<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am always dazzled by your insights & perceptions.<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Thank you, Dennis</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 29, 2025, at 8:45 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I Am not Safe</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">I am not safe, my children, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">you are right, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">I am foolish, I take too many risks! </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">An ir</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">repressible</font><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class=""> old lady, probably,</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">an unreliable mother, maybe,</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">a wild creature without culture, oh yes,</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">an uncivilized visitant, that too,</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">an unlikely warrior, a naive dreamer, an ignorant moujik, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">and all of it. . . but just maybe.</font></p><div style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">I want to tell of the safety I have found:</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">when I trust the universe, the universe trusts me to be safe.</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">My safety can only be measured</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">by the amount of faith I put into my next step, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">a casual act to me, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">a foolish one to many.</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">My safety resides only in the trust I put </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">into what is presented to me, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">on a road that reveals itself as I go </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">when I enter the Mystery,</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">a path I follow knowing that I don’t know </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">but that my foot knows. . . every inch of the way.</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">If I don’t see obstacles, obstacles will not appear</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">even when they are pointed to me.</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">Some say I am foolish, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">others that I am braver than most, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">but bravery has no measure. </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">When others go to the very end of their limits, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">the amount of courage it takes them is the same as mine </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">when I go to the end of mine.</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">There no longer is any other. </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">You are right, I am out of my mind, </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">but out of my mind is where I want to be</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">for it confers safety to my heart</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">and two hearts placed close to one another </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">soon come to beat in unison. </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">Together, we are in no danger</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">for danger like sin can never exist </font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif" class="">in a world where everything fits.</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; text-indent: 0.5in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br class=""><br class=""></p><div style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; widows: 2; orphans: 2; line-height: 18.559999px; margin-bottom: 0.11in; background-image: none; font-size: inherit; font-family: Aptos, serif; 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