About Time n Downtown Dallas

Dormant for nearly two decades, the four giant clocks atop downtown Dallas' Mercantile building ticked to life Tuesday night.
The building's 115-foot-tall ornamental spire is also illuminated again. Its white light rings flash upward when temperatures rise, downward when they fall. A star-shaped light at the spire's top glows green when weather is fair, orange-red when it's inclement.
The Mercantile National Bank Building is 430 feet tall with a 115 feet tower. The overall height including the tower is 545 feet. The building is the 27th tallest in the city. The Mercantile Dallas Building was 360 feet tall.

Take care....Ric

The Beginning of Love

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Ah love, does it get any better than having that someone to love and being loved in return?
To enjoy it though, you have to build on the right foundation. The foundation, the beginning of love, is to love yourself. This is vital.

You must realize your own self value and worth. For many, easier said than done.
We all have value, and we must claim that value. We must claim it ourselves, and not look to others to validate us. So often we overlook and neglect the importance of taking the time to show ourselves the self respect we are deserving of.

Some of us spend our time taking care of others, doing this and that and more and more and more, all the while neglecting ourselves. You go and go until your energy is zapped, and you realize you haven’t anything left. We only replenish and restore this lost energy by taking care of ourselves.

So take care of yourself, and restore the balance you need; here are some helpful tips.
Take responsibility for your life, stop blaming others.
Do things you like to do.
Participate in life at the highest level you can.
Be gentle and kind and patient with yourself.
Give yourself the simple pleasures….wear clothes you feel good in, etc.
Watch what you say…stop being critical of yourself and others.

Remember, it is who we are, not what we do, that is important.
Accept compliments from others without embarrassment.
And treat yourself as someone you really love.
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Hoping you find that true self appreciation…..Ric

Womanliness

Let’s say I wanted someone to seduce me.

And let’s say, for the sake of argument, that said ’someone’ was a woman. (HaHa-Duh!)

I would want her to have a shower before she came to meet me, and I would expect she would shave her legs. She might wear make-up, and perhaps spray some perfume, or essential oil. She might spend a long time choosing what to wear. Heels, perhaps, or maybe flats. Earrings? Possibly. And, depending on her mood, she might want to emphasize her curves, or maybe hide them; she might accentuate her breasts or rein them in. She would give plenty of attention to the way she looks.

In the moment when we meet - she would want me to experience attraction towards her. This wouldn’t (I’d like to think) necessarily require a cleavage, skirt, or heels - or even make-up or perfume. But, during the course of the evening, she would want her body to be clothed - or exposed - in such a way, that she could allure my attraction, play with it and incite it. She would be expressing herself and communicating with me through her chosen appearance. But also through her personality and attitudes. Her charms would be many. Her smile. Her dress. Her smell. Her softness. Her demeanor. Her spirit. She would radiate beauty in every way. How could I resist her?
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If you think of this with wisdom, you will see that womanly qualities are soft and delicate. In the decorations of womanliness, there is a beauty that is like gold, a beauty that attracts. The energy in their faces and bodies is like a magnet.

This gentleness and outer softness attracts through this outer magnetism residing in the face and form of a woman. In addition to all her outward beauties, the qualities of humility, reverence, devotion to God, beauty, and grace are the qualities of womanliness, the beautiful qualities. She is beautiful outwardly in appearance, but also so beautiful inwardly in character. Her strengths are kindness and thoughtfulness. Others look to her for encouragement, for cheerfulness and for confidence. Her convictions are strong. Her speech is wholesome. Her spirit is loving. Her beauty is undeniable. Like a cool spring of water, she is an unending source of all that is refreshing and good and wonderful.

Womanliness means the personification of, the human expression, as it were, of true beauty.

I like to call it, just … being a lady.

And being a lady, is very seductive. Always!

Take care...Ric