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Sharing Warmth


A hot cup of cocoa, a good book, and a grouchy cat, what more can I ask for?
I get very excited with cool and wintery days. I prefer fall-winter over summer hot days.
Love wearing beautiful sweaters, colorful scarves, and my mother's favorite coat.
Love cuddling up and all wrapped up in my soft red blankie, on my mother's comfy chair,
and reading a good romance novel while looking out my window. It makes me feel so cozy inside
and thankful for the warm shelter in my home. And I often pray to God that others
less fortunate can also find such shelter including all those furry animals that live in the streets.

But really, the best way to stay warm during cold winter days is to have a warm and caring heart.
There are many ways we can help out the homeless and street animals.

Homeless Man Shows How He Tries To Survive Cold

Give the Gift of a Good Night's Sleep. You Can Help.

Help Keep a Child Warm this Winter by Donating a Coat

Outreach To The Homeless in Winter

One Warm Coat's mission is to provide free coats to children and adults in need while promoting
volunteerism and environmental sustainability.

Organize a Coat Drive – in 3 steps!

Working Together to alleviate Poverty and Hunger.

How to Help Feral and Stray Cats Survive Winter

The necessity of food assistance for abandoned animals

Feeding Pets of the Homeless® is the first national nonprofit providing pet food and emergency
veterinary care to pets that belong to people experiencing homelessness.

This Winter, Help Stray Dogs Stay Warm & Protected, Donate A Dog Sweater.

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This winter let us all do our part. There are so many ways we can help out.
Much love,
Lori Novo
♥
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I'll Take You Down To The Sea



“Forgiving is not about forgetting the old story.
It's about giving yourself a chance to write a new story.”
― Chris Linnares




Hello Beautiful Second Life!
I do admit, I can forgive but I can't forget.
By this, I do not mean I will constantly dwell on the negative and hurtful things I have experienced.
While it is easy for me to forgive since I don't like holding on to negative feelings
and all the bitterness this can add to my life,
forgetting is a different story. 
Not forgetting is a way of protecting my peace and heart from hurtful people
and not letting them hurt me or use me again.
Yes, I do keep a private tab in my mind of those who have truly hurt me in the past.
I can honestly say I do not hold any ill feelings against them.
It is more of a feeling of sadness.
Somehow, the tab stays closed and forgotten since life is too beautiful
to waste by going back and remembering those people and their wrongdoings.
I prefer to move forward with a clear mind to new positive and beautiful moments.
Now, whenever one of those people that are in my tab happens to reappear in my life, 
the tab will instantly open. 
I will greet them cautiously, especially when they are one of the "repeatable offenders".
One can only give so many chances to redeem themselves and work at earning my trust back,
which is a very hard thing to do and in some cases impossible.
I however do believe in giving second chances, even third.
In the past I have gone on and beyond what was necessary to try and save a friendship,
something that obviously doesn't usually work.
I know this kind of contradicts my entry statement about keeping tabs on the people
who have hurt me and are not allowed to come back into my life. 
But what can I say,
there have been those to whom I agreed to give a second chance and even a third one,
with hopes of saving our friendship. 
Sadly, too often friendships can't be saved no matter how much we want them to.
We must understand that we have no control over people who are hurtful
and don't know how to be respectful of others.
And we also have no control over the drama they can add to our lives. 
But what we have control over is the type of people we allow to enter into our lives,
and even more, stay in them.
Our lives are our sanctuary, 
no one with unkind thoughts and actions against us should be allowed to come in
and disrupt our happiness and peace.
AMEN to that!

Thanks For Reading, Have A Beautiful Day!
Much love,
Lori Novo


Credits
NEW :: pm :: Allegra Blouse (Details) @ Belleza Event
WINGS-HAIR-EF0208 Blondes & Reds ● *PKC* LeL EVO X Jas Earrings ● KUNGLERS - Bruna Necklace
[Aleutia] Thalia Skirt (Right) #3 Gacha ● Location: Endless: Antipodes (Moderate) ● WLS: Nacon's Rosy Morning
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At The Dawn

“Dawn was breaking over the horizon, shell pink and faintly gold...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


“We went down into the silent garden.
Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence.
Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.”
― Leonora Carrington


Kipur
- Light in Babylon -


It was years ago, too many to really remember how everything really happened. Yes, I was
Second Life young, and very naive, but one thing that still lives very vividly in my head
is the sadness I was feeling on that day, at the moment of dawn, as I stood in the water,
looking up at the sky, waiting for the new day to light up while I waited for him.
"Is he going to come soon?" I kept asking myself as my hand pressed on my chest to calm my
anxious heart. And I waited and waited, and waited.
He suddenly appeared two hours later. By then, I was in tears feeling ashamed of myself
for having fallen for something so worthless and meaningless, not to me, but to him.
And now that he was there, I didn't know what to do. I had waited for him for hours and now I was
completely clueless about how to approach him, "What an idiot I am" I thought.
However, before I even found the courage to say hi, he said hi to me first.
"Oh my god", I thought, and again, I was completely clueless about what to do.
Do I answer his hello?
Or do I just walk up to him with a smile or wait for him to walk up to me?
Or do I ignore his hello and pretend I didn't hear him?
Or...
Do I just run away and never look back?

I opted for the last choice. It was the hardest choice, but the right one.
It was the only way to protect my heart.
I wasn't ready to jump into an abyss of unreturned love.
A one-sided affair where one would be the winner, the user, and the other would simply be used, the loser.
And so I walked away with my head held high to an unanswered hello
and never looked back knowing that I deserved better.
And since that day, all my dawns have been beautiful and peaceful... even when I wait for them
standing in the water.

We must never forget our worth.
There are already many mediocre things in life, don't let love be one of them.

Thanks For Reading!
Much love,
Lori Novo
♥


Credits
Sintiklia - Hair Valencia - Fatpack
KILLJOY Gala Shadows Eye
Lempika - 15 Lipstick Lelutka Evox #43
[Heaux] EvoX Essentials v2 - Cheek Blush
- shanghai - Marti Rose Earring
(NEW) :: PM :: Tessa Gown @ Belleza Event
Model & Photographer: Lori Novo
WLS: PALETO - SKY PHOTO - Dark Night 2


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