manuscripts in order to be edited…hahaha…happy new year my dear friend…be encouraged!
Sweet…the people win again…it is gonna be a good year!…be encouraged!
Thank you for being one of the beautiful people!
Oh my, you have no idea…think more like ugly toad with a bad attitude…hahaha…happy new year!…be encouraged!
My sentiments to Stephen, exactly.
Wow – that is great! Thanks for posting, and Happy New Year to you and your family!
Thanks Lynne and same to you and all of yours…be encouraged!
Happy Holidays to all
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Thanks…be encouraged!
Happy New Year!
Thanks…and the same to you and yours…be encouraged!
Wow!! Perfectly stated. That says what I think we all recognize in others. Life, with all it’s struggles and challenges, makes us beautiful.
Thanks for sharing that. I may have to re-blog it as well.
Lisa
Spread the word…you know how important it is to get the Truth out…be encouraged!
Hey, Stephen,
Happy New Years to you. Hope all is well. Tony
Almost…nothing that a few more years won’t cure…blessings to you and yours…be encouraged!
I will certainly try harder this year to ‘be encouraged’. Thanks, Stephen!
You and me both…be encouraged!
Cool! 😉
Thanks…be encouraged!
Although I agree that the mind must work through struggles to grow wisdom, here is an interesting point of view!
http://www.osho.com/online-library-apsaras-beauty-mind-009cdecc-093.aspx
I’m going to give this one some time to mull over before I comment…as always you have stimulated my old and lazy brain cells to broaden and strengthen them…thank you…much love and many blessings to you for the coming new year…be encouraged!
PS – Got my stats for 2012 from wordpress and you were my number one commentator with 111 (er…now 112)…congrats…and thanks.
But they DO “just happen” Stephen,
because they decide to 😉
LIFE AND WAY OF BEING ARE CHOICE
Absolutely right Noeleen…been then I think you already know that…much love to you…be encouraged!
Hi Stephen
A very happy new year to you in 2013, my first and still faithful follower. I so much appreciate your support during my growing pains and wish you all the best for the new year.
I don’t know if you know but Bradley Wiggins, the first Brit to carry off the yellow jersey, won the UK Sports Personality of the Year 2012 and was knighted in the New Years Honours List. A real shot in the arm for the world of British cycling. I think the Manager of the Year was also the Olympic Cycling coach, so a double whammy.
For such a wonderful sportsman Bradley is such a modest man. He spoke of the honour of receiving the award because, for a sportsperson in the UK, this is not only rare but represents the highest honour that can be bestowed. However, he also talked about his discomfort at the title, using Sir before his name, because it smacked of elevation, of being held somehow above other men.
No wonder he captured the public’s imagination. It was the public, not the great and the good, who voted for him in the Sports Personality Contest. Bradley has come from humble beginnings, his has been a battle against the odds and I am sure that it is this that has taken him to such dizzy heights.
Shaped in that crucible, me thinks.
With love
Corinne
As an avid racing cyclist I have bowed down to Sir Wiggins’ achievements long before we began addressing him formally. He is an awesome rider…and for those of us who were taken in by the betrayal of Mr. Armstrong, it is refreshing to see someone so humble and appreciative instead of arrogant. One almost got the feeling from Lance that he expected all the adoration.
But thanks for keeping me up-to-date on what is happening…I often have my head buried in a computer for far too many hours out of the day.
Be encouraged!
Happy Year of the Snake: 2013!
Ewww…I’m not all that good with the reptilian world…but I accept the gracious sentiment…be encouraged!
Loved this. This is the first thing I read online today, the first day of a new year. A great thought to start the year. All the best in 2013.
– Michael
I’m grateful you enjoyed the post…may every day this coming year be just as rewarding…be encouraged!
so sweet. so true.
sending light, miracles & a wonderful 2013 to you!
…and I accept all that light and every miracle…and of course, the same for you and yours…be encouraged!
I concur… and we can all be that one. 🙂
Glad to reconnect with you this year …
•.★♥★Happy New Year to You & Yours!★♥★.•
Eliz