<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">I Hope this poem will work for you…if not just enjoy. It was shared with me recently by one of my “Activist” Muslim friend:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">I sometimes forget that </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">I was created for joy</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">My mind is too busy</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">My heart is too heavy </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Heavy for me to remember </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">that I have been </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">called to dance</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">the sacred dance for life</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">I was created to smile</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">to love</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">to be lifted up</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">and lift others up</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">O sacred one</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Untangle <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>my feet</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">from all that ensnares</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Free my soul </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">That we might</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Dance</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">and that our dancing</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">might be contagious.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Hafiz</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><b style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><b style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Hafiz</b><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (</span><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none;">/<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">h</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">ɑː</span><span title="'f' in 'find'" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">f</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">ɪ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">z</span></span>/</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">; </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Arabic</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">: </span><span lang="ar" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">حافظ</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><small style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none;">romanized</a>: </small><span lang="ar-Latn" title="Arabic-language romanization" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">ḥāfiẓ</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><span lang="ar" dir="rtl" title="Arabic-language text" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">حُفَّاظ</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural" title="Plural" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">pl.</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">ḥuffāẓ</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, </span><span lang="ar" dir="rtl" title="Arabic-language text" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">حافظة</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminine_(grammar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Feminine (grammar)" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">f.</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">ḥāfiẓa</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">), literally meaning "guardian" or "memorizer", depending on the context, is a term used by </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Muslims</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> for someone who has completely </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorization" title="Memorization" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">memorized</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran" title="Quran" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Quran</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span><b style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Hafiza</b><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> is the </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Islam" title="Women in Islam" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">female</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> equivalent.</span><sup id="cite_ref-Ludwig_2009_1-0" class="reference" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1; font-size: 0.75em; background-image: none; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_(Quran)#cite_note-Ludwig_2009-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); text-decoration: none;">[1]</a></sup></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><img src="cid:1135929E-49B5-4E2C-9DBD-0254B486A79C-L0-001"><br></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 29, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Jo Nelson via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m searching for an artform, which could be a poem, a song, or a very short video, that could be the starting point for a fairly quick discussion grounding the X of the Word -- YES to the past, the future,
my life, all of life. (You will note that the current version of Courage to Lead talks about the YES to the past, future, my life, and all of life rather than using the phrases “the past is approved, the future is open, my life is received, life is good”.
This is designed to get through the immediate reactions to the old language that was blocking people being able to ground the Word in their lives.) This artform should be tangential to the topic and allow a conversation that grounds it.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m guessing that you in this group will be a better resource than I have found so far. I don’t need just quotes – they don’t lead to much of a conversation. And even if you don’t know of any artforms for
this, I’m hoping just raising the question will be helpful for your ruminations!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m updating and putting online an old ICA Associates Inc. facilitation course called “Participation Paradigm”. In this course we taught 4 chapters of Courage to Lead that correspond to the four sections
of RS-1 images as well as the Contentless Method (the phenomenological method behind all ToP methods). We will study the four chapters, and I am working on artform conversations to ground the previous session and make the transitions to the next session. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This course, along with one updating our old Image Change course and several others will be offered online in the fall in addition to the ones we have been offering online so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">--<br>
Jo Nelson, CPF Emeritus, CTF <jnelson@ica-associates.ca><br>
Certified Professional Facilitator and ICA Certified ToP™ Facilitator<br>
ICA Associates, Inc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">“You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself
to converting all your experience to the highest advantage of others.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">
<b>R. Buckminster Fuller</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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