<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ditto ❤️💕💚💕💜💙<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 28, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Mike Abell <mea@abellhouse.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I Love Sylvia’s Poetry. This so beautiful and full of grace. Thank You for Sharing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org <thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan via Thespiritexpress<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 28, 2021 9:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ruth Dell'Ara <dellara@comcast.net>; thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Thespiritexpress] Poem<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">YES,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Oct 28, 2021, at 8:46 AM, Ruth Dell'Ara via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Beautiful! Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Oct 28, 2021, at 8:08 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the poem by Sylvia Gilmore read at Mastery<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">Lessons Learned </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I’ve been thinking about how there is so much to know</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">and as I learn more, what I understand</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">is that there is always more to learn.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I’ve been recognizing how each and every thing I think</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">shapes my life; flavors how I feel and act,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">how I do what I do.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I’ve been considering that there’s nothing to forgive,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">because everything I have experienced</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">and everything I’ve done,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">has brought me to where I am now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I am in awe that I can choose to live a life</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">in which I no longer react to every obstacle</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">in a way that makes it undesirable.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I am learning to let go of struggle and resistance,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">let go of what I no longer want to experience,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">what no longer supports the me I want to be.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I am thankful for the challenges I’ve grown through,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">the lessons learned,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">the opportunities to transform, to renovate,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">to cultivate change as I choose. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I now know, by embracing life,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">each moment holds the promise of a new story.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I realize I am the author of every line.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">I am grateful</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">for each chapter done</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#222222">and yet to come.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 28, 2021, at 08:06, Riantee Rand <<a href="mailto:riantee@mcn.org">riantee@mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 26, 2021, at 22:16, Ron Nadeau via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">~ I don’t have the Silvia Gilmore poem to send - sorry ~ <o:p></o:p></p>
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