<div dir="ltr">Carlie, <div>yes, it gives hope and inspiration. </div><div>I feel so much appreciation and love for you beautiful souls in the spirit house community. Even from afar.</div><div>🧡<br></div><div>Cornelia</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM Jima Abbott via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>From Carlie</div><div><br></div>Riantee,….Reading the poem you read a few weeks ago has even more meaning to me as you have shared Charles and your current journey.  How much closer could you have gotten to the present?  Thank-you for sharing what your family is going through.  It gives me courage that I too can be present with my own challenges.  I hold your family tenderly in my heart with so much love.<div><br></div><div>Carlie<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 21, 2025, at 8:37 PM, Lydia Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" target="_blank">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div><div style="font-size:16px">Dear sisters and brothers.</div><div style="font-size:16px">We wanted to thank all of you for your support and love during this difficult transition, not so difficult in fact because it has forced me to be totally and only ‘in the moment’ with no possible way to step out of it. And in the moment there is only bliss, everything else that comes through is so unreal, it just passes. . . And I believe that this elevated state is a direct result of the prayers and healing energy you all sent us.</div><div style="font-size:16px">Charles had one night in the hospital when he believed he was dying, and so did we all.</div><div style="font-size:16px">The whole family and friends regrouped and by morning Charles revived, ready to get out of the hospital and come home to our house to make the journey to his true home. </div><div style="font-size:16px">But with the succor of morphine he has no pain, and he has been surrounded by so much love, his needs so well taken care by many devoted people in the help professions that it looks like he has decided to take his time leaving the planet. He is very conscious that this reprieve is a gift for us all to be able to have a loving closure, With humor he adds that he hopes, for the sake of the ones helping him, that it won’t take too long. He is ready to take the next step if it proves to be needed. </div><div style="font-size:16px">With love from our whole family.</div><div style="font-size:16px">Riantee</div><div style="font-size:16px">Below is the poem that I read last Tuesday, written just before the accident,</div><div style="font-size:17px"><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Change. </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>Change</i>, you tell me, </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>the </i><b><i>only</i></b><i> constant you can </i><b><i>always</i></b><i> count on.</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Change.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>moving, cleansing, purifying</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>transforming, transmuting,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>obliterating.</div><p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span><br></p><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">A brief rest, a deep breath. </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">I settle down, look around, find my footing, reassess, </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">and then </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">another run,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">change, movement, transformation, purification, annihilation. . .</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span><i>Can anything else go wrong?</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>I need to stop this!</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Tension, stress, </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">then fear, panic, despair:</div><div style="margin:0px;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-style:normal;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><i>Why me?</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span><i>Wait a minute</i> I tell myself! <i>Wait!</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span>Don’t totally lose it, stay calm, keep control,</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>You can put things back in order.</i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>Not to worry, </i>you console me, <i>you know one thing for sure, </i></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><i>it will change, everything always changes!</i>” </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>Where do I find solidity then,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>a place where to put my foot down, </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>settle on stable ground, be safe?</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>When the fear demon opens its mouth wide to devour me</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>who do I turn to? </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>When the beast crushes me down and tramples me</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>until I have no more strength for resistance</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>how can I possibly control anything?</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span>I can’t even find my breath!</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">        </span>So,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>I give up, I surrender, accept what is,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>what else can I do?</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">And suddenly. . . a deep silence.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Like a gentle mist, serenity settles upon the earth.  </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">I find myself in the eternal immensity</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">of the place that never changes,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">that blissful place that has always been </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">and will always be,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">that place without attributes,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">that place where I can only exist</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">in the one reality that no word can describe, </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">the only reality that will ever be, </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">             </span>love.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">As there is no beginning to my being</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">there is no end to my becoming,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">and that </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">will never change.</div></div><div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Thespiritexpress mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" target="_blank">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress" target="_blank">https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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