Thanks Ellie, I am enjoying the different perspectives on the new year and the poetry they are written.in. I'm reading Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, a Boston doctor. He has given me several good ideas, insights, and concerns in being ready to die. I'll write a reflection some day and I recommend reading it. Love, Muriel Give me a call, I often get lonely for a friendly visit. ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Ellie Stock via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Saturday, January 8, 2022 12:29 PM To: dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>; oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Ellie Stock <elliestock@aol.com> Subject: [Dialogue] Contemplative Monk--Hafiz Hope Beyond Hope? Ellie elliestock@aol.com Contemplative Monk--Hafiz <https://www.facebook.com/ContemplativeMonk/photos/a.521707157878538/4642060505843162/?__cft__[0]=AZXrm_iJgqSSuivLJuJHGHSYLTKVNc3-AdJLv0oRHuEg8bO2RcAWik0K5-vG_gU-W21X3tDxc9SduNkwGeo3WHMjDIs8dBylQ_73vOYcFzG0gpfQW-OFt66FseqptXLC9GdbAKjhO2ckwETeju5aS7oikwRmFrAEW5flQnsAA97AXg&__tn__=EH-y-R> [May be an image of 1 person] Contemplative Monk<https://www.facebook.com/ContemplativeMonk/?__cft__[0]=AZXrm_iJgqSSuivLJuJHGHSYLTKVNc3-AdJLv0oRHuEg8bO2RcAWik0K5-vG_gU-W21X3tDxc9SduNkwGeo3WHMjDIs8dBylQ_73vOYcFzG0gpfQW-OFt66FseqptXLC9GdbAKjhO2ckwETeju5aS7oikwRmFrAEW5flQnsAA97AXg&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R> January 5 at 3:39 AM<https://www.facebook.com/PT.Reiter/posts/10226571097693667#> · I sometimes forget that I was created for Joy. My mind is too busy. My Heart is too heavy for me to remember that I have been called to dance the Sacred dance of life. I was created to smile To Love To be lifted up And to lift others up. O’ Sacred One Untangle my feet from all that ensnares. Free my soul. That we might Dance and that our dancing might be contagious. ~Hafiz