Love is 4: Fairytale

Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. โ€“ Melissa Brown,ย Picturing Perfect Today, Iโ€™ll be soaking dry cannellini beans in spring water. After they plump, Iโ€™ll cook a hearty and creamy soup. Except, a couple beans will be planted on my windowsill. There, Iโ€™ll watch to see what kind of beanstalks grow. This holiday season has been incredibly beautiful in Pittsburgh. Record snowfalls keep creating fairytale wonderlands. ย In one form or another, I hope the same for you. [Keep in mind Neil Gaimanโ€™s words fromย Coraline. โ€œFairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us thatย dragonsย exist, but because they tell us thatย dragonsย can be beaten.โ€] Blessings and best wishes for a new year of sunlit and lovely places where all the good you can imagine grows. Comment below. Love Lots! “In A Heartbeat,” a first crush.ย  ย Click hereย to view 4-minute video. Which LOVE quote is matched to the right source? โ€œLove is a friendship set to music.โ€ย ~ย Shakespeare ??ย  “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”ย ~ย Johann Wolfgang von Goetheย  ?? โ€œYou donโ€™t love someone because theyโ€™re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that theyโ€™re not.โ€œย ~ย Taylor Swift ?? โ€œThe best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.โ€ย ~ย Noah Calhoun ?? — Answers Below — ***** Five versions of my “Before All Else” Illustrated Wisdom art have been created with Adobe Photoshop. See them in upcoming posts. Support and encourage Succeed and Soar. Purchase the art as prints, ready-to-display canvas or framed fromย my galleries. Consider starting a journal for the new year.ย ย Check Sandra’s Card Shop.ย More covers will be added this week.     Quiz Answers โ€œLove is a friendship set to music.โ€ย ~ย Joseph Campbell “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”ย ~ย Johann Wolfgang von Goethe โ€œYou donโ€™t love someone because theyโ€™re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that theyโ€™re not.โ€œย ~ย Jodi Picoult โ€œThe best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.โ€ย ~ย Noah Calhoun

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