Caroline Starr Rose

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The most regretful people

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The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.
— Mary Oliver

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  1. Serenity Bohon says

    October 27, 2020 at 7:36 am

    wow….I love this. My year is piled with rejections, but I’d rather that be true than this. <3

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    • Caroline says

      October 27, 2020 at 8:30 am

      I’m there with you. Keep going!

      Reply
  2. Rebekah Salazar says

    October 27, 2020 at 8:55 am

    Wow, yes! I needed to hear this, thank you.

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    • Caroline says

      October 27, 2020 at 11:34 am

      It’s a good one!

      Reply
  3. Joanne R Fritz says

    October 27, 2020 at 5:50 pm

    What a wonderful quote from Mary Oliver. So happy you and I both gave it power and time!

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    • Caroline says

      October 27, 2020 at 6:56 pm

      Me too me too!

      Reply

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