<div dir="ltr">Such sadness. I recently read that "death is the wound in the universe" and this was followed by "death is our companion throughout life". <div><br></div><div>May all the Saints who from their labor rest, be blessed eternally.</div><div><br></div><div>Herman</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:32 AM Paula Philbrook via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Friends:<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">I don't know Who — or what — put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering.  </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">But at some moment I did answer <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Yes</span></i> to <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Someone</span></i>— or <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Something</span></i> —</font><font color="#3d85c6">and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.  </font>   From Dag Hamershol's Markings</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">You are invited to come celebrate the Gift of Jean Marie Long's Life at a Memorial Dinner on Tuesday April 16th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">We will share a dinner from Jean's beloved India, conversation, song & verse.  Please feel free to bring a song or poetry you have shared with her or your own writings. Please let us know if you are able to attend the event by rsvping <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxyVlaYg54z3O_3jaZsbq0D9-7IXa_akcj2hB6c1W_IkEJKw/viewform" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>, or if you are unable to attend but would like to share a note or reflection you can do so <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11qOK85-Bmw6ZAp0awehf1M2utsfxRPvYP0UwjmIrHQI/edit" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><div class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-yj6qo gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-:2ct" class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-ajR" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:none;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:none;width:24px;border-radius:5.5px"></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-adL"><div class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-adm" style="margin:5px 0px"></div><div class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">ICA Greenrise, 4750 N Sheridan 6th floor</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Tuesday, April 16th - 6pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">In Love and Remembrance,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Paula Philbrook </span></p></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-7440219233988035067gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">__________________________________________________<div>Herman F. Greene</div><div>2516 Winningham Road</div><div>Chapel Hill, NC 27516</div><div>919-942-4358 (ph & fax)</div><div><a href="mailto:hfgreenenc@gmail.com" target="_blank">hfgreenenc@gmail.com</a></div></div>