<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Pure inspiration……again, thank you dear Riante, for your poet’s soul ….shining through the pain of separation……letting us all know…..that love will always be there, that love will heal that pain…..so beautiful. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 31, 2022, at 10:11 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">The pain of
Separation<span class=""></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I am always
discovering myself<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">in the little corners<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that had been left in
the dark for so long.<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I have felt the pain
of separation<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">from the very
beginning<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">but didn’t know I was
born with it.<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">It became this
underlying sadness<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that ran like a
gentle stream<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">over the bed of the
multi-colored pebbles<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">from all the events
of my life.<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I didn’t know the
name of so old a presence,<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">but it became a melancholy,<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">affectionate friend<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">enveloping me through
the stages of life.<span class=""></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">It’s only when I stop
re acting<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">the suffering of the
world<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that I find contentment
hidden behind it.<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">It’s only when I am
totally empty of myself<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that I find the truth
of Self.<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">It’s only when I stop
resisting the original pain<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that Sin dissipates
out of existence.<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">It’s only when I acknowledge
the state of bliss<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">always existing<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that an inexhaustible
source of strength<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">is activated within.<span class=""></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" align="center"><span class=""> </span></p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">I find myself to be<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">a resourceful being I
can count on<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">to lead me to safety
every step of the way,<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">opening the joyful
path for me to step on<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">and keeping me inspired,<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">breathed in spirit,<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">pregnant with the love<span class=""></span></div> <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="">of all I encounter.</span>
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