<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd7af2b71yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="ydpd7af2b71yiv2324137079"><div class="ydpd7af2b71yiv2324137079yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">Hi Pam and Terry. Thank you, Terry, for your k\ind thoughts of Adam and Kaira on their journeys which took them to Chicago and Greenrise which were significant visits for them.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As we embrace our present, we reap the gifts of time into ourselves within this pause to reprioritize the important things in our lives. We have more time to think and muse and envision what might come to be for our world and our daily lives as the 'new normal' comes into being. Like the song from the Scriptures, "...The young see visions and the old dream dreams...". Glad to do my part. Yet I've been called into action in three directions of late in the spiritual and social justice dimensions by friends and colleagues.and expect to answer the Call and join the ranks of actual engagement by Those Who Care.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">"Miles to go before I sleep" comes to mind as possibility beckons many to come forth and actualize their dreams. We oldsters also have the task of planning the oncoming time of our demise. I have my memorial book, 5 wishes, and Power of Attorney out in plain view where I can tend to the task of preparing for a good death. The words of colleagues on both sides of that transition have been of tremendous help in claiming responsibility for the last dance into Mystery's open arms... </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'll be 80 in November and wonder, should I do a one year or three-year subscription to AARP? Shall I purchase toys and books for Christmas now for four good little boys I know? They are two from House Church and two brothers who are grandsons of a neighbor in my senior citizen's building. I'd certainly like to witness their growing years.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Will my present writing projects outlive me?? I give thanks for the moment to moment connection to meditation, contemplation, and prayer. Life is good with the yesterday and today and forever Presence in the midst of it all and I'm enraptured with the time I have to know that Presence while I can...</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I give thanks for The Message Bible by Eugene Peterson, recommended by Nan Grow and Marilyn Crocker. I think J.B. Phillips passed the baton on to him. It is truly a revelation of the Good News in everyday language. I'm sharing this wonderful spirit resource as often as I can within my circle of family, friends, and colleagues. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">May none of us: Those Who Care, The Beloved Community, and the New Religious have to worry about being worthy of getting on The Glory Train when our time comes.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Kindfully yours,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">dawn</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We love the Final Reality because the Final Reality loved us first.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">- 1 John 4:19</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>