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Subject: Re: Daily Inspiration for Nov. 18
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:21:33 -0800
From: Pastor Dawn Teuthorn <pastordawn@saintjudes.org>
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From: Pastor Dawn Teuthorn <pastordawn@saintjudes.org>
Subject: Re: Daily Inspiration for Nov. 18
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:21:33 -0800
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Wow...love it.  Thx Bea!  Dawn

On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Bea Chun wrote:

> Hello everyone:
> It is the 18th of the month =96 my day to offer a word of =20
> inspiration.* Here it is.
> Bea
>
> Slowly
> she celebrated the sacrament of letting go.
> First she surrendered her green,
> then the orange, yellow, and red
> finally she let go of her brown.
> Shedding her last leaf
> she stood empty and silent, stripped bare.
> Leaning against the winter sky
> she began her vigil of trust.
>
> Shedding her last leaf
> she watched its journey to the ground.
> She stood in silence
> wearing the color of emptiness,
> her branches wondering;
> How do you give shade with so much gone?
>
> And then,
> the sacrament of waiting began.
> The sunrise and sunset watched with tenderness.
> Clothing her with silhouettes
> they kept her hope alive.
>
> They helped her understand that
> her vulnerability,
> her dependence and need,
> her emptiness,
> her readiness to receive
> were giving her a new kind of beauty.
> Every morning and every evening they stood in silence
> and celebrated together
> the sacrament of waiting.
>
> by: Macrina Wiederkehr
>
>
> *Please note: If you are not assigned a day to offer daily =20
> inspirations and would like to take a day, please let me know and I =20
> will assign you a day.
> Bea
>
> >


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pan style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">Slowly<br>she celebrated the sacrament of l=
etting go.<br>First she surrendered her green,<br>then the orange, yellow, =
and red<br>finally she let go of her brown.<br>Shedding her last leaf<br>sh=
e stood empty and silent, stripped bare.<br>Leaning against the winter sky<=
br>she began her vigil of trust.<br><br>Shedding her last leaf<br>she watch=
ed its journey to the ground.<br>She stood in silence<br>wearing the color =
of emptiness,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span><br>her branch=
es wondering;<br>How do you give shade with so much gone?<br><br>And then,<=
br>the sacrament of waiting began.<br>The sunrise and sunset watched with t=
enderness.<br>Clothing her with silhouettes<br>they kept her hope alive.<br=
><br>They helped her understand that<br>her vulnerability,<br>her dependenc=
e and need,<br>her emptiness,<br>her readiness to receive<br>were giving he=
r a new kind of beauty.<br>Every morning and every evening they stood in si=
lence<br>and celebrated together<br>the sacrament of waiting.<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-l=
eft: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New=
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man'; "><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; fon=
t-family: Arial; ">*Please note: If you are not assigned a day to offer dai=
ly inspirations and would like to take a day, please let me know and I will=
 assign you a day.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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