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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, in your bones….How about one per month? / Sherwood<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Janet Sanders via OE<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 14, 2022 9:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Janet Sanders <janetasanders@hotmail.com>; OECommunity Community <oe@wedgeblade.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] Apropos the Unknown<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So grateful that the mystery has taken up residency in your bones. You are able to give voice to the wonder. Jan <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 14, 2022, at 1:58 PM, David Dunn via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A poem<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Medium'>The Unspoken Yes </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>What we can not see</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>makes our blood to flow,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>our lungs to fill</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>and our bodies to breathe.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>What we can not hear </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>lives in silence everywhere,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>comforts us always</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>and saves our lives daily.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>What we can not touch</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>is beyond all knowing,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>but arises in our awareness</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>and seeks us before we ask.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>With the eyes of a lover,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>open, intense, insistent,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>this Holy Mystery invites us</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>to meet in our yearning. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>In such gifted times,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>when darkness glows</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>and silence hums</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>the Unspoken Yes,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>we begin to live again,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>as at birth and death,</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>while the universe</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>watches itself expand.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light'>David</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from David’s iPhone<br><br style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 13, 2022, Jim Wiegel wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>The unknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing. John Lennon<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>