Thank you Paula Personal Mission Statement: *I nurture love, peace & harmony in every situation for my caring family, disempowered communities, and our precious planet.* On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM Ellie Stock via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

Reprise: How Then Shall We LIve? (in such a time as this . . .) Ellie elliestock@aol.com

*HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?*

*What do we call what calls from the deep,* *that pulses through stars and quickens heart’s beep,* *that surges through waves and cleanses with fire,* *emerges from dust and breathes soul’s desire?* *What do we name what mocks human pride,* *that bends the Tree of Life, sustaining being’s tide?*

*How do we greet what calls to our deep,* *that lasers vulnerabilities and loves us from fear’s sleep,* *that mourns lost illusions and leaves us defenseless,* *transforms the present moment and awakens all senses?* *How do we embrace what eternalizes finitude,* *that opens wide portals, flooding tears of gratitude?*

*How do we know what calls us to decide,* *that gives no guarantee and provides no place to hide,* *t**hat beckons all our care and trumps the doubt within,* *reckons despair and hope and connects all creature kin?* *How do we abide in what struggles to create,* *that explodes time and space, freeing partners with Earth’s fate?*

*How then shall we live what chisels passion’s edge,* *that re-sculpts past’s confoundings and empowers future’s wedge,* *that compels us far beyond mind’s strength or comfort zone,* *propels trusting steps into great work’s bidding unknown?* *How shall we now journey in vast community* *with that which journeys through us profoundly and boundlessly?*

* ~ ejhs*

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What a great writing. So our question. And being in community is becoming real important for me. Thank you, thank you, Ellie. Phyllis On 3/16/2025 5:49 AM, Ellie Stock via OE wrote:

Reprise: How Then Shall We LIve? (in such a time as this . . .) Ellie elliestock@aol.com

*/HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?/*

*/What do we call what calls from the deep,/* */that pulses through stars and quickens heart’s beep,/* */that surges through waves and cleanses with fire,/* */emerges from dust and breathes soul’s desire?/* */What do we name what mocks human pride,/* */that bends the Tree of Life, sustaining being’s tide?/* */ /* */How do we greet what calls to our deep,/* */that lasers vulnerabilities and loves us from fear’s sleep,/* */that mourns lost illusions and leaves us defenseless,/* */transforms the present moment and awakens all senses?/* */How do we embrace what eternalizes finitude,/* */that opens wide portals, flooding tears of gratitude?/* */ /* */How do we know what calls us to decide,/* */that gives no guarantee and provides no place to hide,/* */t/**/hat beckons all our care and trumps the doubt within,/* */reckons despair and hope and connects all creature kin?/* */How do we abide in what struggles to create,/* */that explodes time and space, freeing partners with Earth’s fate?/* */ /* */How then shall we live what chisels passion’s edge,/* */that re-sculpts past’s confoundings and empowers future’s wedge,/* */that compels us far beyond mind’s strength or comfort zone,/* */propels trusting steps into great work’s bidding unknown?/* */How shall we now journey in vast community/* */with that which journeys through us profoundly and boundlessly?/**//* *//* */                                                              ~ ejhs/*

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