<div dir="auto">I was also blown away by the lovely letter & gift from Jim & Karen. Many thanks! I’ve been playing Jim’s Indian flute music to relax for the night.</div><div dir="auto">Peace,</div><div dir="auto">Nancy Trask </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 5:07 PM George via Earthrise <<a href="mailto:earthrise@lists.wedgeblade.net">earthrise@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">I often wonder whether our individual lives bear much of any <br>
significance. I do try to live my life as if it did and I suppose the <br>
question is really what does one consider as significant.<br>
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Elise and I just received the Troxel's holiday greeting. I was deeply <br>
impacted and deeply appreciative of the news of Jim Troxel's investment <br>
and engagement of his last year or two in the Native American flute.<br>
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Not only did the news surprise me I might have expected some new <br>
programmatic venture or some courageous partnership with some exotic <br>
experiment in human community; but instead, as a final act of a living <br>
ventures he decides to get a stick with little holes and go make a <br>
beautiful noise to all the earth.<br>
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What a great witness to life and using all one's creativity in investing <br>
one's own significance in a human venture that honors the life they have <br>
and continue to live.<br>
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Thank you Jim for your particular choice and for your significant gift <br>
to the world.<br>
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