<div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#141414" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">When life wins there will be no losers. A'Ida Shibli</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Catherine Walther via <a href="http://groups.io">groups.io</a></strong> <span dir="auto"><catherine.walther=<a href="mailto:gmail.com@groups.io">gmail.com@groups.io</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM<br>Subject: [Ruah] a poem sent out this morning by Joanna Manning<br>To: CNWE group <<a href="mailto:CNWE@googlegroups.com">CNWE@googlegroups.com</a>>, Ruah Group <<a href="mailto:Ruah@groups.io">Ruah@groups.io</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto">I thought some of you might be comforted by this poem. I sure am. Blessings, Catherine<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#141414" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">When life wins there will be no losers. A'Ida Shibli</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gertrud Jaron Lewis</strong><br>Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 12:11 PM<br>Subject: a poem sent out this morning by Joanna Manning<br>To: Taproot <<a href="mailto:taprootcan@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">taprootcan@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)">Dear friends:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)">When I got up and opened up my messages, I found this one from a list I subscribe to -<a href="mailto:unfoldinglight@freelists.org" style="color:purple" target="_blank">unfoldinglight@freelists.org</a>. 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:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When news is bad</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Take seriously your grief.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It is love, stripped bare.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Let it flow through you.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Trust that you are held.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We all are held by the Beloved,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">the Broken-Hearted One,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">the One who Suffers most Deeply.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Know you are not alone.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Millions bear your sorrow.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ancestors and even unborn generations</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">walk with you gratefully.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Seek others who are tenderhearted.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Receive all the grace you can.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In the flesh is best, but even in spirit, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">know we are here.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Trust the Goodness.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">God has not given up on us. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Through every disaster grace remains.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Refuse to despair.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Choose courage over selfishness,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">trust over fear, love over anger.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You do not know the end of grace.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">There is much you cannot change,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">but bring healing where you can.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are not promised to be given light, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">but to shine with light. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Don't become an enemy of the world</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and its brokenness. Stay tender.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Become a source of comfort and joy for others.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Let this purpose bear you through the darkness</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and you yourself will become light. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Let us continue to be people of the light wherever we find ourselves today and always.</span></i></p></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(55,55,55)"> </span></p></div>
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