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<DIV>here's another quote for the bulletin board, some related wisdom:</DIV>
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<DIV>" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brillant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of the earth. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."<BR></DIV>
<DIV>~by Nelson Mandela</DIV>
<DIV><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Julie Smith <JSMITH@MOSQUITONET.COM><BR>Sent: Jan 19, 2004 6:09 PM <BR>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU <BR>Subject: Re: Here you go... Soul Mates! <BR><BR><XHTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><XHEAD><XMETA CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii" HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"><XMETA content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"><XMETA content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Generator"><XMETA content="Microsoft Word 10" name="Originator"><XLINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C3DE9E.3D61BB40" rel="File-List"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:SmartTagType name="time" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="date" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><X!--[IF 9] mso gte><xml>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Thank you for this beautiful quote, Anne.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was recently hired as Executive Director of a Montessori school, and almost immediately felt compelled to post a quote of the day as a way of revealing my soul to my new community.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This quote from Clarissa <SPAN class=SpellE>Pinkola</SPAN> Estes is a beautiful description of the insistent internal nudging that I experienced, and that compelled me to reveal myself in this way. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">It took me a bit of soul searching to submit to my internal nudging because revealing myself made me feel vulnerable to criticism from my new community.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As I was working my way through these feelings, I couldn’t shake the idea that posting these quotes was another way of walking the circle, of providing a focal point for slowing down externally and raising awareness internally.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Every day as I take one quote down and tack another to the bulletin board, I’m walking the circle with my community.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The wisdom that flows through the words flows through me, reminding me to walk slowly, slowly, gracefully, mindfully, holding safe and open space for everything and everyone, whispering greetings of “<SPAN class=SpellE>namaste</SPAN>” in my heart to everyone I meet.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just as when I walk a circle, I can already see faces and bodies begin to relax.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Already, I’ve seen conversations begin to open, and rifts begin to heal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Already, I feel the sprouting of seeds of right-relationship, of self-empowerment and self-determination, of mutual respect and trust.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s really quite an exhilarating experience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Julie<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>anne stadler<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:date Year="2004" Day="15" Month="1"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Thursday, January 15, 2004</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><st1:time Minute="18" Hour="15"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">3:18 PM</SPAN></FONT></st1:time><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Here you go... Soul Mates!</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> "We have been in training for a dark time such as this... We have a history of being gutted, and yet remember this especially--we have also, of necessity, perfected the knack of resurrection. Over and over again we have been the living proof that that which has been exiled, lost, or foundered can be restored to life again.<BR><BR> One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, and causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these is to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do."<BR><BR> ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves<BR><BR>YES! I say Yes! And gratitude, gratitude, gratitude!</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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