Look to this day,
for it is life,
the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities
of your existence;
the bliss of growth,
the glory of action,
the splendor of beauty.
For yesterday is but a dream ,
and tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
and
every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore to this day,
such is the salutation of the dawn.
The Sufi, 1200 BC
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DEDICATED TO DR. MARK B. COVENTRY
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MY BELOVED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON + MENTOR,
HIS CREATIVE GENIUS RELEASED MY BOUND BODY.
HIS LOVE ” I CAN SEE YOU” RELEASED MY SOUL.
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HE LIVES IN MY HEART.
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HIS DAUGHTER, MARTHA,
SAID
THIS SUFI GREETING
OF THE DAWN
WAS THE MANTRA
OF HER FATHER’S EXISTENCE:
HIS BREATH;
HIS LIFE;
HIS DAWN;
AND
HIS SUNSET ON 13 JULY.
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HE RE-SHAPED MY BODY,
CALLED OUT MY SPIRIT
AND
ACKNOWLEDGED MY SOUL.
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HE ASKED ME TO MAKE TWO PROMISES
TO HIM BEFORE HE DIED:
“PROMISE ME TWO THINGS:
ONLY
LET THOSE WHO HONOR AND RESPECT
YOU COME NEAR
AND
ALWAYS
REMAIN AN ARTIST.”
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DR. COVENTRY, I KEEP MY PROMISES TO YOU.
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CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 
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