<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Another deep dive David. Keep going! MM<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 26, 2022, at 1:17 PM, JAMES ADDINGTON via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Thank you, David, for two deftly crafted, poignant works!
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On 08/26/2022 12:44 PM David Dunn via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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<p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small;">Becoming</span></strong></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">As I watched the stars fall from the sky, </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">I knew instantly that heaven was gone forever. </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">Before dawn, when it had become clear </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">that far is near and beyond is within, </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">I was embraced by a Holy Mystery </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">the filled me with awe, </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">took my breath away, </span>
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<p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: small;">and opened the floodgates of my heart. </span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">Now when I listen to the silence, </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">and look past the brilliance of the sun, </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">trying to imagine before the beginning </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">and beyond the edge of everything, </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">I am certain that the becoming </span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">we were called to be before time began </span>
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<p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small;">Natural Miracles</span></strong></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">Our struggle to become ourselves is an act of creation.</span>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">Our engagement in life energizes human evolution.</span>
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<p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: small;">Our care for one another expands the universe.</span></p>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span class="" style="font-size: small;">It is a natural miracle that </span>
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