[Dialogue] A poem, thanks to Joan Seacord

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Ones,

I, too, loved the poem, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOSE OF US.  Thanks to Joan
Seacord and the journey that it took to find it's way here and now.  I
immediately sent it to my neighbor Jean who celebrated her 80th birthday
earlier this year.

Be well,

Nancy

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Paula Philbrook
<paula.philbrook at gmail.com>wrote:

> Happy Birthday!
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Sarah H. Buss <shbuss at icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> How timely, Jim. Today is my 75th, whether I believe it or not!
>> Sarah
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2012, at 1:42 PM, James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Went through some old papers the other night.  Ran across some research
>> on Ageism that Joan Seacord did for the Women's Organization for Equality
>> in Brussels.  Joan was 66 back then.  Found this poem:
>>
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOSE OF US
>>
>> I've awakened to find
>> that somehow I've slipped
>> into the cloak of the 8th Decade
>> and behold, it seems to fit!
>>
>> Still, I struggle
>> and stretch my arms
>> and reach to check the hem
>> The seams neither bind nor rip.
>>
>> I find I am warmed
>> by all the threads of this cloth,
>> The woof and the warp purposely woven
>> To my surprise, it is comfortable.
>>
>> It can be worn anywhere
>> It matters not the occasion
>> Whether it is formal or fantasy
>> I am free, at least, of SELF-consciousness
>>
>> So unique a garment
>> that it is unimportant
>> that it has become wrinkled and faded
>> by smiles, and tears and time
>>
>> All dressed up, laughing aloud
>> With myself enjoying the music.
>>
>> Roberta Harper Roberts
>> Broomstick, Nov-Dec 1982
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Wiegel
>>
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>> you find it..  You got to change with it."  Woody Guthrie
>>
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> --
> Paula
>
> *Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into
> enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
> confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home,
> a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace
> for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow*.
> *Melody* Beattie
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