Dianne Bates:  

ran "Learn to write your hurts in the sand and carve your benefits in stone." Unknown". More about Dianne:"Seeking Unforced Rhythm... Colors outside of the lines. Runs with scissors. Swims immediately after eating. Plays with matches. Known to jump off the bridge just because everyone else is doing it. Shamelessly tears off the "DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW" tags from mattresses and pillows. Sits too close to the t.v. Lives outside the box. Talks to strangers.......... I'm here to meet someone who has.... Depth and breadth. Imagination and substance. Intellect and humor. A canvas colored in brilliant colors of varying hue, applied with brush strokes both bold and delicate. Someone who laughs and cries. Someone who is easy going and intolerant. Someone who is strong and tender. Someone who is stable and restless. Someone who is strong enough to lead and trustworthy enough to follow. Someone who dreams, creates, imagines, and struggles or who at least has struggled in their life. Someone, who has lived long enough to know pain, but hasn't shriveled inward around themselves, protecting themselves from possible future hurt, becoming emotionally unavailable, but rather has learned to remain open and risk all once again. Someone who doesn't ask for more than they offer. People who are real.".