<div dir="ltr"><div>Marsha, I just finished reading through your entire essay/document and just want to tell you it was the most thoughtful, compassionate, say it loud enough for those who have ears to hear and not look away, statement I have been privileged to read. It made me wish I had known you. Circumstances made it </div>impossible, although I was part of the priorship team in a house where some of your friends, I am sure, were assigned for their high school years. Thanks for sharing your current reflection. In these days especially where truth is so hard to identify, every line of your document says "This is true." Everyone who heard and responded to the call you described so clearly needs to read your words. You've made me reflect on my own part in those years of just accepting the "Order line." Thank you. Milan H.<br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM Marsha Hahn 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 dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_-7123173297589310460ydpdad8055cyiv5473026648"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">For several months, I have been doing some writing, the<span> intention of which was to spur some self-critical reflection about the Order. </span>I
had been thinking I might send it to the archives, but the last couple
of days, as David, Shelley, and others have raised challenging but
important topics, made me decide to go ahead and share it in this forum.
If memory serves, one of the original purposes of this listserv was to
create a space for inter-generational dialogue. There hasn't been a lot
of that, but here we are.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> It's a little too long to include in the body of an email, so I'm attaching a PDF.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hoping it's a helpful contribution to this conversation. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In love and respect,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Marsha</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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