5/15/12 "The Inner Journey" ~12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit

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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*LAUGHTER Is HEALING*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The weekly meeting topic is:
"I don't understand what is the difference between
the fellowship and the program ?"
Aren’t they the same?
Can you explain this to me?"

(((Family))) a BIG hug to you ALL
First and foremost I am grateful to be clean.
The program is the 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts,
the Literature and Books.
The fellowship is the people.
There have been times in my recovery that people have let me down
I am sure that their have been times when I have let others down too.
Sometimes there is gossip, disagreements, resentments etc.
It is at these times that I must place principles b4 personalities.
Don't let the fellowship get in the way of your program,
If you give this disease an inch, It will take your life.
In the 18.5 years that I have been clean I might have had 2 days and
2 people that have let me down, in comparison to the thousands of people
that are in my recovery that have been there for me.
That's pretty good percentages.
I make meetings to save my ass, each day
I am grateful to God and the fellowship for keeping the doors open.
I am grateful for the program, for it would not work without the fellowship.
This disease has met its master, LOVE.
Love turns dead ends, into endless highways.
Life is good, Recovery is good, God is GREAT!!!
Traveling has curtailed a bit :)
Spring has sprung and my children are getting to be outdoors more.
I have been on the road alot recently, I have done a little planting 
and look forward to doing some more in the upcoming days
I am VERY grateful to be clean.
Keep stepping
and
Stay in the Light,
In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88
YOUn...@optonline.net


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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Please Be There For The Newcomers*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

May 15
It is exciting to know that the more I listen
to the chattering that goes on in my mind,
the quicker I can identify the blocks
to my positive and creative energy.
Today I release all negativity
so that I can be fully alive in the moment.
written by ~ Ruth Fishel
"Time for Joy" 
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Just for Today*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The Inner Journey

The inner journey -
There is no starting point-
No middle ground-
And no end.
The inner journey -
Is  Spiritual progression,
Through emotional response.
It takes time,
It is time.
The inner journey -
Is light seeking expression-
It's Love looking for Freedom-
It is me looking for I....

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would like to share with us please copy and paste it into the body
of an email and send it to me, Thanks for your support and contributions.
What I can't do alone, We do together.
In loving service, Scott ~  YOUn...@gmail.com

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*No Matter What*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Not All Heros Are Human

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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Make A Meeting*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Just For Today
May 15                                    Fear Of The Fourth Step

"As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a
monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us."
Basic Text Page-27

Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides.
We're afraid that if we examine our actions and motives, we'll find a
bottomless black pit of selfishness and hatred. But as we take the
fourth Step, we'll find that those fears were unwarranted. We're
human, just like everyone else-no more, no less.

We all have personality traits that we're not especially proud of.
On a bad day, we may think that our faults are worse than anyone else's.
We'll have moments of self-doubt. We'll question our motives. We may
even question our very existence. But if we could read the minds of our
fellow members, we'd find the same struggles. We're no better or
worse than anyone else. We can only change what we acknowledge 
and understand. Rather than continuing to fear what's buried inside us, 
we can bring it our into the open. We'll no longer be frightened, and 
our recovery will flourish in the full light of self-awareness.

Just for today: I fear what I don't know. I will expose my fears and
allow them to vanish. Page-141

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous ©
1991 by World Service Office Inc.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Get Involved In Service*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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Entirely Honest

We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or
happily in this world.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.  73-74

Honesty, like all virtues, is to be shared.  It began after I shared
".  .  .  [my] whole life's story with someone .  .  .  " in order to find
my place in the Fellowship.  Later I shared my life in order to help the
newcomer find his place with us.  This sharing helps me to learn 
honesty in all my dealings and to know that God's plan for me comes 
true through honest openness and willingness.

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
Daily Reflection In Loving Memory Of Scott Reeves

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day by Hazelden / May 15th

A.A. Thought for the Day

In A.A. we find a new strength and peace from the realization
that there must be a Power greater than ourselves that is
running the universe and that is on our side when we live a
good life. So the A.A. program really never ends. You begin
by overcoming drink and you go on from there to many new
opportunities for happiness and usefulness. Am I really
enjoying the full benefits of A.A.?

Meditation for the Day

"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and
all these things shall be added unto you." We should not seek
material things first, but seek spiritual things first and
material things will come to us, as we honestly work for them.
Many people seek material things first and think they can
then grow into knowledge of spiritual things. You cannot serve
God and Mammon at the same time. The first requisites of an
abundant life are the spiritual things: honesty, purity,
unselfishness, and love. Until you have these qualities,
quantities of material things are of little real use to YOU.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may put much effort into acquiring spiritual things.
I pray that I may not expect good things until I am right
spiritually.

"Twenty-Four Hours A Day" is a © Copyrighted book of
Hazelden Foundation.  No portion of this publication may
be reproduced in any manner without the written
permission of Hazelden.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Work The Steps*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Today's Thought
MAY 15

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Melody Beattie ©

Taking Risks

Take a risk. Take a chance.

We do not have to indulge in obviously foolhardy or self-defeating 
risks, but we can allow ourselves to take positive risks in recovery. 
We cannot afford to keep ourselves paralyzed.

We do not have to keep ourselves stymied and trapped out of fear 
of making a mistake or failing. Naturally, we will make mistakes 
and fail from time to time. That's part of being fully alive. There are 
no guarantees. If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, 
we may spend much of our life waiting.

We do not have to shame ourselves or accept shame from anyone 
else, even those in recovery, for making mistakes. The goal of 
recovery is not to live life perfectly. The goal of recovery is to live, 
learn our lessons, and make overall progress.

Take a risk. Do not always wait for a guarantee. We don't have to 
listen to "I told you so." Dust yourself off after a mistake, and then 
move on to the success.

God, help me begin to take healthy risks. Help me let go of my fear 
of failure, and help me let go of my fear of success. Help me let go 
of my fear of fully living my life, and help me start experiencing all 
parts of this journey.

©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this
publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written 
permission of the publisher.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*You Are A Miracle*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Feng Shui For The Season
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Meditation Messages for Ascension
http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/1997/April/0497-22.html

God's Will Is Love
by Karen Anne Bentley
http://www.innerself.com/Spirituality/will_7112.htm


~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep It Simple*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Following the Sacred Trail

by Michael Garrett

        In our way of life, with every decision we make, we always 
keep in mind the Seventh Generation of children to come.
        When we walk upon Mother Earth,
        we always plant our feet carefully, because we know
        that the faces of future generations are looking up at us
        from beneath the ground. We never forget them.
        -- Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of The Onondaga Nation

Michael GarrettI do not remember the first time I heard the saying "If you can find the end of a rainbow, you'll find a pot of gold." It sounded strange to me at the time, but it was, nonetheless, something that I tucked away somewhere in the back of my mind. After all, one never knows when one might need a pot of gold. However, as a child, it was mainly the mystery of the whole thing that struck me.

I do not remember the first time I actually saw a rainbow or where I was, but I do know that its quiet beauty struck my heart with such awe that it touched something deep within me. Just seeing a rainbow catches you quite off guard and somehow just makes you stop and look ... and wonder. I suppose it is like finding a pot of gold, although I have never had that pleasure. But I am fortunate to be able to say that I have been given many gifts during my time on Mother Earth, and seeing a rainbow has been among the more cherished of them. It is sacred.

And just as the rainbow is sacred, so is my life. Yes, my life is sacred to me. That may sound a bit arrogant at first, but only because of how it sounds rather than what it means to me. It is interesting when we begin to realize what we consider gifts and what we expect, what we consider privilege and what we consider obligation. For example, my mother was not obligated to give me life. And yet she did.

I remember once when I was home for my birthday, I noticed that my mother was crying to herself. When I asked her why, thinking that something had happened and maybe she needed my help, she simply responded, "I was having you right now." At first, I didn't understand. Then, I suddenly realized that she was reliving the moments leading up to my birth and that this was still such an emotionally powerful experience for her, even all these years later. She looked upon me as a gift and treated me as such. And I, in turn, have always looked upon her gift of life to me as nothing less than sacred.

I have tried to live my life with this attitude. I live my life this way because I choose to live my life this way. This is my Medicine, and for me it is a Good Medicine Way. It holds power for me -- not the power of control, but the power of perspective. To look upon all things as sacred and purposeful is no small task for us human beings, who have been blessed with the intellectual and spiritual capacity to transcend both time and space in a single thought (sounds like Superman, right?). Yet there are times when we human beings do not choose to look beyond our noses and walk right into a tree that was standing there plain as day, for possibly hundreds of years before we arrived. "Damn trees!" we might even say.

If Uwohali, Eagle, flying high, looks no further than the end of her beak, then she misses the beauty of the great expanse that exists above, below, and all around her. The eagle who has the ability to fly but chooses not to recognize her place in relation to the Greater Circle loses that sense of place and may become lost. How might it feel to be floating high upon the wind, not knowing where we are or where we are going? Some might consider this a welcome opportunity, but for how long? When we float high upon the wind or when we walk upon the ground, can we recognize the forest for the trees? Can we even see the trees there before us, let alone the vastness of the forest of which they are a part?

Consider people's fascination with the past. What is this fascination with history, legends, stories, things from the past, and things that remind us of the past? What makes certain pictures or special gifts we received once so important to us? Are we simply burdened with too much free time, or is there a sense of connection that gives our lives meaning?

The past and things that tie us to it give us a sense of connection with those things, experiences, people that have gone before us. In order for us to know our place in the universe, we must realize where we stand in relation to all things around us; this is the power of relation. Our connection with the past gives us a sense of continuity, a sense that we are somehow part of the Greater Circle. It gives us a sense of place and a sense of direction. Our connection with the future also gives us a sense of direction and purpose on the path that we walk.

I have long wondered what really is at the end of a rainbow. Quite honestly, I have never checked (I've chalked that up as one of the many pursuits for later life...). But I do wonder. There have been many stones on my path that I have thus far left unturned, either because I just haven't gotten around to them or maybe because those stones did not wish to be bothered in the first place (it's important to know the difference).

So every time I see a rainbow, I just stand there in awe of its beauty and immensity, and whisper a small prayer thanking the rainbow for being willing to share its beauty with me. And something about the sight of it moves me from within, as if it were touching my spirit, and a deep sense of calm comes over me. I look upon the very sight of the rainbow as a gift, just as I look upon the very sight of the eagle as a gift, and the squirrel, and the ant, and the rock, and the little dandelions, and the rain, and all living beings in the Circle of Life. I know that a rainbow is not a rainbow without all of its colors, just as the Sacred Web of Life cannot exist without every one of its strands in harmony and balance.

We usually don't look upon a rainbow and think about how much prettier the red looks than the blue or how much nicer the whole thing would be if it were curved in a different way or not curved at all. We usually either look upon the rainbow as something of great beauty in and of itself, or we may just ignore it almost altogether. The point is, when we look upon something as a gift, we tend to accept it as it is, to appreciate it as it is, and it just makes us feel good. There is a sense of connection. It touches something within us and somehow grants us sacred moments of harmony.
THE NATURE OF THE JOURNEY

We can speak of the rainbow as a refraction of light and color, or we can speak of the rainbow as spirit energy. In the same way, we can speak of our own minds as the sky, our own thoughts as spirit energy refracted at will to reflect the beauty and color of our hearts, the power of relation that flows through our veins, and the vision that keeps us oriented along the journey. We can speak of the light as the energy that we all share in common with all our relations: life!

And now I ask, what if I did finally go looking for the end of a rainbow as I mentioned that I still intend to do, and what if I were lucky enough to find it? What if, when I finally found the end of the rainbow, there was no pot of gold waiting there for me? Would I say, "Damn rainbows!" and kick the rainbow because I didn't get what I expected? Would I just give up? Would rainbows be any less beautiful to me? Would I go looking for another rainbow to follow? Would I simply look elsewhere (perhaps at the end of a tornado) for my pot of gold? What would I do? I suppose it all depends upon what I am really looking for and why, as well as how I go about it.

Now, think about yourself. What are you really looking for? Where is your sense of place? What is it that moves you? What are the things you cherish? What are the gifts that you have received, and what are the gifts that you have to give? Where is your love? Where does your vision lead you? What will it take for you to follow your vision?

The journey is not "somewhere over there" or "some other time." It is with us right here and right now. It is a part of us in everything that we do and everything that we are. What we perceive as our "pot of gold" may in fact be something very different when and if we find the end of the rainbow. What if the rainbow has no end? What if it is a circle that wraps itself gently around Earth in a continuous cycle of energy?

As we walk, all of our ancestors walk with us. As we dance, all of our ancestors dance the Sacred Dance. Each step that we place is an important one. All of our relatives are walking with us, speaking through us like the many colors of the rainbow. Listen, and you will hear their steps, their voices, their colors. Listen, and you will hear your spirit calling upon all our relations, and you will feel their energy. Our spirit is an extension of them and they are an extension of us. Our spirit connects us with the memories of all that has gone before us, all that is, and all that will be. Our spirit connects us with all of our relations in the Circle of Life. Listen, and you will hear Water speaking, Wind dancing, Sun smiling, the heartbeat of Mother Earth pulsing beneath our feet.

Every footstep is the journey. Every sight, every sound, every touch and taste and smell with which we are blessed is the journey. All of the colors before us are the journey, and we are the journey. May we always keep our feet on Mother Earth, our eyes and minds above the treetops, our spirit with the Greater Universal Spirit. And may we always walk the path of Good Medicine in harmony and balance, with a sense of humility, kindness, wonder, and respect for all living things as we follow the sacred trail of those who have come before us and those yet to come.

Michael Tlanusta Garrett, Eastern Band of Cherokee, grew up on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the mountains of western North Carolina. He holds a Ph.D. in counselor education and an M.Ed. in counseling and development. During the past several years, he has taught courses at the university level and given numerous presentations, workshops, and seminars on topics including wellness, cultural values and beliefs, spirituality, relationships, group techniques, counseling children, conflict resolution, date rape / sexual violence, and play therapy. Author/coauthor of numerous articles and book chapters, he has co-written with his father, J.T. Garrett, Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship and The Cherokee Full Circle: A Practical Guide to Sacred Ceremonies and Traditions.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*One Day At A Time*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

An Act of Faith

Blessings arrive from different directions
angling in through interior pathways
ofttimes appearing out of thin air

I believe in angels
I believe in miracles

I make myself welcome to my own possibilities
I have tilled the garden and sifted the soil
How can Hope not exist, I ask, while I'm bent over
planting a seed?
The odds may be stacked up tightly and highly
The weather may turn drastically
But Faith has her hand
in the Growth of things
And Fate spins out
the Web of life
I honor Nature's unerring weaving
and remain safe in intricate details

While opening a window
In burst the Big Picture
I can see clearly now
I may receive a blessing today
I have felt my angel's wings nearby
Whispering

Love
Stella
©2000 Stella Savoie
stellar...@soulopen.com

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*First Things First*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

DETACHMENT

Alcoholism is a family disease. Living with the effects of someone else's
drinking is too devastating for most people to bear without help.
In Al-Anon, we learn individuals are not responsible for another person's
disease or recovery from it.
We let go of our obsession with another's behavior and begin to lead
happier and more manageable lives, lives with dignity and rights; lives
guided by a Power greater than ourselves.

IN AL-ANON WE LEARN:

Not to suffer because of the actions or reactions of other people;
Not to allow ourselves to be used or abused by others
in the interest of another's recovery;
Not to do for others what they could do for themselves;
Not to manipulate situations so others will eat, go to bed,
get up, pay bills, not drink;
Not to cover up for anyone's mistakes or misdeeds;
Not to create a crisis;
Not to prevent a crisis if it is in the natural course of events.
Detachment is neither kind nor unkind. It does not imply judgement or
condemnation of the person or situation from which we are detaching.
It is simply a means that allows us to separate ourselves from the adverse
effects that another person's alcoholism can have upon our lives.
Detachment helps families look at their situations realistically and
objectively,
thereby making intelligent decisions possible.

AL-ANON IS

A worldwide organization that offers a self-help recovery program for the
families and friends of alcoholics whether or not the alcoholic seeks help
or
even recognizes the existence of a drinking problem.
Members give and receive comfort and understanding through a mutual
exchange of experiences, strength and hope. Sharing of similar problems
binds individuals and groups together in a bond that is protected by a
policy
of anonymity.

AL-ANON IS NOT

A religious organization or a counseling agency. It is not a treatment
center
nor is it allied with any other organization offering such services. Al-Anon
Family Groups, which includes Alateen for teenage members, neither express
opinions on outside issues nor endorse outside enterprises. No dues or fees
are required. Membership is voluntary, requiring only that one's own life
has
been adversely affected by someone else's drinking problem.

Copyright © Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Pamphlet S-19 - Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc.
For information and catalog of literature contact:
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway
Virginia Beach VA 23454-5657
1.888.425.2666 (Canada and USA)

www.al-anon.alateen.org

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Easy Does It*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

A New Group

Experience was needed to start a new 12-Step group
But one year in the program was the most that we had.
A friend told me of a 12-stepper who’d been in the loop
For 28 years. I thanked her for this and was very glad.

We live in a rural area and our community is small.
The old timer was called and asked if she would join
Us in starting a 12 step group.  I now know this call
Wasn't my HP’s will  but my own, more like the flip of a coin.

She agreed to meet with us although it was a chore
For her to come in the evening as her health wasn’t great.
She’d have to drive a distance and that was such a bore.
My serious doubts had begun but I thought it was too late.

Her 28 years in recovery had been intermittent at best
But she knew the program and might help us with ease.
Every comment was followed, as you may have guessed,
By talk from our old timer about her conquest of the disease.

New people who came for help were given her advice
She knew alcohol and marriage, all of which was bad.
Her past was related but newcomers never came twice.
She knew they “just weren’t ready”. I became very sad.

At a business meeting the Steps & Traditions were read
Then a motion for “no crosstalk” at meetings was raised.
Misunderstanding was voiced by group members who led
And the motion was tabled. Our old timer wasn’t fazed

Discussion ensued about the literature being ignored
And about too many details of the injustices we’d endured.
Concepts of Experience, Strength & Hope was explored
And our sponsoring group members input was procured.

Our old timer than became furious, she’d never heard of this.
Reacting in anger I said "and I don't like members giving advice”.
She stormed out of the meeting. Mentally I began to list
The amends I’d be making, couldn’t I just have been nice?.

Our small town will benefit from a meeting with success
But doing it on my own power didn’t fit Bill W’s mold.
I blamed the opinionated old timer but it really was my mess.
Now I’m learning to seek my HP’s will and than do as I’m told.

Carol Thomas       
04/20/06
gillyg...@sbcglobal.net

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Live And Let Live*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Life is like a book that never ends.
Chapters close, but not the book itself.
The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter,
on some level setting up the beginning of another."
"Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn here.
The spiritual journey is the relinquishment -
or unlearning - of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.
Marianne Williamson

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep The Focus On You*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Relationships are eternal.
Once they begin, they exist always because
they don't happen out in the world; they happen in us.
We cannot heal a relationship by ending it.
We can only heal a relationship with forgiveness.
Today, pray to find ways to see others with love.
Mary Manin Morrissey

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Let God and Let Go*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

We associate spirit with positive and creative energy.
This energy gives us the power to live, work, and create.
Spiritual people are positive and creative human beings.
They know, deep inside themselves,
that they have the power to create the difference in their lives.
They have looked within and found what can be called their yes to life,
and this yes shines forth in their attitudes and actions.
Father Leo Booth, When God Becomes A Drug

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

How do we treat the difficult people in our lives,
the ones who, when we think of them, we just cringe?
Do we cut them out of our lives?
Do we put up with them because we "have to,"
but really wall them off in our hearts?
Or is it possible that if we're open to it,
there may be some powerful medicine in this relationship
that becomes what Jean Houston calls, "Evolutionary potency for our soul,"
that's only available in our coming to a new understanding
or awakening of a gift that's in this relationship?
Consider today whether you are being called to a new capacity of loving
that you would never find if it were not for this relationship.
Mary Manin Morrissey

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Blowing out another's candle will not make yours shine brighter.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To Believe*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

There are no limits to either time or distance,
except as man himself may make them.
I have but to touch the wind to know these things.
Hal Borland

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Look For The Beauty*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Trees bear different fruits
and so do people.....
Today I am a fruit inspector.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Today Is A Gift*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

If you don't take your inventory ,
then someone else will.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Keep Stepping*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I have to get a life,
In order to share a life.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Stay In The Light*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Relationships are easy to get in to,
and difficult to get out of.

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Families Anonymous 

Gamblers Anonymous Official Home Page

Hepatitis C Anonymous

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The Marijuana Anonymous

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Nar-Anon is a family support group

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Stay in the Light, 
In loving service,
Scott H. from N.Y. ~ cleandate 10/27/88
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       ==  ==      "we are each of us angels 
  <^\()/\()/^>       with but one wing,  
      \/  \/  \/       and can only fly by 
       /  \/  \        embracing each other"
       `""``""`

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