<div dir="ltr">As always...thank you.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 9:38 AM Janet Sanders 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">
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Oh my David, these take us to a place that is not only deep and wide but other dimensional. Thank you for sharing.<br>
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<div style="font-size:13.3333px">Ellie :)</div>
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Subject: [Dialogue] The miracle of becoming<br>
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<div><font size="2">David</font></div>
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<b><font size="2">Becoming</font></b></div>
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<font size="2">As I watched the stars fall from the sky, </font></div>
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<font size="2">I knew instantly that heaven was gone forever. </font></div>
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<font size="2">Before dawn, when it had become clear </font></div>
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<font size="2">that far is near and beyond is within, </font></div>
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<font size="2">I was embraced by a Holy Mystery </font></div>
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<font size="2">the filled me with awe, </font></div>
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<font size="2">took my breath away, </font></div>
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<font size="2">and opened the floodgates of my heart. </font></div>
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<font size="2">Now when I listen to the silence, </font></div>
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<font size="2">and look past the brilliance of the sun, </font></div>
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<font size="2">trying to imagine before the beginning </font></div>
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<font size="2">and beyond the edge of everything, </font></div>
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<font size="2">I am certain that the becoming </font></div>
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<font size="2">we were called to be before time began </font></div>
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<font size="2">will be fulfilled in us today.</font></div>
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<b><font size="2">Natural Miracles</font></b></div>
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<font size="2">Our struggle to become ourselves is an act of creation.</font></div>
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<font size="2">Our engagement in life energizes human evolution.</font></div>
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<font size="2">Our care for one another expands the universe.</font></div>
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<font size="2">It is a natural miracle that </font></div>
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<font size="2">Being evokes tears of gratitude,</font></div>
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<font size="2">silence offers a warm embrace</font></div>
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<font size="2">and darkness invites us to music and dance.</font></div>
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