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16 October 2010

Magpie Tales-Lessons learned

Crashing into brick walls
Develops character
Loving and losing
Opens the heart for true love
Missed opportunities
Awaken the mind to possibilities
Failures
Drive the potential for future success
Doors closing
Signal a new beginning
Fear, sadness and doubt
Are just moments in a life
Filled with blessings
Count them

C.M. Jackson 2010

Inspiration and more may be found at Magpie Tales.

40 comments:

  1. gautami tripathyOctober 16, 2010 at 1:34 AM

    I can relate to this...

    fortune tellers

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  2. Brian MillerOctober 16, 2010 at 6:22 AM

    i like tha alternativ perspectives...sounds like your door is half open, your cup half full....smiles.

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  3. BerowneOctober 16, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    Awfully well written.

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  4. Tess KincaidOctober 16, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    Love the positive take on each disappointment. Inspiring!

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  5. Kristen HaskellOctober 16, 2010 at 5:51 PM

    Lovely. I like to think of failures as situations necessary for learning.

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  6. Tumblewords:October 16, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    Words of wisdom, well written!

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  7. AnaOctober 16, 2010 at 11:38 PM

    I really LOVE this! Really.

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  8. ReflectionsOctober 17, 2010 at 1:35 AM

    Words of the wise, experience bathed in beauty.

    Nicely done.

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  9. Paul Andrew RussellOctober 17, 2010 at 9:29 AM

    Very nice piece of writing.

    There's nearly always a silver lining, if only we can open ourselves up to seeing it.

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  10. KelstahzOctober 17, 2010 at 9:55 AM

    Missed opportunities
    Awaken the mind to possibilities...

    I've been having to remind myself of that a lot lately.

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  11. signed...bkmOctober 17, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    nice c.m....this is one to read daily or have posted on a mirror...we all want prefect days ...what would we be without those brick walls and lost loves I can not imagine...bkm

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  12. OJ Gonzalez-CazaresOctober 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    there are always two sides of the same scenario - we decide which one we want to see. Nice magpie!

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  13. JingleOctober 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM

    there are some words of wisdom here.
    lovely tale,

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  14. UnknownOctober 17, 2010 at 9:00 PM

    the bitter, then the sweet
    hope yours is more sweet than bitter

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  15. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    gt--I am glad! I am believer in recognizing the bad but always seeing and believing in the good

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  16. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:46 PM

    brian--yep half full always no matter what

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  17. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    berowne-I am inspired by my fellow bloggers..

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  18. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    willow--love the new profile photo-thank for your inspiration

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  19. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    kristen--it has taken me a long time to learn that failures and mistakes are opportunities...thanks for your kind words

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  20. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    tumblewords--thank you!

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  21. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    Ana--like the premise of your blog--good luck!

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  22. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:58 PM

    r---thank you!

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  23. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 10:59 PM

    paul--yes!that is the key

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  24. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 11:00 PM

    k--we all need to remind ourselves to focus on the positive

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  25. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    bkm--we would be very boring people;-) cheers!

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  26. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 11:02 PM

    oj g-c-exactly!

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  27. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 11:03 PM

    jingle--and some bruises too;-)

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  28. C.M. JacksonOctober 17, 2010 at 11:04 PM

    rene--I wish the same for you!

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  29. AmityOctober 18, 2010 at 12:28 AM

    you scattered flowers on thorny ladders to open doors to virtues.. amazing magpie jackson !

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  30. C.M. JacksonOctober 18, 2010 at 1:09 AM

    amity-you just wrote another poem ;-) thank you for your kind words

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  31. Marilyn & JeffOctober 18, 2010 at 5:19 AM

    Lovely poem - Filled with blessings, count them. We must all remember to do this.

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  32. Kathe W.October 18, 2010 at 11:28 AM

    YES! Being face forward and positive is a lot easier than the opposite.

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  33. Stafford RayOctober 18, 2010 at 1:28 PM

    CMJ, your words brought on this:
    I am sitting at my computer. There is nothing I would rather be doing.
    Then... I am reading in bed. This is sooo nice.
    Or I am driving the car listening to the radio. Glad I left early, no rush, enjoying the trip and using the skills.
    Where am I going? I do know, but that is for later. Right now I am here feeling how good this is.

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  34. Amanda SummerOctober 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    this is stunning. i'm so glad i visited today to read this.
    wow!

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  35. joannaOctober 19, 2010 at 3:41 AM

    C.M

    Ah how sweet your words -- sending words of wit and wisdom straight to my heart.

    Joanny
    http://thedowsersdaughter.blogspot.com/

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  36. SuzOctober 19, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    a pot of gold in those words!

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  37. LynOctober 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    Logical, beautiful, and wise at the same time...

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  38. Jannie FunsterOctober 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderfful, excellent AND great!

    I can so relate to the doors opening truth, as per my 7th letter unclaimed. I felt incomplete and worried about my perfect 7 being broken until those trumpets blared that the 7 friend had yet to be revealed in the fulness of light and time!

    Is life, and this post of yours great, or what?!?!

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  39. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallOctober 23, 2010 at 11:29 PM

    amazing view...
    love your side of the story, sadness, fears, closing doors...
    wow.
    keep shining.

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  40. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallOctober 31, 2010 at 10:48 PM

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