<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=""><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Something that seems to keep popping up lately ~</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Was on my desk this morning.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Has always been my firm conviction</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">that we are informed at the deepest levels</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">by our Compassion.</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">w/love,</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">~m. 🙏 💛⚡️</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><img alt="IMG_0026.jpg" apple-inline="yes" id="F53846B8-10C2-4198-8FE4-5068C2DF9148" src="cid:3EDE4E74-19FA-4020-BBD8-499C4970A868@lan" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">It is by going down into the abyss</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">that we recover the treasures of life.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Where you stumble</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">there lies your treasure.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The very cave you are afraid to enter</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">turns out to be the source of</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">what you are looking for.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The damned thing in the cave</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">that was so dreaded</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">has become the center.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">You find the jewel</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and it draws you off.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">In loving the spiritual</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">you cannot despise the earthly.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The purpose of the journey</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">is compassion.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">When you have come past </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">the pairs of opposites</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">you have reached compassion.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The goal </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">is to bring the jewel back to the world</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">to join the two things together. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">🌟</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; min-height: 28px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">It is by going down into the abyss</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">that we recover the treasures of life.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Where you stumble</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">there lies your treasure.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">The very cave you are afraid to enter</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">turns out to be the source of</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">what you are looking for.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">The damned thing in the cave</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">that was so dreaded</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">has become the center.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">You find the jewel</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">and it draws you off.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">In loving the spiritual</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">you cannot despise the earthly.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">The purpose of the journey</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">is compassion.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">When you have come past </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">the pairs of opposites</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">you have reached compassion.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">The goal </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">is to bring the jewel back to the world</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to join the two things together. </div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">🌟 </div><br class=""><br class=""></body></html>