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	<title>Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos &#187; Not In Vain</title>
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		<title>I shall not live in vain&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tattoo from the poem "Not In Vain" by Emily Dickinson.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Submitted by Katie:</p>
<blockquote><p><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;">I got the tattoo when I was going through a series of events I ended up  losing a large number of those who were close to me. I got to a point where I  was absolutely miserable and couldn&#8217;t find a good reason to wake up in the  morning. I work in dorms and during my hard times some of my residents who I&#8217;d  helped quite a bit throughout the year saw through my &#8220;I&#8217;m fine&#8221;&#8216;s and  would come to me and would talk to me about all the different ways I&#8217;d  helped them. In the midst of everything piling up it just reminded me  that despite whatever BS I&#8217;ve gone through if I&#8217;m still able to  wake up in the morning and help make someone else&#8217;s life better  then my own will always have meaning. (The little flurries you  see around the text are from a dandelion that&#8217;s on my back.)</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/t2017sep.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-306" title="Emily Dickinson Tattoo" src="http://www.contrariwise.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/t2017sep-300x215.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="215" /></a></p>
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<div>IF I can stop one heart from breaking,<br />
I shall not live in vain;<br />
If  I can ease one life the aching,<br />
Or cool one pain,<br />
Or help one fainting  robin<br />
Unto his nest again,</div>
<div><strong>I shall not live in vain.</strong></div>
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<div>- Emily Dickinson, <em>Not In Vain</em></div>
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