<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &amp; Exploring]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://swittersb.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &#38; Exploring]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://swittersb.com/author/swittersb/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Life&#8217;s Bouquets]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>&#8220;Let me tell you something &#8211; being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.&#8221; Halle Berry</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>Transitory or not, beauty is recognized in the moment and savored. Everyone can define it for themselves, and know it when they see it, feel it, hear it. Thank goodness we don&#8217;t just settle, conform, <span style="color:#ff9900;"><a style="color:#ff9900;" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquiesce" target="_blank">acquiesce</a></span> to the rubble, the greys, the bland. I was sitting staring at this beautiful bouquet yesterday. Cultivated to please. Transitory but enjoyed in the moment as a gesture of beauty.</strong></p>
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