tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56833218258667016912024-02-20T14:48:42.882-08:00Barbara Franco AdamsBarbara Franco Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237323008017475224noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683321825866701691.post-85707000392107779582020-04-07T15:48:00.008-07:002020-11-16T15:06:57.052-08:00GIVE PEACE A CHANCE/ACIM RAP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: large;">ACIM RAP</span></span></span></span></div>
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“All we are saying is Give Peace a Chance.” </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Stanza
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re
lookin’ in the mirror and you think you see</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">A
reflection of the <i>you</i> that has come to be</span></span></span></div>
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your eyes are closed and your mind is too </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Let
God reveal the Truth to you.<br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re hurtin’ and you feelin', oh so lost</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Spendin<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">'</span>
time with ego has raised the cost</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Look
away, forgive, head toward the Light</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">No
need to spend <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a</span>nother sleepless night.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">It's time
to choose 'tween Love and fear</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Doin’
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Opens
up your mind to Spirit’s quest</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Spirit will answer; show you the Way</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Remind
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Follow Spirit and your pain will cease</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Love
and joy are ways to extend</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">No
magic about it; nothing to pretend</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">You’re One with God. Pull the curtain back</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">You’ll
want for nothing. They’ll be no lack.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">FINAL
CHANT </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">(Voices
and hand sounds get softer and softer as we end the chant. At the end, reach
over and hold hands with those on either side as the chant ends with, "And with each other.")</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">I
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“You’re my ticket Home.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“What are you <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">talking</i>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I’m saying that you’re the one who’s gonna help
me get Home.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I know what you said. What the heck do you mean?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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while. Every time I think I’m on the right path, I hit a brick wall.
Then, BAM! I feel like a lose my way again.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I go home everyday. Don’t you?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“No. I’ve seen glimpses of Home, but I’m having
trouble staying put, you know, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">living</i>
at Home.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“You’re scaring me, dude.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Oh no! Don’t get scared. Fear is the exact
opposite of Home.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Have you been drinking?</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Laughs)</span></i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “No, I’m in my right mind, well, at least most of
the time.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“See, there you go again. I’m outta here!”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“NO! Don’t go! You’re my ticket Home.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Hey, either you start making sense or…”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Or what? Listen my friend. I’m <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your</i> ticket Home, too.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>“Now
you’re really freakin’ me out! C’mon, dude, maybe you’re sick or
something. I can get you some help.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He: </span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“You’re right, well kinda right. I was sick.
In fact, I was insane, wrong-minded. But I changed my mind and now I’m
right-minded. I’m all better. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">It’s just sometimes I make the
decision to listen to the wrong voice in my mind. That’s when I have trouble
getting Home. But then, I remember to ask Inner Wisdom and He reminds me
that you’re my ticket Home!'”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Oh boy. It’s worse than I thought. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let me get
this straight: You were sick. In fact, you were insane…because you heard
voices. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So far we're in agreement. </i>But then you listened to another Voice that made you change your mind because
the Voice told you I’m your ticket home. Did I get it right?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Exactly! You got it! YES!!”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Here sit down. I’m just gonna make a phone call to get you to a hospital.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“No, no. You’ve got it all wrong, bro. I think
this might help.</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Relax, and let me share some thoughts with you. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I had been in a lot of emotional pain. It's as
though I was walking around in the dark and I couldn’t find my way out. I
couldn’t turn off the constant ego chatter in my head and I found myself
projecting my thoughts and judgments on to everyone else. Of course, I didn’t
realize it. For some reason, I felt as though I was special and they were
wrong in how they acted, what they said and even how they raised their kids. I
believed that I had it right and everybody else was screwed up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lot of good that did me. I felt guilty for the way
I was acting and anxious about what the next day would bring. I was in a
bad way, bro. Finally, I said, ‘There has to be another way. Somebody,
please help me!’</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">That’s when I felt this subtle shift. The guy at work who used to tick me off didn’t irritate me anymore. Now we eat lunch
together. He's the one who told me about the Big Blue book.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“What Big Blue book?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“It’s called, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Course in Miracles</i>. Jesus shared messages with two people who scribed his
Words…in the Big Blue book.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Pauses. Raises
an eyebrow and sighs.)</span></i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “You’re telling me that Jesus showed up one day
and started giving dictation to two strangers and they just sat there and
wrote it all down without getting freaked out?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I’m telling you that they did what they felt
called to do: to take notes, type it all out, make it into a book, the…”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Friend:</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yeah, the Big Blue book.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Yes. That’s what they did. But, Jesus didn’t
physically show up and the two people weren’t strangers to him. They're his
sister and brother. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus communicated from his mind to the mind of
the woman. Well it’s really just one mind, the Mind of God. Jesus’ sister,
Helen took the notes. His brother, Bill typed it all up. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Jesus’ brother and sister, eh?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Yes! You’re catching on!</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Good buddy, that book has changed my life. Or,
better said, that book has changed the way I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perceive</i> my life.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“So
you’re not nuts?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Laughs) </span></i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“No, I’m not nuts. I’m saner than I’ve ever been
in my life. More peaceful. Happier.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Then, what’s the deal about me being your ticket
home.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I don’t mean home, as in the brick and mortar
house I live in. I mean Home, with a capital <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">H</i>.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“You mean, Heaven?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Yes, but not Heaven the way most people think
about it, up in the sky. I’m talking about a state of mind. That’s the real
Heaven, where we are in sync with the Will of God. Where we see everyone with
Christ’s vision. Where we look past the mistakes or ‘sins’ we think others have committed. That’s real Heaven, bro.”</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“So you want to get to, and live in Heaven…in your
mind, and I’m your ticket there. Is that what you’re saying?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“YES! That’s it!”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Oh, man. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(To
himself.) </i>Well I’m in it this deep, I might as well keep going. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dude, how am I your ticket Home? With a
capital <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">H</i>. And, how are you <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i> ticket Home? Again, capital <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">H.”</i></span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I’ll try to just give you the ACIM 101 version. It's very simple. It’s just not easy. You ready?”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Sure. Hit me with it. I can’t be more confused
than I am now.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“We’re one, bro. You and I...and everyone
else. Our minds are one.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Shaking his head.)
</span></i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “Yeah, okay. Keep going, Man. I got nothin’ to lose.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“When I’m listening
to ego, you’re a projection…from the wrong-side of my mind… of my fears and
my guilt. But, and here’s the good news, when I’m listening to Inner Wisdom,
I perceive you from the right-side of my mind, and all I see is that you and
I are one; we’re united. We’re love, good buddy! You’re love. I’m love.
We’re’ one big love fest, bro. AND…and, we’re one with God!”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I thought you weren’t insane<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Turning away and
raising his arm as if hailing a cab.)</i> “Taxi. Taxi!”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 117.9pt;" valign="top" width="118"><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 360.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Hold on, brother, don’t go anywhere. It’s getting
good now.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Just
tell me, have you ever felt fearful? Guilty? Angry and judgemental?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Of course, I have. Everyone does. It’s normal.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“No, it’s not normal. It’s abnormal and it’s
destroying us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">What’s normal is to know that the pure essence of who
we are is love. That we are united with each other and with God. Our
natural, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">normal</i> state is peace and
joy. Seeing each other as enemies is just what the ego ordered. Yet seeing
each other as pure and innocent light is truly how God created us. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">C’mon, tell me you wouldn’t rather live in peace
and joy than anger and hate. Tell me.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Who wouldn’t want to live in bliss, but it’s not
possible. People would think we’re weirdos.”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Do you think Jesus was a weirdo? Gandhi? The Dali
Lama? Martin Luther King, Jr? Buddha? Mother Theresa? </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“No, but…”</span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“But what? You could have peace instead of this,
my good friend. The choice is yours.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friend:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Wait a minute, you didn’t tell me how I’m your
ticket Home.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Simply this: the way I perceive you is the way I perceive myself. If I see us as separate and judge
you harshly, I’m given the Speed Pass to hell. In other words, I remain
angry, guilty, judgmental and in pain. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">But<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…wait for
it…drum roll please…</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you’re down on yourself,</span><span style="font-family: "cracked";"> </span><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">lead with Love.</span><span style="color: #ac44cb;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you’re stuck in the past</span><span style="font-family: "cracked";">,</span> <span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">lead with Love.</span><span style="color: #ac44cb;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you’re anxious about tomorrow</span><span style="font-family: "cracked";">, </span><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">lead with Love.</span><span style="color: #ac44cb;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you don’t know what to say</span><span style="font-family: "cracked";">,</span> <span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">lead with Love.</span><span style="color: #ac44cb;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you meet a stranger</span><span style="font-family: "cracked";">,</span> <span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">lead with Love.</span><span style="color: #ac44cb;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you come home after a tough
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you want to bite his head
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you’re feeling slighted,</span><span style="font-family: "cracked";"> </span><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">lead with Love.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "cracked";">When you’re impatient,</span><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";"> lead with Love.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">Love looks like</span></u><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">a smile</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";"> a gentle hand </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">a listening ear</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">extending a warm gesture</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">an emotional embrace </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">peace</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">innocence</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">space</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">empowerment </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">the sweet breath of spring</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">an embrace </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">safety </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ac44cb; font-family: "satisfy";">home</span></span><br />
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I don’t know about this. I’m very careful about who or what I let mess
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I said to my ACIM teacher the first time I met with her
one-on-one. At my request, she was explaining the curriculum and the learning
process of <i>A Course in Miracles</i>. I
could feel myself tense up as I equated mind training with brain washing.
Images of indoctrination, cults, and “drinking the Kool-Aid” flashed through my
brain. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But…I wanted to hear more; learn more. Since I had already
read portions of the Big Blue book, I knew that something within its messages
called to me. So, I stayed. And, I heard more and learned more. I was willing
to give it a shot but I made a promise to myself that I would remain ever vigilant
for the <i>troops that might come to abduct
me and take me to the secret camp.</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fast-forward five years. As a committed student of the
Course I have a broader vantage point from which to base my decisions. And, I
am not writing this from some hut on that feared illusion of a camp!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let’s talk about mind training. It’s what goes on
day-in-and-day-out from the moment we are born. Much of it can be extremely
positive and helpful to the developing child. Many messages keep the child
safe, help him/her to develop appropriate boundaries and learn social norms. But
many messages can be harmful to the innate goodness of that child. </span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“Be careful of him. He’s one of <i>those</i>.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“Stay away from her. She’s not like us.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“Avoid that part of town.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“He’s so lazy that he’s not worth our time or
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</span>“Make sure you don’t get too fat. You won’t look
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</span>“In order to enter the Gates of Heaven you must
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</span>“You cannot be a member of our church because
you are gay/lesbian and you’re sinful.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“Your sins will separate you from God.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“You will go to Hell if you if you commit mortal
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</span>“God does not permit women to become priests.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>“Only the chosen may receive communion.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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messages have you heard that do more to separate you from others and convince
you that you are separate from God?</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>It’s your choice: Be thin or be ugly</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Youth is coveted over the aging. Get rid of
those wrinkles.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Men are powerful and assertive and are given the
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</span>Drive this car and you’ll be admired.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Wear these clothes and you’ll be cool.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Live in this neighborhood and you’ll be accepted</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Buy our product and you’ll be admired.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I’m sure
you could spout off product jingles, law firm phone numbers and prescription
drug promises. Want to give it a try to see how they’ve gotten into your head?</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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the messages that you are bombarded with on a daily basis! What do these
messages do to your self-worth, your state of mind, and
your independent thinking?</span></span></span></span></div>
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the Course that seek to undo the too-numerous negative messages that we have
absorbed. It is through the indoctrinated messages of some ill-informed adults,
religions and the media that we have been force-fed the Kool-Aid.</span></span></span></span></div>
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of the lessons (from the Workbook) that the Course asks us to consider and
practice…reminding us that we always have free will whether to follow Jesus’
messages or those of the ego:</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>There is
another way of looking at the world. W-33</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I could
see peace instead of this. W-34</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I am the
light of the world. W-6</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I am as
God created me. W-110</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>Let me
remember that I am one with God. W-124</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I walk
with God in perfect holiness. W-156</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I choose
the joy of God instead of pain. W-190</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>I can
elect to change all thoughts that hurt. W-284</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>Eternal
holiness abides in me. W-299</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i>Judgment
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come all the sorrows of the world.
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I see a world of illusions,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Of hate, separation,
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">and make them special.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I either embrace them in higher esteem, or</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I hold them below me and laud my accomplishments </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">and false beliefs
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">and perceiving with
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I plug into the interpretations of ego.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I place this false idol on the throne </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Through this I suffer.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Through this I insist that my brothers and sisters suffer. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“But wait,” says Christ. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri";">(He whispers in my ear.)</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Wait, My sister. You have a choice:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Between suffering by choosing judgment and specialness, or</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Love through forgiveness with its promised gifts of peace and joy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Through Christ Vision you offer these gifts </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">to not only your
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Which do you choose?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">“Oh, my Blessed Christ! I choose Love. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I look upon them with corrected, 20/20 True Perception.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I will see the Truth of my brothers and sisters, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">And walk as One with You.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I choose, You.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I was going through a bunch of
old papers last week, I came across something that I had scribed in 2002. At
the time, I was an assistant principal at a middle school and (too) much of my
time was spent dealing with the disciplinary referrals sent to me by teachers
who believed that they had exhausted the tools in their toolbox for dealing
with disruptive students. Let it be said that most teachers had a good handle
on how to apply the Code of Conduct while allowing the students to maintain
their dignity. But a <i>very </i>few saw
only with their eyes and not their hearts, and for whatever reasons withheld
the very thing that many unruly students truly needed: love and respect…or for
those not comfortable with the L-word in schools, insert caring and respect. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kids know when you love them/care
for them. They gravitate toward you and they trust you. Once that is
established, the sky’s the limit! Not only can teaching and learning take
place, but the classroom can be a place of solace and joy. It is that for which
I strove in my room and then later within the four walls of my administrative
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On October 3, 2002 a young African
American girl was written up by one of the few teachers who chose not to look
beyond her own fear, and who didn’t take the time to get to know this young girl who
had transferred to our suburban school from the city. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Across from my desk, 8<sup>th</sup>
grader, Nyiesha sat with her head bowed down. Aloud, I read the referral, which
was written in large bold handwriting and brash language that described an
uncooperative, angry child. I asked this young girl to tell me what <i>she </i>believed had occurred in the
classroom, and she complied. Somehow the two accounts didn’t
reconcile. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seeing tears running down her
beautiful black cheeks, I asked Nyiesha if she were happy in her new
school.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Uh-uh. No, Mam,” she said softly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Were you happy in your other
school, in the city?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Yes, Mam.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I remember that I sat there for a
while thinking and reflecting, my heart aching for the little one across from
me. “Nyiesha,” I asked, “do you
know many people here yet?” She silently moved her head from side-to-side.
“And, do many people know you?” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again, we sat in silence while I
conjured an image and offered it up. “Nyiesha, if you could stand on the
stage in the auditorium and look out at all of the students and adults, what do
you think you would see?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She thought for quite a long time
before responding. As the young girl rendered her litany, her voice slowly ascended into a
crescendo like that of a preacher at
the pulpit, I took notes <i>(and later
formatted them to what you see below).</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When
I stand on the stage and look out at all of the students of this school</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
students who are respectful</span></span></div>
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students who are disrespectful</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
students who are nice and treat each other as equals</span></span></div>
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students who don’t care and</span></span></div>
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students who <i>do</i> care and don’t worry
about what others think</span></span></div>
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see</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
students who don’t like school</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And
some students who do like school</span></span></div>
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see</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
students who came to learn and can ignore the ones who don’t want to learn</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When
I look out at the adults at my school</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
who pay attention to kids and are teaching them how to behave; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">teaching
them how to learn, and not hang out on the streets</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some
adults who don’t respect kids and treat them mean</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“And you, Nyiesha, standing on that
stage in front of the entire school, what would you like everyone to know about
you? About who you are?” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am
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treat others equally</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
come to school to pay attention and ignore others who don’t</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
pay attention to teachers because they teach you right from wrong</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
see myself as a role model</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Someone
who is sweet, gentle and smart</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am
someone, who in 6<sup>th</sup> grade was awarded the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Model Citizen Award</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All
ten months of the school year</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
want them to know <i>this </i>Nyiesha</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When she was finished, she sat back
in her chair looking at me with her head held high. We smiled at each other and I
thought:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This</i>
Nyiesha, who is immersed in a totally foreign environment and is just trying to
get by. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This</i>
Nyiesha, who is alone and friendless two months into the school year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This</i>
Nyiesha, who isn’t shown love/care and respect, but instead is isolated and
dismissed.</span></span></div>
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Barbara Franco Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237323008017475224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683321825866701691.post-88685406986187925402015-07-23T08:15:00.000-07:002016-05-13T09:35:44.093-07:00This world is an attempt to prove your innocence, while cherishing attack. ACIM F.I.P. Second Edition/T-26.VII.12.5<style>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This</i> world is the planet on which we perceive that everything and everyone around us is separate from
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again cover the sun. We envision ourselves needing to create forms of
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end, birth then death. We compete in order to feel complete. We fight to prove
we’re right. We live in the past or the future as we willingly take commands
from our boisterous ego. And, at the end of the day in this temporal frame of
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peace, but only at the expense of others.” Or, “Love your neighbor, but give
him the finger if he cuts you off in traffic.” Perhaps, “Find serenity among
those like you, but be careful of <i>them</i>.”
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you seek it you will find it. If you choose the <i>real</i> world, you can gain entry, become a
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And upon entry,
what will you discover? Peace, joy, grace, unconditional love, arms wide-open
in full acceptance. You’ll remember that you are one with your brothers and
sisters and therefore feel no need to judge or attack. You’ll feel the majestic
presence of The One, Our Source, Our Creator and Giver of Life without end. You
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to be concocted precisely for me. The other day my horoscope, which I generally read for humor, plainly hit the nail-on-the-head. It precisely
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ranked snowboarder who developed life-threatening bacterial meningitis, a blood
infection that landed her on life support. Doctors gave this superb athlete a less than 2% chance of
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spleen, and she lost complete hearing in her left ear. Amy Purdy came close to
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imagined myself walking gracefully and snowboarding again. I didn’t just
imagine myself carving down a mountain of powder,” said Amy, “I could actually
feel it! I could feel the wind against my face and the beating of my heart as
if it were happening in that very moment. And that is when a new chapter in my
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‘heard,’ and <i>A Course in Miracles </i>was
revealed. For me, the road to ‘the better way’ has already been paved. With
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A Course in Miracles</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, Second
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individual and team goals. Whether it was to run faster, throw farther and more
accurately, or increase our repetitions, we had something to aim for so that
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goals my first year was to have a reduction in the written disciplinary
referrals sent to my office by no less than 25%. Through a team approach with
the gifted teachers with whom I worked, we not only met, we exceeded our
expectations by reducing referrals by a whopping 50%. That’s unheard of! But we
did it by agreeing on the end result, jointly developing a plan, then ensuring implementation
of the plan. We let nothing sway
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Course in Miracles.</i> My Course teacher, Patti Fields (pattifields.com) asked
this question of the participants at our most recent retreat on the Holy
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excerpts from her TED Talk, she made the following statements about pursing her
goal: “I asked myself, ‘Do you have it?’”
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<b>Forgiving my brothers and sisters of what I perceive as their sins, which will
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Inspired
by, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God is the only goal I have today. W-256</i></span></div>
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1996.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Course in Miracles </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Foundation for Inner Peace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Retreat offered by Patti Fields and Sabra DeForest</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pattifields.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you left the door open for intruders to enter and trash
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you claim your mind as yours, or do you offer it to
who ever wishes to come inside, settle in and, after overstaying their welcome,
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you step aside and passively let anyone who dares push
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guilt: “It’s
mine! I rule your mind simply by hitting the rewind button, flashing images of
fear that cause you pain. I project myself on to anyone who even remotely
reminds you of your perceived errors. Once your stomach tightens, your fists
clench, and your nightmares cast their shadows, I know that I’m in command!”</span></span></div>
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sleeplessness, anger and outbursts.
I scream at you to judge anyone who triggers your pain. <i>Attack first, fast and furiously!</i> That’s
my motto. As soon as your blood pressure soars, I claim my rightful place on
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You do realize, don't you, that you have Wisdom sitting in the wings
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wait. Why are you still looking down that dark hallway? Turn this way, toward the Light. That’s
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Quiet now. Sh-h-h-h-h-h-h. What do you hear?</span></span></div>
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expression on your face. And you’re glowing. The Light from within has surrounded
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"I rule my mind, which I alone must rule." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There Is Another Way
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<span style="font-size: large;">Replace ego thoughts
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we replace
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<span style="font-size: large;">we are lifting our
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<span style="font-size: large;">Project our own fear
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<span style="font-size: large;">To give and receive
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Because) I have
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I now remember that)
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<sup> A Course in Miracles:</sup></div>
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<sup>1,3) W-pI.50</sup></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">(Your comments are welcome: barb@ofcoursepublishing.com)</span></i> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do we want for our kids? In our most earnest dreams and
desires, what do we wish them to aspire to?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what I would think about as I was raising my own two
children. And as I am blessed with
having an active role in helping to nurture my grandchildren, my mind has not
slowed one iota. In fact, it is on
overdrive as I interact with my little ones. I think:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What can I do so that
I stay out of the way and let them explore their surroundings? In what ways can I set up the
environment so that they can move independently and safely and assume a sense
of ownership; take responsibility? How can I ask a question that will require
them to think more deeply? What
can my role be in helping them realize their sense of power? Will they hear me,
and learn to speak up for themselves, when I tell them that they have rights? What
can I do to model my reactions to possible stressful situations so that they come
to see that they have choices? How can I encourage them to appeal to their
Inner Wisdom without sounding preachy? What are my actions telling them as I
encounter challenges or circumstances that could potentially inspire fear? As I
engage with another, what are my words and intonations saying to them about my
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Barbara Franco Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237323008017475224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683321825866701691.post-74717156071465126232015-01-07T13:27:00.001-08:002015-01-07T13:27:17.971-08:00THROUGH FAITH AND GRACE-story, activities and song<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HNL6T6M2Y6I" width="480"></iframe>Barbara Franco Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237323008017475224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683321825866701691.post-58904329957319134832015-01-01T16:00:00.000-08:002016-05-13T09:57:26.445-07:00We’re All Teachers. We’re All Students.<style>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was one of the most profound statements I ever heard a
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was astounded to hear her say it, but a secret part of me
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thinking about her statement later in the evening, I
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of all of the take-aways from my undergraduate years, “I
don’t know,” has to be on the top of the list. It told me that I didn’t have to
know all the answers when I began my teaching career. It gave me the courage to
ask for help. And that three-word
admission demonstrated to me that there were others out there who could teach
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I came to learn was that my most influential teachers
were my students. By having the courage, the humility and the knowledge to know
that each of us possesses bits of the whole we all win by pooling our
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<span style="font-size: large;">Among the items on my bucket list was the desire to study
karate. So when I enrolled my 7 year-old son in the nearby karate school, I
decided to also sign up. At the time, I was teaching middle school health to
12-13 year old students within the same town. Unbeknown to me, one of the boys in my class by the name of
Christian was a karate student at the same dojo. During the second week of my
evening classes, the black belt Sensei who usually ran the class was
unavailable and asked one of his brown belts (the rank preceding black belt) to
take over. There I stood in my brand new gi (uniform) with the packaging folds
still evident and the neophyte’s white belt. As Christian entered the training floor, I along with the
rest of the class respectfully stood at attention, called out the requisite,
“OOS” and then bowed to our Sensei. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can still remember how I initially felt awkward and
uncomfortable in this tables-turned situation. I needed to make a decision: Pack my pride in my workout bag
and head for home or admit, “I don’t know and Christian does.” My decision to
stay and learn from my teacher taught me a valuable life lesson in humility and
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<span style="font-size: large;">I learned much from this amazingly gifted teacher. His poise and movements astonished me.
His ability to move his students through rigorous moves while gently correcting
our technique inspired me. I was silent. I listened. And I learned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By day, I was Christian’s teacher and he my student. In the
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<span style="font-size: large;">After my two children were born, their father and I made the
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, when I got back into teaching I also started
coaching again at the varsity and JV levels. During my leave of absence the
game of volleyball had changed dramatically. It had moved from a slow moving
recreational-type game to a power sport. Rule changes, skill mechanics and
strategy were beyond my knowledge base at the time. Walking back into the gym,
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teacher who was studying at my Alma mater. Dan was an experienced volleyball
player and he knew the game well. He had much to offer…if I was willing and
able to ask for the help that I needed. <i>“Do
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> This beautiful story, that I just had to share was originally printed in<br /><i>Guideposts Magazine</i>. © 1988 by Guideposts Associates, Inc. Carmel, New York 10512</span></span> </span></h2>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reprinted by Miracle Distribution's<i> Holy Encounter newsletter</i>, December 2014. </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Great War was only a few months old, but already the two sides
were deadlocked in the grisly new pattern of trench warfare. Both the
British and Germans had learned to shovel miles-long ditches in the
rocky French farmland, ditches from which men blasted at one another
with machine guns and mortars. In these muddy, rat-infested trenches,
British soldiers opened soggy Christmas greetings from their King while a
few hundred yards away German troops read a message from the Kaiser. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">Between the rows of trenches, where shivering men thought about
families at home, lay a barren no-man’s-land, a zone of craters and
shattered trees where anything that moved was instantly fired at. So
narrow was this strip that whenever there was a lull in the roar of the
guns, each side could hear the clink of cooking gear from the other. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">Late on Christmas Eve, with the sleet tapering off and the
temperature dropping, a British Tommy on guard with the Fifth Scottish
Rifles heard a different sound drifting across no-man’s-land. In the
German trenches a man was singing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a tune the British soldier recognized as “Silent Night, Holy
Night.” The sentry began to hum along with the melody. Then, louder, he
chimed in with the English words, singing an odd duet with his enemy
beyond the barbed wire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">A second British soldier crawled to the sentry station and joined in.
Little by little others on both sides picked up the song, blending
their rough voices across the shell-pocked landscape. The Germans broke
out with a second carol, “O Tannenbaum,” and the British replied with
“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen.” On and on the antiphonal singing went. A
British soldier with binoculars reported that the Germans had hoisted a
ragged evergreen with lighted candles in the branches to the top of the
sandbag barrier. As dawn of Christmas day broke, signs appeared on both
sides, in two languages: “Merry Christmas.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pulled by a force stronger than fear, one by one the soldiers started
laying down their arms, creeping beneath barbed wire and around mortar
holes into no-man’s-land. At first it was just a few men, then more and
more, until scores of British and German troops met together in the
first light of Christmas day. The boys brought out photographs of
mothers and wives, exchanged gifts of candy and cigarettes. Someone
produced a soccer ball and the men played on a few yards of crater-free
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men back to the trenches; firing had recommenced. Within hours the Fifth
Scottish Rifles issued an order forbidding such contact: “We are here
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destroyed almost that entire generation of young men on both sides. But
there was an indelible memory in the minds of those who lived to recall
that first Christmas at the front. The memory of a few hours when their
master had been neither King nor Kaiser, but the Prince of Peace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;">No matter the conflict that may be raging in your life, take a moment
to withdraw your loyalty from the ego’s world and allow the Prince of
Peace to be born into your awareness. Even if it is only for a moment,
ask the Holy Spirit to be your eyes, your tongue, your hands, your feet,
so that your one purpose may be to bless the world with miracles of
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a class="Button" href="http://www.miraclecenter.org/wp/services/the-holy-encounter/">Read or Receive The Holy Encounter</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a newly hired school administrator, the principal under whom I
served mentored me by helping me prepare for classroom observations; he’d ask
cogent questions. For instance, he
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">If I were to answer with a blanket statement, such as,
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Tell me what <i>active involvement</i> looks like; tell me what
it sounds like. What would the
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">That introduction to supervising my colleagues did more to
open my senses to perceiving my surroundings than any course I had ever taken
to certify me as a building and district administrator. I’m forever grateful to
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">If I were to liken this process to my life now, as I seek
deeper understandings, I might ask myself the question, “What does love look
like? What does it sound like? Feel like?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">To be honest with you, I was actually thinking about this
the other day. It’s so easy to say, “All you need is love,” but to actualize
this song title is something quite different. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love is not transient. Love is not conditional. Love is not
a nicely wrapped gift, nor a sentiment simply written on a card. Love is not,
“If you do this for me, I’ll do that for you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, what is love? </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps, I can scratch the surface and offer these
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</span></span>Love feels like joy</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love looks like extending oneself to another</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love looks like and sounds like accepting others
as completely whole and not in need of a fix-up</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love is ever-encompassing and looks like ‘arms
wide-open’ to all creations</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love does not judge and sounds like silence against
the backdrop of diversity. Amid the din within one’s mind would be the
question, “Tell me what this really means?”</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love joins with, and looks like a coming
together of all creations</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love looks like light, purity, togetherness,
acceptance, celebration, hugs, holy instants</span></span></div>
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</span></span>Love sounds like laughter, joyousness, exuberance,
mirth, geniality, gleefulness, elation, delight…</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">You
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">We
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">In ancient times, when parents wanted
their children to learn a craft or skill, they sent them to a teacher or to a
school. But if they wanted them to learn about life, they took their children
to a wise person, a sage, a saint. This saint, knowing truth directly did
not preach someone else’s words or someone else’s thoughts. He had nothing to
teach. <b>He awakened children to their own potential, to their own
perfection. </b></span></i><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">(Emphasis
mine)<i> We avoid the discovery of our own perfection, and in the absence of
that, we think someone else is going to give it to us or that someone else
knows more than we do. </i><u>Commentaries on <i>A Course in Miracles</i></u>,
Tara Singh, Harper Collins, 1992, p. 14.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">One of the most beautiful
experiences as a young mother and now as a Nonna, is to be in the presence of
my little ones and witness to their unbridled joy in the discovery of life! All
that stretches out before them is a wonder to be uncovered; to be looked at,
listened to, smelled, tasted touched, examined and manipulated.</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">Such delights the world holds
for them as they journey through its myriad mysteries! What spectacles lay
hidden around the next corner?</span></span><br />
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this intrinsic curiosity and glee that bursts forth from our children?</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">So many of us, in our zeal to
<i>teach all</i>, take away the motivation for self-discovery. We hurry to
show. We insist we must tell. Is there any wonder then that our kids, who
at once jumped for joy with excitement at their revelations then sullenly sit
back in their seats and slowly but surely loose their lust for learning? Their
eyes glassed over. Their ears closed to the cacophony of our preaching. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">By taking over, we rob our
children of their motivation. By assuming the stance of expert, we unwittingly
delegate the role of passive, subservient vessel, mindlessly poised awaiting
replenishment by the "master."</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">Yes, we can guide. Yes,
we can provide resources. Yes, we can help build incentive. But,
ABSOLUTELY we must listen more and talk less. ABSOLUTELY we must honor and
celebrate the innate wisdom of each child in the distinct way that the neophyte
is motivated to present his/her gifts. And we must ABSOLUTELY provide
higher level, scaffolding questions that encourage our children to search
broader, look higher, and probe more deeply. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "garamond premr pro";">Not so hidden within their
minds, children possess unique wisdom. May we remind ourselves to “sit back,
relax and enjoy the show,” which will ultimately display all the wonders that
our children are capable of revealing to us. </span></span><br />
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exuberance <i>to show and tell</i> and instead, honor and laud our children’s
most amazing, remarkable wisdom and perfection.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica;">Senora Rosa is quiet and reflective, thinking
of her family that she hasn't seen in too many years. How will Grace judge Senora Rosa's presence? Find out in the upcoming book for tweens, THE
ADVENTURES OF THE COURSE KIDS! THROUGH FAITH A</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica;">ND GRACE© </span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
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tranquilo y reflexivo , pensando en su familia que no ha visto en muchos años .
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Sharing my books and
music are the byproducts of years of introspection, writing, discerning and
seeking to know ‘the why’ of my purpose in life.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">As a youngster I
remember how fearful I was of the learning process. “What if I don’t know the answers? What if I can’t figure it out? What if everybody else knows how to do it and I don’t?” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">The ‘what ifs’ paralyzed
me while I prayed for solace. I
prayed for a miracle although I didn't then know the manner in which it could be granted. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">After years of praying for some change in <i>form.</i>..in me, in 'them'...in the process, the miracle
was realized. Not in form, but in spirit. I was essentially raised from the dead. The shroud was lifted and Light erased the darkness that
pervaded my waking, and even sleeping hours. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">It was late in the game
when I decided to switch my high school focus from business readiness to higher
education. I was behind my peers
in taking the required courses. In my senior year, college admission hinged on a single course,
chemistry. I needed it for my NYS Regents
sequence and it was required for entry into my chosen major. But fear had
gripped me. I had convinced myself that I couldn’t break the code of the
symbols, the balancing of equations; that I couldn’t memorize the valances or
master the Periodic Table. I proved myself <i>absolutely</i>
correct by failing the midterm…big time. Yes, it would take a miracle to pass
the course and gain entry into college.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">My parents, my
cheerleaders and supporters earnestly backed my dreams. They invested in my
aspirations emotionally and financially. The chemistry tutor they hired was (it
seemed) my last hope for fulfilling my life’s hidden desire to become a
teacher. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Mr. Flynn explained,
diagrammed, calculated, cajoled and then…explained again. But, Fear wrapped its cold hand over
my eyes and stuck its fingers in my ears.
My frozen self perceived my teacher as a mime, he the performer, me the
bewildered audience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">“Oh please, God. Please help me,” I silently prayed as
I felt myself falling back into the familiar damp, treacherous hole.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Then it happened! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">“Wait, what was that you
just said,” I asked as I sat straight up, grabbed Fear’s hand and bent it
backwards. “Tell me that again,
please,” I pleaded with my teacher as I peered down at Fear now trying to wrap himself around my midsection in his customary fashion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">“Excuse me?” a
bewildered and wide-eyed Mr. Flynn asked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">“That last thing you
just said. What was it?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">As my tutor ran through
his explanation, I ferociously kicked Fear off of me. The preying monster lay stunned on
the linoleum floor of our finished basement. I watched as he tucked his
tale between his legs and ambled to the corner, sullen and dazed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">With my eyes and ears opened
anew, I heard, I saw and at last, I began to understand. By shrugging off of that tempestuous
ghoul the darkness immediately turned to Light. The miracle, which simply
awaited my request was at last received. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Like a starving child, I
gobbled up the information my tutor was now eagerly serving me. Ladle after ladle of delicious facts and figures. “More, more!” I
begged. “Feed me, teach me more!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Because “nothing real can be threatened
and nothing unreal exists.” <span style="font-size: small;"><i>ACIM I-2:2-3</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">Fear,
the darkness, the ghoulish ego haunting my all-too absorbent mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">What was real? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">The
Light. Love. The love my tutor shared as he joined with me and strove to break
through my veil of darkness. My
courage to believe that there must be another way. And, the tenacity to call
out to my Inner Source in the belief that the Answer would be given. It was, of course. </span></span></div>
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lies the peace of God. <span style="font-size: small;"><i>I-2:4</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or the one who just got divorced?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who just bought that new car?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are we Catholics? Protestants? Jews? Muslims? Hindi? Atheists?
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is the <i>real</i> you or <i>real</i> me the one who can see? Hear? Feel?
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe our <i>true</i> Self is the one who has successfully earned a
college degree. Or the one who
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps our <i>real</i> identity is defined by that gorgeous figure or
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe our reality is in how famous we are or how
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">All of
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our TRUE SELF is our Mind. That which supersedes all form,
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our TRUE SELF is the ONE MIND that is in perfect union with
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our TRUE SELF is that which preceded the illusion of form
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is truly…</span></span></div>
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Barbara Franco Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237323008017475224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683321825866701691.post-59508054264930038612014-10-06T08:26:00.000-07:002014-10-06T08:26:53.331-07:00Meet Jamaal<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Say hello to Jamaal, yet another supporting character in <i>The Adventures of the Course Kids<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">TM </span></b>-Through Faith and Grace<span style="font-size: xx-small;">©</span>,</i> soon to be published and released by... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> So many questions pop into young Grace's head upon first encountering Jamaal and the other guests at The Hospitality House: "Why is he here? Where is he from? Why isn't he staying with his family?"<br /><br />Grace has difficulty moving beyond her fear. Will Jamaal's actions help her recognize her light within?</span></span><br />
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<br />Barbara Franco Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237323008017475224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5683321825866701691.post-77883037782216956802014-09-24T06:42:00.000-07:002016-05-13T10:54:37.705-07:00"O Captain! My Captain!"<style>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">This past week I got word that one of my dear uncles is dealing with some very challenging health issues. He and my aunt were a big part of my support/care system when I was growing up. They each made me feel loved, important and embraced. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since I'm not able to make the trip to visit him right now, I wrote this valued family member a personal message of gratitude for all that he and my aunt have done for me over the years. One recollection that I shared with this man, who served his country proudly in the Navy during WWII and who then taught me how to safely drive a pleasure boat, was the selflessness and gentle strength that he demonstrated to me on the waters of Long Island Sound. By turning over control of his vessel to me, he reinforced my abilities and capabilities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">After reminiscing and offering him gratitude, I then moved on to share a spiritual message with my uncle that I hope will inspire him to, once again, be the captain of his ship as he navigates these choppy waters.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My dear uncle, I’d like to share some things that I know for sure:</span></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I’m guessing that you know that I’m a spiritual person. Not necessarily religious because of
the way many church honchos have decided who and who will not receives
God’s blessing. I’ve said “Phooey” to them, and have found the direct line to Jesus and the Holy Spirit, thus eliminating the middleman. <span style="font-family: "wingdings";"></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here are just a few things that Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit
have communicated to me. What
they’ve shared with me holds true for you and everyone else. </span></i></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><b>We are
One with God</b>. So, believing in this truism the only conclusion is that we are as
God is. We are Peace, Joy, Truth and Love. We are Eternal! If God always was and
always shall be, then so are we.
If God is Spirit, then so are we.
We take on these bodies while we’re on earth so that we have a means of symbolically communicating with each other, a way of extending our love, and a means by which we can learn
our lesson of forgiveness. But we
are not our bodies. We are spirit directly connected with God…as One.</span></i></span></li>
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do occur! </b>Healing happens at
the level of the mind. If what we
perceive we choose to believe, then too often we are allowing ourselves to be victims. But if we reverse that phrase…and more
importantly that belief, then we take hold of the wheel and steer our ship in the
direction in which we want it to go. So instead think, <b>What we believe, we perceive!</b></i></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>If we believe our bodies are sick,
we reinforce that belief and we perceive sickness. But, if we say, “Forget it. I'm not believing that and I choose not
to perceive that! My right-thinking puts me in charge
here!!” Then, we become the captains of
our ship. We activate the miracle by appealing to the liaison to the Commander-in-Chief by asking, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">“Holy Spirit/Jesus, please
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>but I believe that
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Then rest and believe. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Let the Holy Spirit/Jesus take over
from there. And through your belief system have faith that they will do what God ordains them to do.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>God’s Peace will be your
peace. God's Grace will be your grace. God's Wholeness will be your wholeness. All you need to do is ask, believe, still your mind and receive. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>"Seek and ye shall find</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>As His love comes tumbling down.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos by Barb Adams (c) 2014</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The title, "O Captain, My Captain," is borrowed from the poem of the same title by Walt Whitman (A fellow Long Islander.) </span></span></span></div>
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