<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-size: 16px;">~~~Love and Blessings to all on this election day~!! A large percentage of our population will be feeling despondent, depressed and out of alignment </div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">in the days to come~. Hopefully those of us who have been working their Spiritual muscle will remember what is true and unchangeable ~ grounded </div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">in the core of essence being~. Many will be discombobulated due to reliance on external factors in their life and if this is the case, even to a minor </div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">degree, Spiritual texts' directs us to settle into our inner realm of quiet and stillness (this directive from our own mind) and from that still quiet place to </div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 16px;">open to receive the Voice for God… To sum up what the Course In Miracles says: </div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">Only Love, Ron</div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">“Nothing real can be threatened.</div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">Nothing unreal exists</div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">Herein lies the peace of God."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">+++++++</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: start;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for the children,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Carnivals and innocence and joy.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for the elders,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Soft wisdom, busy hands weaving webs of time.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for the Divine Feminine</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">To rise again and take her throne.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for the moon.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for owls and crows and croaking toads</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">And ancient forests teeming with life.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for the Great Spirit </span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">To guide us toward our rightful place</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">At the feet of the sacred,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Through the gates of conscience,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">That we may find our way back home.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">And of course, I voted for love.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Now what to do</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">But wait for the ballots to be counted?</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Meanwhile, rivers roar, bones rattle,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Past and future ages hold their breath.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">They are waiting to see</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">If our hearts will reawaken...</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Eyes open and ears pricked forward,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Songs on the tips of their tongues,</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Ready to welcome us back to the chorus of life.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted today.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted for you and me, free.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">I voted that we'll make it</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">Back home together, alive.</span><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><br style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-align: start; white-space: pre; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="text-align: start; font-size: 18px;">- Shannon Wills</span></div></body></html>