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There
is a
Native American parable
about an ELDER who says:
“I feel as if I have
two wolves
fighting
in my heart.
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One wolf is the
vengeful, angry one.
The other wolf is the
loving, compassionate one.”
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When asked which wolf
will win the fight in his heart,
the ELDER replies:
“The one I feed.”
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My INTRINSIC values, my ART of LIVING:
GRACE
ENERGY
GRACE
CHERISH
GRACE
CARESS
GRACE
VULNERABILITY
GRACE
HOPE
GRACE
WHISPER
GRACE
COURAGE
GRACE
COMPASSION
GRACE
TRANSCENDENCE
GRACE
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
GRACE
HUMILITY
GRACE
RESPECT
GRACE
INTEGRITY
GRACE
GOD’S WILL
GRACE
HONOR
GRACE
TRUTH-TELLING
GRACE
DIVINE
GRACE
REVELATIONS
GRACE
DEVOTION
GRACE
COLLABORATION
GRACE
CALL + RESPONSE
GRACE
MOVING FORWARD
GRACE
VIBRATION
GRACE
HAPPINESS
GRACE
LIGHT
GRACE
KISS
GRACE
SUBLIME
GRACE
TENDERNESS
GRACE
RESOLVE
GRACE
TRANSFORM
GRACE
HARBINGER
GRACE
SACRED
GRACE
BEGINNINGS
GRACE
CLOSURES
GRACE
FORGIVE
GRACE
DEDICATION
GRACE
KINDNESS
GRACE
STILLNESS
GRACE
INTIMACY
GRACE
TRUTH
GRACE
SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS
GRACE
EMPATHY
GRACE
CHARACTER
GRACE
STRENGTH
GRACE
DIGNITY
GRACE
REFUGE
GRACE
TOUCH
GRACE
AMENDS
GRACE
IMAGINATION
GRACE
TRUST
GRACE
SHELTER
GRACE
DEVOTION
GRACE
CONDUIT
GRACE
EPIPHANIES
GRACE
BALM
GRACE
FAITH
GRACE
INSPIRATION
GRACE
HONESTY
GRACE
MAVERICK
GRACE
PERSEVERANCE
GRACE
VISION
GRACE
AUTHENTIC
GRACE
IMPROVISATION
GRACE
SWEET
GRACE
LOVE
GRACE
BLOOMS
GRACE
LULLABY
GRACE
ELEGANCE
GRACE
BREATH
GRACE
RHYTHM
GRACE
SENSUAL
GRACE
SINCERITY
GRACE
JOY
GRACE
BEAUTY
GRACE
SYNERGY
GRACE
LIVING A/LIVE
GRACE
ENERGY
GRACE
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La Venadita (Little Deer) Frida Kahlo 1946
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DEER / DEAR #2 Catherine L. Johnson 2016
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Life energy FLOWS through us like a swift stream
when there is nothing to obstruct it.
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Though the channels
THROUGH which this energy FLOWS
are OPEN systems
and
influenced by factors
OUTSIDE
of our control,
one ultimately
chooses what impact
these factors
will have in one’s lives.
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It is up to one to identify
and
CLEAR blockages in the energy field
to ensure that FLOW is maintained.
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Life energy FLOWS through each of us
like a swift stream
when there is nothing to obstruct it.
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Yet,
various forces such as
trauma;
the spiraling downbeat vibrations of others;
deceit and betrayal
and
unresolved grief of
past heart-breaks, irreversible losses and terrible disappointments
can and/or will
act like pebbles to stones to boulders
to mountains to earthquakes
that
impede/ BLOCK
the flow+ current.
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If one allows/chooses
obstructions
to accumulate
without conscious clearing,
one’s life energy is thrown off its course
or
cataclysmically blocked entirely,
causing illness;
emotional/spiritual/psychological duress + distress
restlessness,
and
will,
ultimately,
STEAL
the vitality
of one’s
sacred/LUMINOUS life FORCE.
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If one values the
sacred unrepeatable jewel
of one’s life,
one will take the time to clear
these forces away
and
seize their power to impact
one’s lives.
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When I practice:
RADICAL HOPE;
living my intrinsic values,
my ART of LIVING,
with honor and respect
for myself and others;
breath meditations – tending to my mind and body;
MOVING FORWARD
with FAITH + fearless improvisational creation/creativity;
RUN/PLAY with my selected + cherished DEARS /DEERS
and
fiercely shield myself
from negativity/bitterness/dishonesty/toxic energy,
I preserve my
WILDERNESS/INTEGRITY/AUTHENTICITY
and
the JOYOUS flowing OCEANIC FIELD
of
GRACE ENERGY’S
LOVE/sacred LIGHT/BEAUTY
within
me.
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I
WELCOME
call and response
relationships
that
HONOR + RESPECT
who I am
and
they have the capacity to state:
“I SEE YOU!”
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Those same cherished beloveds
KNOW
that my response is:
“I SEE YOU!”
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GRACE ENERGY
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PORTRAIT OF ME
SEEN/EXPERIENCED
THROUGH the eyes/ life/ real experience of my then 7 year old friend CHAD
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TRUTHWOWTRUTH!!!!!
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CHOICES – ENERGY LIFE MAPS /
one’s CHOICE of internal VIBRATIONS
– like attracts like:
LOVING COMPASSION
VENGEFUL ANGER
JOYOUS HAPPINESS
SEETHING BITTERNESS
MOVING FAITH/HOPE FORWARD
FROZEN FEAR / NO MOVEMENT
CREATIVE IMPROVISATION
PRESCRIBED SOCIAL SCRIPTS
FREEDOM / HONORING THE DIVINITY WITHIN
HOSTAGE / ALLOWING FEAR TO SEIZE / STEAL
OXYGEN BREATH- INHALE/EXHALE
NO OXYGEN- I CAN’T BREATHE
COURAGE LIGHT
COWARD DARKNESS
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EVERY DAY WE CREATE THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES.
THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES BECOME OUR LIVES.
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LIFE IS AN IMPROVISATION
OF
DIFFICULT + BEAUTIFUL.
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Rhythm. Rhythm. Rhythm. Rhythm. Rhythm.
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COURAGE IS LOVE / LOVE IS COURAGE
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CREATING HAPPINESS IS HOPE
HOPE IS LIVING HAPPINESS
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CREATING/CREATE/CHOOSE
A
SACRED JOYOUS LUMINOUS SOUND
FOR Y/OUR WORLD.
YES.
DO.
PLEASE.
YES.
DO.
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There
is a
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 
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