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Steven L Whysel's avatar

Beautifully written. The spiritual feeling one receives when we give, unasked for, the warmth of our heart to someone in need so enriches us in definable and undefinable ways.

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

dear steven

i treasure the warmth

of your heart

you just gave it to me

thank you

Al Bellenchia's avatar

“She was beautiful, but not like those girls in magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved.

She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.” - F Scott Fitzgerald

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

yes these are profound descriptions

of beauty in a woman

thank you al

for contributing them

to our awareness

Leland Katz's avatar

One of my early poems to my Kari with whom, both widowed after long and happy marriages, I fell in love when I was 84 and she 83. While neither of us is ugly, we certainly don’t approach the physical beauty of youth.

A LOVE POEM

When souls are open to love.

When souls “see” each other.

Then love can happen.

Love nurtured grows

into something beautiful.

I saw you. I saw your soul.

I cannot help but love you.

I couldn’t stop if I tried.

And I don’t wish to try.

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

dear lee

thank you for sharing

your tender love poem for kari

it shows us the spiritual beauty

of both of you

you live that beauty

every day

Leland Katz's avatar

Thank you dear friend.

Fred Basset's avatar

Abother dose of truth and compassion.

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

dear fred

your words give me

vital encouragement

thank you so much

Stanley Wotring's avatar

Our hope , even sometimes mistakenly if we work on our own beauty it can spread like seeds to others.

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

i do believe

it spreads stanley

when we work on

our own beauty

and others are touched by it

they identify with us

and are strengthened

in their own quest

Peter's avatar

Everything is beautiful when shared.

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

that is a profound insight peter

it is a new idea for me

thank you