<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><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">Calypso Orchid. To
my Son<span class=""></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">I’ll meet you at the
edge of time<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">where your
spaciousness and mine come together<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">in the heart of the
tiny, wide-eyed orchid, <span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">sitting at the foot
of the big redwood<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">and looking upon the
world with innocence <span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">while purring with
the contentment of an open heart<span class=""></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">As we sit in our
silence<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">the small flower
lover of the giant<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">receives our
beingness <span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">and offers us our
true Self.<span class=""></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">Redwood needles
carpet our steps<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">with tenderness<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">as you guide me<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">on the Fairy
Slippers' trail<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">that leads to our
inspired self,<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">that place of unity,<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">the All in relation
to All.<span class=""></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">Without relationship
<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">nothing exists;<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">in relationship <span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">there is everything.<span class=""></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">And the tiny orchid
with the many names<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">sprinkles the forest
floor<span class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class="">with the love notes of
spring. . .</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""> *****<br class=""><span class=""></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span>The Infinite Tenderness of Ordinary Things<span class=""></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">How tenderly has the chair planted its four legs<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">onto the maple floor<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">that extends across the room<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">to the infinite patience of windows<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">encountering along the way <span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""> </span>the
willingness of table and sofa to be of service<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">and reaching the walls and ceiling<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span class=""> </span>where a
merging dissolves the room<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">allowing the sheltering to be complete <span class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">thus restoring perfect faith<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">in the support of all things<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">as the woman walks in and sits <span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">in the centerless center of her house<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">within a hall of mirrors<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">revealing her true nature<span class=""></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">as the source of all that is<span class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">in the silence that is the word of God.<span class=""></span></div>
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