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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I'm sending along
this piece hot off the presses so to speak, looking forward to your
thoughts. A bit more structrued for my part. Q: Who is the Faithful One in your
mind<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Blessings,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Joan<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The Faithful One<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Shoeless <o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I assume shoeless refers to a person. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But is the person the writer?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Someone else?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So I lack orientation .<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In fact, I’m not even sure<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is a person.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It could be a metaphor of something else.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Does shoeless refer to poverty?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Simplicity?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Humility?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Innocence?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In touch with the Earth?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I’m hoping for clues to come below.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Light approaches<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is the light approaching the shoeless one, the poet? <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">None of he above?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peace<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peace and light are good things.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">All I know is that it is approaching.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Elusive plays<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I don’t know what this means.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Maybe it means something good is going on , but you can’t
put your finger on what it is.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Blueness<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I like blueness, so it might be something good.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Blueness also means sad.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Blue can be a clear sky, in keeping with light
approaching.</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Silent coaxes<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is this refering to ineffable coaxing for the shoeless
one to claim her place in the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>scene?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Please<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Please is clear enough.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It is an entreaty to claim her place. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">At this point, I have concluded that all this is about
the shoeless one .<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Nature, God, life is entreating the shoeless one to take
her place. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What is her place?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I know it is a possitive place, whatever it is.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Does the shoeless one fail to claim her place out of
humility, fear, lack of support. Lack of maturity?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is she growing into her place?</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Claim your place</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Breezily</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The daisies whisper</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Iris glistens</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lilies dream</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">EasilY erect</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She listens <o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So all these signs, voices, messages have her attention.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">She is listening.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Intently follows
every beam</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">She knows how to listen,
to discern. And/ or she is learning to .<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Humming</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Winging</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Buzzing</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Singing<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Are these actions things that the shoeless one is doing?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Is that how she is gaining understanding?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Or, are these more ways in which she is being tutored ?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">All of the above?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">As nimbus gathers</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Veils the sun</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">These last 3 lines indicates the light is leaving.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Darkness is coming.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I withdraw<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I think you mean<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>that the carnal, personality , material , practical self is withdrawing.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">My spirit lingering<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">But the spirit part remains.</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ever near the
Faithful One<o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">‘I’m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>guessing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>now that the shoeless one is that part of the
writer which knows how to be<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the
awareness of God, however she defines that term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The part of her who always believes, or
knows, the reality of a grater presence, reguardless of the vagaries of our
mundane existence. <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So
the whole piece has to do with the author coming into a moment of higher
awareness. A moment is undefined here. It can be during meditation, prayer, or
a walk in the woods.<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faithful one is the part of her that is always
in touch with this greater<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>truth ,even
when she seems separate.</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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