<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=""><br class=""><div>What everyone else said: Beautiful, and thank you!</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Love, Lee</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 1, 2024, at 4:30 PM, Jan Conlon via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">So heartfelt and beautiful. Thank you. 💞</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:11 AM Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u>Crying Out</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cry like a warrior,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">cry your heart out,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">don’t let them
tell you not to, <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">let that deep grief that cleanses the heart<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> free the ancestral line <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">of the primal
pain;<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">have the courage to cry God a river,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">plunge into the darkness<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">that has held back
generations;<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">clear the way of blockages and obstacles<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">restoring the flow of water
connections<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">from streams to
rivers all the way to the sea,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">cry and cry like a warrior, <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">cry until you have exhausted your
tears<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">and touched the
original wound with light. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">Come to the newborn place inside,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">full of
curiosity, <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:0.5in">go<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in">where the infinite sadness of the
world<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> dissolve into a delicious
acceptance of what is,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in">that place where
tears <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in"> become laughter.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p>
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