tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51298995388209661832024-03-05T04:31:11.953-05:00YOUR INNER CEOAllan Cox, CEO of Allan Cox & Associates, Inc., author of many best selling books and poet, speaks to the Inner CEO in all of us.Allan Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18269413509026705846noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129899538820966183.post-67402200639024653112013-08-18T13:14:00.002-04:002013-08-18T13:32:12.320-04:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friends, at least temporarily, perhaps longer, the blog you usually see in this space can best be seen at my Allan Cox Associates page on Facebook:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>call and delivered
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green and thick,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">your body
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as I knew
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our eyes
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as if you
know me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">with your
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">your
magnificent forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And yes,
you’re small<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">holding
that big heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You lived
the underdog,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">returned from
hopeless injury<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to name
your victory,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">became
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My, you
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sleeping
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">non-athletic
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">stall-mate
to calm you;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">perhaps,
too, the inspiration,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">despite
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for your
outsized appetite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O, your
felicity to behold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">with your
owner, trainer,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">jockey
and adoring crowds,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">primping
proudly as you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pranced
before the race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You,
Biscuit, the original, gave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We, the
fortunate, received.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You got
more ink<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">than
Hitler or Roosevelt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and died
when I was nine,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">buried
where no one knows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There are times in all our lives when some
strong desire <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>can be met only
through fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As a child I heard adults speak of Seabiscuit
in awe. I just <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>thought he had a
catchy name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dazzling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>monster seller
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days, wonderfully akin to its <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>central
characters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Always an energized sports enthusiast, I
learned, too, that the jockey is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>probably
the greatest athlete in all sport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I loved this
horse of the pages---his championship heart, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>his overcoming adversity, even his vain
personality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Only through
fantasy—my imagination---did I meet him <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>and make him my
friend and ongoing inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>GROUND (grounding, grounded) is one of the
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>foundation,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nothing, nobody thrives and lasts without
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nothing in life is as significant as our
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to add vitality and enduring inner peace to the life of the contemplative
reader. In a word, that’s grounding. Open a team meeting or family meal with a
thought you’ve picked up here and see what happens.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>before many presentations.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
have flopped and excelled. The excelling calls me back <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>because giving an audience
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>address it, what they need
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>let them know me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>here.”<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mayor Jimmy Walker,
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alley<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Early Sunday mornings,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We’ve heard violence,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">but as yet—in 22 years—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">no murder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Charlie, my friend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">since high school,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">says, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s city living;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That Charlie, he’s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sure
enough, dense urban living is a choice. One could <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>live elsewhere.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Like
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>ubiquitous hi-rises.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>in-town meeting-goers bent on
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cultural
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>alongside crime and vice, a
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sirens,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>mornings, one on top of the
other. Police mostly doing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>their duty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>coexistence.</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>gained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>That’s a flexibility lacking in most of us,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Reared
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>junior in college that I heard
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>hound of heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
recently read a delightful novel from the 50s, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5129899538820966183" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5129899538820966183" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>“Dandelion Wine<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,”</i> by the late Ray Bradbury<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>With
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">this week’s poem, “Yard,” and early
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>south boundary, passing daily,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It’s
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>in my life as the memories
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>where you chased after your
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Does
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>it does for me in placing
myself back in our <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>ordinary yard?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Remember
yourself as a child somehow, even if it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>hurts. Look at you now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What’s Your Answer?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Questions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The poet’s poet—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">said, “No ideas but in things.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How often has deliverance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">been banned, later to be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">seen as revelation?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What is going on today?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">happy ending?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sometimes it seems we answer, or try to
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>questions
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Perhaps we’ve tried to answer, or at least
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Issues,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>we best not look the other
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Face-to-face, some questions seem
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>pondering,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Drum
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Three is sharing your experience with others,
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<a href="http://www.allancox.com" target="_blank">Allan Cox & Associates, Inc.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.allancox.com" target="_blank">www.AllanCox.com</a><br />
<em>Copyright © Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates, Inc.</em></p>
<p></p></div>Allan Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18269413509026705846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129899538820966183.post-76715619010241173652013-05-05T10:00:00.000-04:002013-05-05T10:00:03.318-04:00A Place to Pause<!--[if !mso]>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When
chance provides you with a magnificent repeat of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>the past, for heavens sake do
not let it go by untouched.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>that wake you up to former
feelings you’ve lost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are they, words of an old song; something your <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>sister said to you once that
smacked you flat?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
are who we are, even though we may try to forget. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>That’s the foundation—a
strength somehow—not to deny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>in some measure where and what
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>that’s your uniqueness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>You
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>beyond, grateful that bits of
your history is in your cells—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>rich and true!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So
look around; the eyes you have to see are yours <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>alone. Claim their bounty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>engagement with others and the
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>options is the one that can
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Make that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your</i> choice!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Then I put it away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To Ponder</span></b><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>harm in an occasional comet
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>explosive beginning followed
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Is
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>vision that needs only a firm,
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To
Ponder<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Analogies
are everywhere we turn. Let’s make good <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>use of them, liven up the pictures
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Look
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>big meanings and lessons right
before us. Turn the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>scene over. See the freshness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It’s
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>almost anything, when we least
expect it. What’s the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>image, the symbol, for you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Do
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>What have they taught you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sometimes
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>from that? Sometimes you’re
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>when that happens?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Are
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>learning from being together?
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>What, possibly?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>question in a better way if
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
ruminate about suicide, that ultimate closing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve known directly only one person who took
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>was
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>me re-think my life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">To
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
have found over a lifetime no feeling stronger and more <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">participated.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>that you have to give to
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