<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Ellie. I needed that.<div><br></div><div>Jann </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 7:42 AM Ellie Stock 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"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
</div><div id="m_-176531871372177290ydp8e0a52fbyahoo_quoted_1830842474"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px">Dear Friends,</span><br></div><div><div id="m_-176531871372177290ydp8e0a52fbyiv8198458164"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2">For me, this is indeed a sad day for the United States, and perhaps the world. Trump's vision and actions are based on illusion--a house of cards built on sand, in the long run unsustainable and destructive. Now, we are called to continue to live into the values and truths that have guided us--love, kindness, compassion, courage, peace, beauty, justice, and gratitude for this amazing, interrelated world--and work toward a sustainable and resilient Earth and all that is in it. It will be a bumpy ride, as humanity and Earth are experiencing a great, maybe the greatest transition affecting and collapsing all humanity's systems and structures and Earth's systems. Wherever we are, we, as individuals and as communities, need to discern how best continue to be sustainable and resilient communities and perhaps be a catalyst for midwifing the yet unseen and new ways of living that will be in sync with Earth and all our relatives--animal, vegetable and mineral.</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2">It is raining here today--maybe Earth's tears of grief; but, whether we see it or not, the sun is still there, gifting us another day and the energy with which to live it in humility, gratitude and compassion and passion.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="padding:12px 0px"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px"> </span><font size="2">Grace and peace ~</font> </div></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.32px;font-size:small">Ellie </span><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f31e.png" width="16" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; font-size: small; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f30e.png" width="16" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; font-size: small; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px"><font size="2"> </font></div></div><br><br></div></div></div>
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