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Paula D. Tozer's avatar

I certainly hope that what I share in my newsletters ignites that kind of inspiration in readers! So far it's been a slog, but I'm optimistic! I have a lot of wonderful ideas and life philosophies to share that may help others along their writing journey!

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Linda Caroll's avatar

It's so true, Paula - don't we all hope that? I know I do, too

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Karen Docter's avatar

I love! <3

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you Karen :)

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Jane Hiatt's avatar

This is so beautiful. You captured exactly how I feel about words and writing.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you Jane. Funny how many of our hearts feel that way about words, isn't it?

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Nancy E. Holroyd, RN's avatar

And I love this blog and the words below the title, Things I Love.

This reflects my thoughts so well. I just said to another writer, less than 15 minutes ago, something to the effect of, is it weird I love you and what you write?

Well, same to you.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Right? We do. We really do feel that way. I knew I wasn't the only one. Thank you Nancy

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Selda Koydemir's avatar

Thank you for this moving piece, Linda.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you too, Selda :)

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Brenda - A Voice that Wonders's avatar

Oh this is just brilliant. Funny, tearful, insightful. Words. You love them or…. Argue with them. But, they hold their own.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

lol Brenda, I argue with them a lot. Hoo boy

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Brenda - A Voice that Wonders's avatar

Haha…. Yes… they can be annoyingly stubborn.

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CM Torres's avatar

Linda, your words melt and meld into my heart. Very inspiring.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you, that means a lot to me :)

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Rachael Hill's avatar

Adore this, and didn't realise how much I needed to read it till I did - so much beauty, thank you 💜

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you Rachael. The world can be such a beautiful place when we're in the space to see it

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Ayesha Calligraphy's avatar

Oh I love, and love and love even more how you write in love ❤️

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you Ayesha, what a beautiful thing to say :)

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Tim O’Brien's avatar

I received this in my inbox. I am at work, so I was going to brush it aside, but the first 2 sentences caught me, and made me keep reading!!

...and I loved it. It pulled me away from the dullness of a dull day and lifted my spirits.

Thank you for taking the time to be so lovely with your kind words.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

I truly can't think of a finer compliment. Thank you Tim.

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Olivia Barbulescu's avatar

Thank you for writing this and for linking to some other work I hadn’t read yet, but already love.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

You are so welcome and thank you, too. You're going to love it over there. So much beautiful reading

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Nalini Dovedy's avatar

I love the way you love words which create thoughts. Well written with words

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you Naline. Isn't that the glory, the way words and thoughts make an endless loop?

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Cesca Diebschlag's avatar

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Right back Cesca, thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Sanam Shahzad's avatar

Absolutely stunning piece! You remind me why I love being a writer so much. I love that while I don’t know these famous writers, I share something in common with them. It’s amazing the connections words can create.

I hope we keep using words to stay connected and remind each other that we will always have a space to share them.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Right? That's the beauty of writing, that words connect :)

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Linda Swainson's avatar

They did not suck. And I love that you wrote them. I love that you knocked on my life today like an unexpected guest, and all it took for me to recognize you and say, "Oh, I know you! Come in!" were your words. Not even a lot of them. Just the first two on the page and the rest rolled along behind like little pearls, lustrous on their string of longing.

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Thank you Linda. I love that you enjoyed them and they found you like an unexpected guest that you recognized :)

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The Literate Kitty's avatar

I love words that wrap around me like my favorite fuzzy throw... almost a hug from someone, somewhere, in time and space. I love words that pick—like my index finger worrying a ragged cuticle on my thumb—at those little spots buried deep inside, which I tended to avoid like unwanted visitors... until suddenly the words made me understand that all the spots—even the painful or shameful ones—are worth keeping safe. And whether I remember them or not, I love that ALL of the words I’ve ever encountered, through chance or luck or purpose, have found homes within my heart.

So thank you, Linda, for giving your beautiful words. They, too, have found a home...

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Linda Caroll's avatar

Oh man, the ones that pick like a ragged cuticle. I have so many of those laying in drafts. Glad you enjoyed this one :)

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