[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: [Ruah] a poem sent out this morning by Joanna Manning

[Tina Neves]

Yes, Catherine, is a beautiful poem! Thank you

On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

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> When life wins there will be no losers. A'Ida Shibli
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> From: Catherine Walther via groups.io <catherine.walther=
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> Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
> Subject: [Ruah] a poem sent out this morning by Joanna Manning
> To: CNWE group <CNWE at googlegroups.com>, Ruah Group <Ruah at groups.io>
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> I thought some of you might be comforted by this poem. I sure am.
> Blessings, Catherine
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> When life wins there will be no losers. A'Ida Shibli
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> From: Gertrud Jaron Lewis
> Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:11 PM
> Subject: a poem sent out this morning by Joanna Manning
> To: Taproot <taprootcan at googlegroups.com>
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> Dear friends:
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> I did not stay up to watch the live results from the US election. When I
> woke up and heard the news, I was both stunned and numbed. I felt as though
> everything I have worked for during my life has been thrown into the
> garbage bin of history.
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> When I got up and opened up my messages, I found this one from a list I
> subscribe to -unfoldinglight at freelists.org. managed by Steve
> Garnaas-Holmes. It has helped me a lot, so I'm sharing it with you in the
> hopes it may do the same for you:
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> *When news is bad*
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> Take seriously your grief.
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> It is love, stripped bare.
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> Let it flow through you.
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> Trust that you are held.
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> We all are held by the Beloved,
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> the Broken-Hearted One,
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> the One who Suffers most Deeply.
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> Know you are not alone.
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> Millions bear your sorrow.
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> Ancestors and even unborn generations
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> walk with you gratefully.
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> Seek others who are tenderhearted.
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> Receive all the grace you can.
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> In the flesh is best, but even in spirit,
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> know we are here.
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> Trust the Goodness.
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> God has not given up on us.
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> Through every disaster grace remains.
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> Refuse to despair.
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> Choose courage over selfishness,
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> trust over fear, love over anger.
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> You do not know the end of grace.
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> There is much you cannot change,
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> but bring healing where you can.
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> We are not promised to be given light,
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> but to shine with light.
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> Don't become an enemy of the world
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> and its brokenness. Stay tender.
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> Become a source of comfort and joy for others.
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> Let this purpose bear you through the darkness
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> and you yourself will become light.
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> *Let us continue to be people of the light wherever we find ourselves
> today and always.*
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