[Thespiritexpress] Let's Get Married!
Richard Rasmussen
rdr at mcn.org
Mon May 29 20:34:01 PDT 2023
Wonderful.
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> On May 29, 2023, at 14:15, dennis jecmen via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> Riantee=E2=80=A6. the depth and range of what you express is =
> truly amazing.
> Dennis
>
>>> On May 29, 2023, at 10:17 AM, dennis jecmen via Thespiritexpress =
>> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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>>> On Mar 8, 2023, at 11:31 AM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress =
> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> =
> wrote:
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>>> This poem says it all=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6such an honor to have received =
> it then=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6..and again and again=E2=80=A6..each time
>>> I read it, it enters more deeply.=20
>>> It speaks to your own true knowing of what it takes to sustain, =
> maintain and keep the sparks flying
>>> in the adventure of relationship. Your poems are such inspiration, =
> Riante! You are indeed a treasure
>>> in our lives. With so much love and aloha! T
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>>>> On Mar 7, 2023, at 8:30 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress =
> <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> =
> wrote:
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>>>> The poem I wrote for Toni and Ron when they were about to get =
> married.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Holy Marriage =E2=80=93 After Annie Lclerc
>>>>> =20
>>>>> For our most ancient dream to come alive
>>>>> let=E2=80=99s not flee from commitment
>>>>> but have the heart to face it
>>>>> for it is the true quest of life
>>>>> its highest challenge and accomplishment.
>>>>> Refusing to take a vow is not freedom;
>>>>> free are those who having faced the nature of love
>>>>> its chasms, empty passageways,
>>>>> its triumphs and elations without any illusion,
>>>>> embark on the ocean,
>>>>> determined to live the adventure at all cost,
>>>>> refusing neither the victories
>>>>> nor the wreckages,
>>>>> ready to lose everything they own
>>>>> and willing to gain in the end what=E2=80=99s invaluable,
>>>>> the kept promise,
>>>>> the oath honored without deceit
>>>>> in the meeting of two lives.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> There is a time for every season.
>>>>> The inebriation of uncommitted ways
>>>>> is fun to experience for a while and it should be,
>>>>> but when the time for it has passed, it become lifeless.
>>>>> The real tragedy for us would be
>>>>> not to attempt the impossible,
>>>>> to always remain within our own limits.
>>>>> In marriage we constantly show each other those limits,
>>>>> test them,
>>>>> finding each other in our most hidden places,
>>>>> bringing out the secret and shadowy parts
>>>>> of one another.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> In each true meeting something unforeseen is present.
>>>>> Every time we love we recreate completion,
>>>>> and save our world from the absurd.
>>>>> Love will be reborn through you
>>>>> because it has only one goal, itself:
>>>>> once more, through you, it gains existence.
>>>>> You are called to love and to help,
>>>>> so that love and service
>>>>> can be of this world.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> What makes marriage so illuminating
>>>>> is that it=E2=80=99s one of the relationships
>>>>> that truly puts us to work.
>>>>> Obstinate, undeterred from its purpose,
>>>>> marriage is the pursuit through others
>>>>> of our own truth,
>>>>> our authentic voice.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> In the intimacy of bodies and souls
>>>>> we access the reality of the lover.
>>>>> We mix our breaths, our juices
>>>>> when sharing our days and nights,
>>>>> and in this way are entrusted to each other.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> There are such things as laws of being.
>>>>> They decree the planetary course,
>>>>> orchestrate the music of the spheres,
>>>>> they arrange the corolla around the vibrant heart of the flower,
>>>>> they give a pulse to the sap
>>>>> that rises from the roots into the tree,
>>>>> they create, for the child, a caring environment in its mother=E2=80=99=
> s womb.
>>>>> These same laws bind the beloved
>>>>> to one another,
>>>>> they breathe within them.
>>>>> Once they have immersed themselves
>>>>> in the glow of sacredness,
>>>>> this in spite of their squabbles, of their severances,
>>>>> of whatever they say, think or do,
>>>>> these laws live within them.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Our most ancient dream comes alive:
>>>>> shared life, share food and drink
>>>>> and which each taste, with each sip,
>>>>> a certainty: I am loved.
>>>>> Let us shout with this oldest of dream,
>>>>> let us weep and laugh with it,
>>>>> tremble with it,
>>>>> let us dance and embrace it
>>>>> this ancient dream:
>>>>> to be loved without any motive.
>>>>> even undeserving,
>>>>> to be loved with no condition, no merit.
>>>>> To be loved,
>>>>> easy as that.
>>>> =20
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> <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
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> -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
> class=3D"">Oooops, hit wrong button.<div class=3D""><br =
> class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
> style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>Riantee=E2=80=A6. the depth and =
> range of what you express is truly amazing.</div><div class=3D""><span =
> class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
> </span>Dennis</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote =
> type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On May 29, 2023, at 10:17 AM, =
> dennis jecmen via Thespiritexpress <<a =
> href=3D"mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org" =
> class=3D"">thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br =
> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
> http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dutf-8" =
> class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
> space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br =
> class=3D""><div class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
> class=3D"">On Mar 8, 2023, at 11:31 AM, Toni Bernbaum via =
> Thespiritexpress <<a href=3D"mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org" =
> class=3D"">thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br =
> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
> http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
> class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
> space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">This poem says it =
> all=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6such an honor to have received it then=E2=80=A6=E2=80=
> =A6..and again and again=E2=80=A6..each time<div class=3D"">I read it, =
> it enters more deeply. <br class=3D""><div class=3D"">It speaks to =
> your own true knowing of what it takes to sustain, maintain and keep the =
> sparks flying</div><div class=3D"">in the adventure of relationship. =
> Your poems are such inspiration, Riante! You are indeed a =
> treasure</div><div class=3D"">in our lives. With so much love and =
> aloha! T<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote =
> type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Mar 7, 2023, at 8:30 PM, =
> Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a =
> href=3D"mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org" =
> class=3D"">thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br =
> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
> http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
> class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
> space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">The poem I wrote for =
> Toni and Ron when they were about to get married.<br class=3D""><div =
> class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
> class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Holy =
> Marriage =E2=80=93 </span><span style=3D"font-size:9pt" class=3D"">After
> Annie Lclerc<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">For =
> our most ancient dream to come alive<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">let=E2=80=
> =99s not flee from commitment<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">but have the heart to face it<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">for =
> it is the true quest of life<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">its highest challenge and =
> accomplishment.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Refusing to take a vow is not =
> freedom;<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">free are those who having faced the nature of love<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">its =
> chasms, empty passageways,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">its triumphs and elations without =
> any illusion,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">embark on the ocean,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">determined to live the adventure at all cost,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">refusing neither the victories<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">nor =
> the wreckages,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">ready to lose everything they =
> own<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">and willing to gain in the end what=E2=80=99s =
> invaluable,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">the kept promise,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">the oath honored without deceit<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">in =
> the meeting of two lives.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p =
> class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">There =
> is a time for every season.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">The inebriation of uncommitted =
> ways<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">is fun to experience for a while and it should be,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">but =
> when the time for it has passed, it become
> lifeless.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">The real tragedy for us would be<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">not =
> to attempt the impossible,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">to always remain within our own =
> limits.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">In marriage we constantly show each other those
> limits,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">test them,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">finding each other in our most =
> hidden places,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">bringing out the secret and shadowy =
> parts<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">of one another.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p =
> class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">In =
> each true meeting something unforeseen is present.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Every =
> time we love we recreate completion,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">and =
> save our world from the absurd.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Love will be reborn through you<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">because=
> it has only one goal, itself:<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">once more, through you, it gains =
> existence.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">You are called to love and to help,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">so =
> that love and service<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">can be of this world.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">What =
> makes marriage so illuminating<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">is that it=E2=80=99s one of the =
> relationships<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">that truly puts us to work.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">Obstinate, undeterred from its purpose,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">marriage is the pursuit through others<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">of =
> our own truth,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">our authentic voice.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">In =
> the intimacy of bodies and souls<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">we access the reality of the =
> lover.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">We mix our breaths, our juices<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">when =
> sharing our days and nights,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">and in this way are entrusted to =
> each other.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">There =
> are such things as laws of being.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div=
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">They decree the planetary =
> course,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">orchestrate the music of the spheres,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">they =
> arrange the corolla around the vibrant heart of
> the flower,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">they give a pulse to the sap<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">that =
> rises from the roots into the tree,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">they =
> create, for the child, a caring environment in
> its mother=E2=80=99s womb.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">These same laws bind the =
> beloved<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">to one another,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">they breathe within them.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Once =
> they have immersed themselves<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">in the glow of sacredness,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">this =
> in spite of their squabbles, of their severances,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">of =
> whatever they say, think or do,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">these laws live within them.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" =
> style=3D"text-align:center;margin:0in 0in =
> 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"" =
> align=3D"center"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D""><span =
> class=3D""> </span></span></p><div style=3D"text-align: center; =
> margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Our =
> most ancient dream comes alive:<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">shared life, share food and =
> drink<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">and which each taste, with each sip,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">a =
> certainty: I am loved.<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">Let us shout with this oldest of =
> dream,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">let us weep and laugh with it,<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">tremble=
> with it,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">let us dance and embrace it<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">this =
> ancient dream:<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div =
> style=3D"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; =
> font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span =
> style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">to be loved without any motive.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">even =
> undeserving,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align:=
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">to be loved with no condition, no merit.<span =
> class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin: =
> 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New =
> Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" class=3D"">To be =
> loved,<span class=3D""></span></span></div><div style=3D"text-align: =
> center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: =
> "Times New Roman";" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size:12pt" =
> class=3D"">easy as that.<span class=3D""></span></span></div>
>
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