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Me too!!!! 💃🕺truly magnificent hard to find words...YUM! Sue
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<blockquote type="cite">On Nov 22, 2022, at 8:54 PM, Jima via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yes, the pot of soup our group makes together is delicious. Ed, when I saw you dancing with your grandson this afternoon, I thought, I want you to be my grandfather also.<br>
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On 11/22/22 7:33 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:<br>
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Oh Ed -
<div class="">I am still here <span class="">–– with you!</span></div>
<div class=""><span class=""><i class="">Very good soup!</i><br class="">
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<div class="">On Nov 22, 2022, at 13:43, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">I was so happy to have our grandson, Jayden, join us for Shaking Yoga and Meditation this morning before his buddies came and picked him up for some time in the park. He did real good!
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<div class="">This is a poem that meditation and Pathwork of Self-Transformation class inspired in me today. Always a pleasure studying with you all. </div>
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<div class="">Blessings, </div>
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<div class=""><u class=""><span class="">Still Here</span></u></div>
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<div class="">I’m still here – scratching on the walls of yesterday. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – knocking on the doors of tomorrow. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – embracing so many moments now. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – like I always thought I was before. </div>
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<div class="">This shift in my steady reflection leaves </div>
<div class="">my acceptance tipped in favor of staying. </div>
<div class="">Here, hold my soul in your hands and warm </div>
<div class="">it from within before it freezes in time, help me.</div>
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<div class="">This shift in my idealized self is a walk through </div>
<div class="">the kitchen pantry looking to pull some of my own </div>
<div class="">imperfection off the shelf of unknowing and whip up </div>
<div class="">a new batch of humble pie to serve myself freely.</div>
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<div class="">Yes, I’m still here – tasting each expectation. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – lathering every dirty spot to wash. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – in contemplative instigation.</div>
<div class="">I’m still here – cradling the infancy of my true self. </div>
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<div class="">The more I look into this melding mirror, </div>
<div class="">the more I become one with <i class="">mirror living</i>. </div>
<div class="">The more I dissolve this image, the more </div>
<div class="">it becomes its own deflected reflection.</div>
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<div class="">When I recognize impossibility in its full dress, </div>
<div class="">I wanna head back to the kitchen of my soul, </div>
<div class="">stir the pot on the stove top, tasting implicitly </div>
<div class="">the spices of truth, space and being here now.</div>
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<div class=""><i class="">Soup’s on!! </i></div>
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