And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
~ Anais Nin
To Bloom Bravely
Bloom
My journal of big words and pretty pictures
My journal of big words and pretty pictures
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
~ Anais Nin
Thin spiral notebook 
Good one! I like.
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Gorgeous capture, and Anais Nin’s words are a treasure. Thanks for sharing.
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I love how your words inspire!
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Hope you grow
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sometimes so difficult. Bloom on, friend.
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you had me at anais nin’
but staying inside ourselves is a prison, isn’t it?
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Lovely alliteration… indeed a great resolution.
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well you do this with more grace and power than anyone else I know.
May 2014 show you how much your blooming allows growth for those around you (like me)
xo
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Beautiful
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Anais Nin, whom you quote, is one of those “People I Would Love to Have Known”. Right up there, in my mind, with Dorothy Parker (for her wit) and Tallulah Bankhead (she was notorious for not wearing underwear). Anais was a free spirit in her own right and regard and her writings are full of mind-awakening quotes. And, of course, her long standing affair with Henry Miller directly influenced much of her work – as much as SHE influenced HIS.
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Lou–thanks for sharing this interesting fact. I have read some of Miller’s books and am a huge Anais fan, but somehow missed this connection. Because of your comment, I looked it up and some of the love letters between them are intensely beautiful. So, thank you for sharing this!!
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