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    I consider myself something of a tough cookie..........life taught me well........being tough says I shall endure and overcome whatever life may throw at me. I pride myself in being tough.......says I`ll be a survivor nomatter my circumstances at any given time. Tough allows my heart to remain open, with love to give and love to share.

    I could never be hard. Hard is far removed from tough.......the heart that is hard has lost its way.......lost its purpose in life, if you like. The heart that has become hardened has been consumed by hatred and bitterness.

    I thank God that I am merely tough. There is no room in life for hard.

    Starlight Impress xxx
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    #2
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    Beautifully said Star! I do see you as a tough cookie....I think we all have to be...in this bizarre world we live in!!!! You are a survivor my friend....X

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      #3
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      very well said star!...i'm such a big softy at heart myself....
      Like Bella said you are a survivor with a BIG Heart.:h

      Love
      Teardrop.x
      family is everything to me

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        #4
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        Great post Star! I like to think I'm tough softie too.
        Marcie

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          #5
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          A tough-softie.. I like it... One of my teachers once told me that I had to stop protecting my soft spot.. I had to contemplate that for a long time, but I finally got it. I didn't want to do it, but I finally have. That doesn't mean I'm not tough. I feel like a reed in a pond. Very tough roots, but very fluid and willowy...

          Nice post, Star..

          Namaste,

          MM
          Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them, but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

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            #6
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            Hi Star,

            I'm still 'new' here, but I have met a few tough cookies in life and they are my favorite kind of "cookies" :H, I admire TC's for their ability to navigate the water of life usually going upstream against the current not being satisfied to just float through life. TC's are very compassionate people always willing to lend a hand and the first to give a hug and never expect anything in return. Their tough part is most always due to self preservation from the many times of being burned by the ingratitude of strangers or loved ones yet they persevere. You may see yourself as a tough cookie yet I bet you are sweet inside!

            :l
            Is Addiction Really a Disease?
            Watch this and find out....
            http://youtu.be/ekDFv7TTZ4I

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              #7
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              Personally I WAS very bitter and angry with the world around me. I would see so many injustices happening and I became very hard hearted. I just wanted things to change according to MY WORLD and when I didn't see that happening I became disillusioned and almost 'dropped out' of society. I was very much like a lot of the hippie's that came out of Woodstock, thinking the world was going to change for the better; and when it didn't, many of those people had a hard time adjusting back into normal society. My downfall came when I blocked, not only worldly problems but my own problems out with alcohol and I became soulless. Being bitter and angry left me with no passion for the things and people I loved most. I tried on many occasions to get this back and become the person I once was but what I came to realise is that I needed to re-discover myself for the here and now NOT what I once was. Yes I have a big heart, (probably not as tough as yours Star...YET!!) always have had and like 4theboys says people like myself tend to forget about our own self-preservation.

              Great post Star!!

              Love and Happiness
              Hippie
              xx
              "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Kahlil Gibran
              Clean and sober 25th January 2009

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                #8
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                good post

                I love your post, it leaves me wondering what kind of heart (if any) I have, probably a little hard and a little soft, don't quite know how strong though..............it is amazing how it is hard (now that I am looking inside)in some places though, WOW.

                thanks for the post...........has me pondering................

                MA:h
                :rays:My happiness is my greatest gift to others:rays:eace:

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                  #9
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                  Star, i love you dear and i don't feel well today, can you give me a hug I need one?

                  Luv Ripple~

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                    #10
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                    Great Post, Star!
                    I must agree, I too am a tough cookie, I have had to get tough, but I would far prefer touch cookies to victims. I think that we become one or the other as we move through life. One attribute about tough is that tough cookies are more able to set personal boundaries. You always know where you stand!

                    But "Hard" is entirely another thing. I never want to become hard. There is nothing more ugly than a hard, bitter, distrusting person. What I notice about the latter types is that, at first, they come off as "softies", always ready to extend a "helping hand", but very quickly they turn into "the victim", cinical and hard. Distrusting and yes, angry. You, never know where you stand with these people. One is always kept off balance when around them!

                    Have a Great Day All!!

                    KateH
                    A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes~Cinderella

                    AF 12/6/2007

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                      #11
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                      ripple.........



                      o

                      m. xx
                      ~Are you looking for the Holy One?
                      I am in the next seat.
                      My shoulder is against yours. ~Kabir

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                        #12
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                        I SO WISH I COULD see waht magic said..........LOL Magic, you just had to be #11 didn't you? Now I am gonna wonder alll day what the helll you said.

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