tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8218550921168342792024-03-13T17:16:38.510-04:00MCJART | Artist Blog~ Copyright ~ original content MCJ creationsMCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-89638067552691478482019-08-31T14:02:00.000-04:002019-08-31T14:12:09.594-04:00The Fake Freedom of Monkey Business<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Observing Animal Behavior</div>
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When on a trip to Bali a few years ago, I visited a sanctuary park for sacred monkeys, where eager tourists could find joyful animals at play, or if one so chose, depending on their favored experience, demonstrations of flagrant divisive clan behavior.</div>
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Increasingly awestruck during our stroll, we suddenly came upon a wounded alpha male, seemingly awaiting his death. He sat alone almost motionless, beaming a defeated look of shame and resignation in his eye, completely unsupported by any of the other members of his animal kingdom. All the while, most of the rare long-tailed monkeys bathed lightly, between cooling shade and delicate sunlight, gently offered by their native forest.</div>
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To we, human animals, this may appear to be an obvious reality of uncivilized animal behavior. After all, we are more advanced, evolved beings feeling empathy, goal oriented in striving for growth – individually, as a society, and for all of humanity, rather than simply products of survival of the fittest.</div>
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Or are we?</div>
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My F for Comprehension</div>
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As a new American from Canada, I struggle to understand the apparent prevailing belief that in the US, health care is ones individual responsibility, and thus, one to be personally financed by each self-reliant, hardworking individual, striving to earn his or her keep in the world.</div>
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Let me break down my lack of faith in this belief, in a way in which I hope you can relate. At the heart of every action, I trust that a set of human values are a driving force. In this consciousness, I have come to realize that the most important value to every American is Freedom – with a capital F. It is the underlying theme of the United States’ reason-for-being, applicable to every aspect of its existence, thus every act posed by its citizens on a daily basis, either within the context of life goals or even simple mundane daily activities.</div>
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This leads me to my ongoing quest to identify what freedom really means to Americans, as well as what it truly costs. And since freedom is at the core of American life, how and why the actions of its people actually reveals that it is not perceived as a right of every living, that is, each citizen of the country.</div>
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Let me further explain.</div>
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Peace of Mind, Body, and Spirit</div>
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I strongly feel that for true freedom to occur, health, in terms of how to manage it should it fail, cannot be an ongoing concern of daily life. As a result, only a centralized healthcare system as a right to everyone, also know as universal healthcare, can enable real freedom in America – <i>the</i> country that lives, breathes, and values Freedom first.</div>
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Simply said, I believe that for the short and long-term prosperity of a society to grow, basic health management must be available to all living Americans. I do not understand how it is not flagrantly obvious to everyone that the current US healthcare system goes against the very heart of the value system, rooted in freedom.</div>
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Perhaps this following US criterion of success will help you better see my point of view.</div>
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Dollars that Make Sense</div>
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I have lived the reality of a government-managed universal healthcare system in Canada. I experienced the fact that it offers the starting point for freedom – for all life goals to have the potential for realization, for all the individuals that are part of such a centralize program.</div>
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Another important point involves the economic advantages of this kind of system. I hear very few people discuss the financial advantages benefited by all involved. Indeed, the economies of scale that it offers are far superior, thanks to its unified nature. Most significantly, this added value directly supports the American belief that ones hard-earned dollar is ones theirs and theirs only, to solely choose what to do with for their own life. In fact, it constitutes a less expensive healthcare management system for its subscribers, than the one currently governed (I use this term consciously, given the irony of the supposed current free-market American health industry) by two mutually-exclusive, yet controlling money-making business. In the USA, theses are the pharmaceutical (where I have worked as an marketing executive) and insurance industries, which are the dominant participants that can celebrate the financial benefits of US healthcare.</div>
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During casual exploratory conversations, what I do frequently hear is: “why should I pay for the healthcare of someone who has work as hard as I or who has not taken care of their health like me?”. Well, if this is indeed part of the US value system, rather than healthcare as a right to all human beings, Americans are fooling themselves in believing that their hard-earned dollars are spent more cost effectively in the context of an free-enterprise business model governed by a few, rather than in one that could be ‘centrally governed’ by our one self-reliant government with the one goal in mind of health. In truth, the US way of providing healthcare to its citizens, thought to support the independence of a free people, is actually a very expensive way of life and living, that limits prosperity and as a result, real individual freedom.</div>
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The Social Dance of Healthy Enterprise</div>
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Ones health is not one of those crucial aspects of our life that should function within the economic system of capitalism. Our American way of life and what we choose to do with our life should – but our health should not. And socialism, if understood for what it truly is, thanks to our Western value system which is rooted in freedom, indeed is not a way of life that should be considered or let lone favored by anyone who has gone beyond soundbites to comprehend the true meaning of such a political ideology. Historically, we know it has proved to kill the human spirit.</div>
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A centralized healthcare system created with the objective of managing a people’s health, for the benefit of all individuals within a given society<i> is not </i>socialism. Healthcare for all, one that is universal, simply represents social consciousness of a civilized society, enabling its independent, productive individuals to freely focus on self, in the area of their choice, as part of a responsible capitalistic society.</div>
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Contrarily, socialism is an all-encompassing way of life, where one does indeed lose their freedom. It is a government system where individuals do not have the ability to make their own choices for existence – thus even touch, taste, smell freedom. The result is a life where one has no aspirations of competitive success, since everything is controlled and normalized to a minimum level of satisfied earthly needs – equal for everyone. Here, individual opportunities for growth are none. However, when equality pertains strictly to healthcare, as available to all, the potential for personal growth, freely chosen by each, becomes available to everyone, via satisfied basic, urgent, or life-threatening health needs.</div>
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Equality for health care does not mean equality of a chain gang. It does not represent a socialism government – which is directly related to communism, exploiting control, that is, limiting the human potential which we are offered when given life on earth. It is simply and most powerfully, the conscious, compassionate governing of ones people – for the success of a nation.</div>
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Brand Power</div>
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Misuse of highly-recognized, strongly negatively associated brands is a practice that is misleading, manipulative, and dare I say, dangerous. It represents a mighty forceful destructive strategy for depletion of character, and as a result, independence and self identity. Hence, incorrectly branding a a centralized healthcare system as socialism, completely destroys the potential for synergistic healthy competitive performance – for the success and strength of the whole country within the global market economy that we now live. I cannot stress enough that its objective is one of confusion for control by a few, for the weakening of each within a society. This is clearly paradoxical in a country that deems itself free.</div>
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Healthcare that is not for all, makes fragile the sum of its part, thus creating a weaker America. It seems obvious that those who do not want universal healthcare must feel this way for the wrong and/or misinformed reasons. Of course, people shun a centrally-governed healthcare system when it is labeled the evil ‘socialism’. Socialism, throughout history, has demonstrated its impossible nature, when put into practice. Its inevitable failure is obvious. Indeed, within our free-enterprise Western society, we accurately perceive it for what it is – the political ideology that takes away freedom.</div>
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Interestingly, socialism and society are part of the same family of words, related to the adjective social. Yet, each reside at opposite sides of the spectrum, in terms of their respective level of the first American value that is freedom. In other words, terms from the same family of words can often have opposing meanings. To make matters more complicated, organizations with the supposed same objectives sometimes have names that appear to support different causes. Look at the names of two similar and crucial government institutions of neighboring countries. In Canada, the organization that manages prescription and OTC drugs is called Health Canada. In the US, the equivalent body is called the Federal Drug Administration. Different values? Different strategies? Trusting the branding of each, that is, that their choices of names reflect accurate meanings of their reason-for-being, which government would you say is first concerned with the health if its people? Said differently, which government has better management of the health of its nation?</div>
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One Plus One Plus One – Equals the Unites States</div>
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We are social and societal. We are civilized human animals – not monkeys. I suggest that we choose our walks in the park, how we spend our money, and the words that we use and understand, with thought, care, and vision for our future. Remember, a little clarity offers wisdom. And wisdom is healthy empowerment.</div>
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Please, let us be wise. Social consciousness for the health of our nation is not socialism. It actually makes good economic sense, within a successful capitalistic system. After all, performance in the competitive world market requires the satisfaction of our basic needs as a society, as well as the good health of all of us – one by one, in chain and link, for the prosperous <i>united</i> 50 states of the country – as one living force.<br />
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MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-24023539892486949622016-08-18T18:04:00.000-04:002016-08-23T15:03:59.518-04:00He's a Busy Boy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hmmmmm ~<br />
What should I do today?<br />
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Ah yes ~<br />
The beach!<br />
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A little chew ~<br />
Love it ~ love it ~ love it!<br />
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I think ~<br />
I might love a little dig even more!<br />
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I once thought ~<br />
I could get the big ones too!<br />
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Parties ~<br />
I love those with confetti!<br />
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I wonder ~<br />
What's going on over there?<br />
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Never mind ~<br />
I'd rather relax!<br />
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And lounge ~<br />
Yes, I often look this charming!<br />
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No effort ~<br />
I simply love warming myself in the sun!<br />
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Actually ~<br />
This is very comfortable, thank you!!<br />
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However ~<br />
This is even more comfy cozy!<br />
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Yes ~<br />
I do have big ears!<br />
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You know ~<br />
People love them!!<br />
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Hello ~<br />
I'm waiting for my mom!<br />
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All good ~<br />
I'm with her now :)<br />
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Still ~ Always ~ Truly ~<br />
My Baby Boy ~ ~ ~<br />
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Back by popular demand ~<br />
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My Baby Boy ~<br />
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Now seven years old!<br />
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His favorite activities ~<br />
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Simply being a good boy!<br />
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Even with sand on his nose ~ still being a good boy!<br />
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After all ~ running on the beach ~ still number one!<br />
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And a treat is ~ always ~ relished!<br />
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However after treats ~<br />
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Car rides are a pretty close contender ~<br />
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Oh ~ so focused ~ ~ ~<br />
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Perhaps ~<br />
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This enthusiasm also involves a treat!<br />
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All about a treat!<br />
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Sleeping is still up there ~<br />
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And down there!<br />
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But his own bed is coziest!<br />
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He doesn't mind head gear!<br />
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A very alert, healthy, loving, handsome, proud boy ~<br />
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MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-75394065922514653712012-01-10T12:00:00.006-05:002012-01-15T20:53:04.783-05:00My Baby Boy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When he was a baby ~<br />
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Snoozing ~<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I felt uneasy about posting it then</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Dove & Obama in Venice, 11/12 ~ detail</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the midst of these presidential primaries, I feel it is important to share my point of view.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's hard to imagine, but I also feel sharing these thoughts is even more important now, than it was in 2012.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">A double mastectomy in 2014 further contributed to the evolution this blog.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">Please read the blog in its entirety ~ </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">Then should you see fit ~ </span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A white individual </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A woman & a girl</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A balancer of Head & Heart</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A dog lover & cat admirer</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A healthy, epicurean, explorative foodie</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A two-time university graduate ~ </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in
business administration & fine arts </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A former marketing strategist ~</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in the automotive, advertising & pharmaceutical industries</span> </b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A current visual artist of the soul of the landscape</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A socially-conscious capitalist<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> . A trilingual (almost!)
traveller of the World</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A French~Canadian American ~ by choice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A first-time voter in the 2012
presidential election<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. A fortunate, e</span><span style="line-height: 32px;">xploring</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> human being<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The daughter of a man, who was struck by breast cancer, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">prostate cancer, a heart attack, and in the end, bone cancer<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The grand-daughter of his mother, who died</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> at 48 of </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">breast cancer</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">as did her daughter ~ my aunt ~ at the same age</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. A woman, once with a high-risk of breast cancer, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">yet, no more, </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">following</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> a double mastectomy</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">I was -</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<b>Man & His World</b>' ~ detail</td></tr>
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Born Canadian, 1/16th Abenaki</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Graced with a birthday </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">shared with Abraham Lincoln </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">~ Each with the dual sign of</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> A</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">quarius ~ Snake!</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The child of a hopeful French Canadian couple ~ </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She was a</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> girl whose smile could make your heart dream impossible
dreams ~ </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He was a brave Air Force pilot, a young hockey player, an 'old-school' businessman ~ Together, they were</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> married for 55.5
years</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Given a long, complicated, French name
at birth, </span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">yet a short, easy-to-remember, universal nickname in life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Raised in the only French household </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of an English neighborhood</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Bilingual at the age of three, k</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nown as the French kid in the neighborhood, then the English kid in French school</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Demonstrated by my father to be
independent and </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">fearless </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Proudly sitting by his side during baseball games behind Larry Parrish's third base, thanks to our Montreal Expos season tickets</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Educated by my mother in the art and </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">responsibility</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of being a lady</span></span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Shown by her ~ and </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">as a matter of course, growing up ~ the necessary skills in t</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">he creation of Boeuf Bourguignon, Vichyssoise, Crêpes Suzette...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Taught by my parents that people of all backgrounds were welcomed in our home ~ and into our lives<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. All my childhood, a 'Rotary Club brat', where my father, a District Governor, was proactive in the movement to allow women into the club</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Encouraged ~ always ~ by my mother and father both, to be all that I could ~ and wished to be</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Instilled that voting was a right and a </span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">duty ~ 'un devoir' (</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">literally:</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a must) ~ NEVER to be ignored</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. A tomboy, </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">supposedly </span><span style="line-height: 24pt;">cuter than she
would have liked, </span></span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">yet n</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ever very popular with boys</span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A lifeguard at 15, a Hilton part-time employee at 18, a 'college grad recruit' by Ford Motor Company at 22, an advertising executive at 26, an entrepreneur at 32, a soul-driven artist all my life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A slightly obsessive (AKA focused!) high achiever<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. The granddaughter of my </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">mother'</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;">s mother, who gave birth to 10 kids at home, who never stayed a single night in the hospital, and who died peacefully</span></span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in her sleep at the age of 100</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. Naturalized in 2011 at the historic
Faneuil Hall in Boston, where the female judge emphasized that our choosing to
become American -- with the long, somewhat difficult and costly process that it requires ~ can be said to be somewhat 'more </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">notable'</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> than being born American, thus in my eyes, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">entails respect, commitment and responsibility</span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<b>Man & His World</b>' ~ detail</td></tr>
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. People are innately good</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Human beings aspire to be productive
members of society<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. No one wishes to exploit medical
services unnecessarily <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Costs rather than actual health are
top-of-mind for Americans, when managing their health, or worse, in need of immediate medical attention</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;"><b>. Medical practitioners in the US are unable to practice healthcare optimally, because they work in an insurance-</b></span><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 32px;">controlled, financially-driven </b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;"><b>industry </b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"><b>system ~ rather than a health-care industry system</b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. US medical practitioners cannot
think </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ONLY </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of your health ~ when you walk into their office</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. American medical enterprise see you
as: 1) insured or not; THEN 2) evaluate your potential appeal as a patient/client based on type & breadth of coverage, and potential ease of payment; THEN 3) a patient<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> . Paying for
insurance, all the while knowing that the 'actual service of insurance' may or may
not be supplied, has become an accepted reality of functioning in
American society<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Capitalism does not mean
making money for over-consumption ~ often at the cost of human evolution<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Regardless of the high level of US
medical expertise, if profit is the underlying premise of the healthcare system,
then optimal health CARE cannot be the result, thus diminishing the health of ALL Americans<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Many people in the US sadly do not believe
that healthcare is a right of all human beings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. US Medical practitioners are surprised to see me in their office for preventative reasons, that is, when I am not ill</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. In compassion, spirituality, peace
of mind, society and a consciously-lived life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Money, as the goal, hurts the
process<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Money follows when actions reflect one's conscious true path of life ~ <i>véritable</i> <i>raison d'être! </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. 'Stuff' clouds our vision, that is,
our ability to see what is truly needed for happiness <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Social programs offer Americans support and hence, more choices in order to achieve a happy, </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">prosperous, </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">healthy life</span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Government support does not
take away freedom, but rather, offers more freedom to live a more worry-free life that is conscious & that has purpose ~ on our true path of life</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Government involvement in healthcare
provides a system where economies of scale are created<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. A laissez-faire approach to
enterprise, </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">accompanied with</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> involvement in people's personal lives consists of a
paradox that actually leads to control and a society with fewer choices<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. Society benefits from
entrepreneurship framed within a </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">respected</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> set of rules, by offering more
sustainable competitiveness, dynamic performance and long-term success <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Free enterprise ~ AKA capitalism ~ can be socially aware & societally healthy,
rather than free-for-all, cut-throat or </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">me-myself-and-I</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Change is necessary for growth, evolution, fruition and hence ~ HEALTH<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>. Our elders should live the last part of their life's journey with dignity ~ free to nurture their health, rather than worry about how to take care of it </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Healthcare, as a right of all human
beings, reflects social consciousness ~ love of thy neighbor ~ AND ~ </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love of Thy Self ~</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know -</span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. People are healthier in Canada
than they are in the US</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Contrary to many beliefs, you can see a doctor in Canada</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Canadian patients need not sign counter-intuitive medical waivers when seeing a doctor</span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. People do not, for the most part,
sue their doctors in Canada</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A Canadian is seen </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by their doctor ~</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> first and foremost ~</span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">as a human being with medical/health needs </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. No one worries about ~ or even has the thought of ~ going
bankrupt when they are ill in Canada </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A Canadian insurance policy is not
cancelled, as a result of being used for its protective claim, that is, the reason for which it was purchased and actually created in the first place</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. A government-guided healthcare
system has the underlying premise of proactive HEALTH</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Government involvement in
healthcare offers peace of mind and therefore better HEALTH</span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Without money, you cannot take proactive care of your health in the US, as you can in Canada</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. Social programs, such as universal
healthcare, do not mean Socialism, which is a socio-political ideology with specific </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">economic</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> qualifiers, but
rather, they reflect values of social consciousness, beyond individual self ~ from which every Self ~ All of We ~</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> benefits</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Branding and its labels, words and the people offering those words, are powerful and become our truths, influence our own behavior and change our way of life ~ thus should be used with cautious & conscious care</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Capitalism ~ an economic system, also with specific qualities ~ </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">means healthy
competition between relevant, high-performing products and services, which answer the needs of its society</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Our US Nation is made up of people who are among the most socially-conscious, caring individuals in the world</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">. Society-minded structures, systems and </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">organizations</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> will not result in </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">the </span><span style="line-height: 24pt;">creation of Socialism or a change to the already existing social values of Americans</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. We, the people, need not be afraid of National support, which reflects our social consciousness ~ </span></b><b style="line-height: 24pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">as individuals & as a Nation living a conscious life</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What are American Values ~ How are they reflected?</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<b>Man & His World</b>' ~ by MCJ<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Michelangelo's ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Moses, David, Pietà</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Man's ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Head, Heart, Soul</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Earth's ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wisdom, Love, Compassion</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our Nation's ~ Respect, Hope, Dignity</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is time to STOP ~ SEE, FEEL, KNOW ~</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What quality of life means to us ~</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What well-lived life it is, to which we aspire ~ </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As Conscious Caring American Human Citizens ~</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of the World.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">This restless plea ~ written to all of
us ~ germinated at the end of a journey through Italy ~ </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">after
struggling for many years ~ </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 24pt;">to </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">crystalize</span><span style="line-height: 24pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">soul-driven </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">words ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">resonating in my heart ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">growing stronger in my mind ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">during my lengthy and challenging journey of becoming a Conscious
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;"><i>The journey continues ~ ~ ~</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">Respect ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">Hope ~ </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">Dignity</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">I share with great pride </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">And a joyful heart.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">It was taken in Venice, Italy</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">A few hours a</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">fter</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">Barack Obama w</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">on</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">The 2012 US Presidential election.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">I am ~ </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">A hopeful citizen of the World.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am ~</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24pt;">An American Girl.</span></h3>
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<i style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 19px;">"<b>Liberty and Union ~ </b></i><br />
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<i style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><b>Now and Forever ~ </b></i><br />
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<i style="color: #351c75; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><b>One and Inseparable</b>"</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Why be afraid of Universal HealthCare?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">What can it lead to?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Health for </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Liberty ~</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Freedom of Choice ~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">For All</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">For our Union ~</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">The strength of our Nation ~</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">As One</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></b>
<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Decisions regarding enterprise,</span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"> economics or </span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">finances ~</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></b>
<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Cannot take place ~</span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">When Health <i>Care</i> is happening ~</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><b style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">FOR HEALTH CARE TO TRULY EXIST</span></span></b></span></span></span></span>
<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">It is not when we are ill ~</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">That we are able to make studied financial decisions ~</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Monetary choices regarding our health.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">This scenario is at the expense of our health.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">It is not when we are sick ~</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">That we need to take care of our health.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">It is when we are healthy ~</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Thus via conscious, sound, unclouded, true choices.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">It is not when we are fighting for our life ~</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">That we will </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">fight</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> for our </span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Freedom.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">It is when we feel safe ~</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Free from worry ~</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">About how to take <b>Care</b> of possible eventual illness ~</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Free from the threat to our basic human need of safety ~</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">For Liberty and Strength ~</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Of Our Union.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Is HealthCare not a right of all, rather than a privilege of few?</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">How can we need to ask this question of ourselves in this century?</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Are not All Americans ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">An integral part of the Strength and Health of our One Nation</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Should we not be enduring ~ in time and space ~ </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Within our value structure as Americans ~</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Based on our valued <i><b>Freedom of Choice</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">We cannot be Free ~</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">As individuals and therefore strong as a Nation ~</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Without our managed, nurtured and <i><b>Cared for</b></i> ~ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Individual and holistic Health</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">Our nation's "<b>Liberty"</b> requires our "<b>Union" </b>~</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;">To be protected ~ in safe health ~</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><b>"Now and Forever"</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">By a right to which All Citizens are worthy...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><b>Universal Health </b><b>Care<i> ~ </i></b></span></span><br />
<i style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><b> "One and Inseparable" ~ "</b></span><b style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Out of many, One"</b></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xmJU13R7vvs/UUnLkfqaaYI/AAAAAAAAAj4/tNlH6oXGcJE/s1600/photo+copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xmJU13R7vvs/UUnLkfqaaYI/AAAAAAAAAj4/tNlH6oXGcJE/s320/photo+copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I became an American, at Faneuil Hall, I wore my Canadian father's<br />
1921 Pluribus Unum US silver dollar.<br />
The month prior, I had found it in his office drawer, after his death.<br />
I knew he was with me, the day I became an American.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; line-height: 19px;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div>
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MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-7568164027176834662011-12-19T17:36:00.020-05:002011-12-20T00:59:08.121-05:00One year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fcpZG6mOA4Y/Tu-74HrDDVI/AAAAAAAAAeE/XzRabbnVxfg/s1600/DSC04046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fcpZG6mOA4Y/Tu-74HrDDVI/AAAAAAAAAeE/XzRabbnVxfg/s200/DSC04046.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
It was one year ago today<br />
That I brought my father<br />
to hospital.<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It was one year ago today</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">That my father and I<br />
Finally spoke without words.</div><br />
It was one year ago today<br />
That transformation began.<br />
<br />
When I see such a sky<br />
With me ~ I know he is.<br />
<br />
When I search for the way<br />
In him ~ I receive the answer.<br />
<br />
Death is the most painful of life's occurrences.<br />
<br />
But death is also filled with deep wisdom ~<br />
And love<br />
If one is only willing to see, hear and feel.<br />
<br />
It was one year ago today.</div>MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-30082352809673477882011-09-21T17:45:00.023-04:002016-01-20T19:06:21.044-05:00Je t'aime, Papa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0SwivzsB8U/TnpaZCSnyzI/AAAAAAAAAdE/PaaY96t0Qbc/s1600/DSC03956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0SwivzsB8U/TnpaZCSnyzI/AAAAAAAAAdE/PaaY96t0Qbc/s320/DSC03956.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
My father died eight months ago.<br />
<br />
<br />
I spent the last three weeks of his life in the hospital with him.<br />
<br />
<br />
In these ~<br />
His last days on Earth ~<br />
Days of Pain ~<br />
My father offered me ~<br />
Pure Love.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Pure Love ~<br />
Without which ~<br />
The Soul ~<br />
Of a father's little girl ~<br />
May have lost its Way ~<br />
Down the Path of Life.<br />
<br />
<br />
This time that I shared with my father ~<br />
<br />
Was a gift that he offered to me.<br />
<br />
<br />
This painting is the first that I painted after his death.<br />
<br />
<br />
While I feel that he is the one who painted it ~ through me ~<br />
<br />
This painting is a gift to my father ~ from me.<br />
<br />
<br />
Merci Papa.<br />
<br />
Je t'aime.<br />
<br />
Ta fille,<br />
<br />
Marie-Claude</div>
MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-11502161110839725892011-05-03T11:23:00.009-04:002016-08-23T00:33:45.119-04:00Soul Mates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-awbC3lIan7c/TcAdcKqicXI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/3fDZUys0fgA/s1600/DSC00511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-awbC3lIan7c/TcAdcKqicXI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/3fDZUys0fgA/s320/DSC00511.JPG" width="233" /></a>Today, I am Grateful.<br />
<br />
Grateful ~<br />
<br />
To the Universe ~<br />
<br />
To the Landscape ~<br />
<br />
Transforming itself ~<br />
<br />
Throughout.<br />
<br />
Transforming it's Self ~<br />
<br />
Into Harmony.<br />
<br />
<br />
Soul Harmony.<br />
<br />
Soul Mates ~<br />
<br />
Rising throughout.<br />
<br />
<br />
Today ~<br />
<br />
I am Hopeful.<br />
<br />
<br />
Today ~<br />
<br />
I am Grateful ~<br />
<br />
For Universal ~<br />
<br />
Soul Mates.</div>
MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-18398853129653780222010-03-31T15:57:00.019-04:002011-02-09T09:58:35.465-05:00Blue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S7Os5fpi_9I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/RU1NPhbIJTY/s1600/IMGP0895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S7Os5fpi_9I/AAAAAAAAAVQ/RU1NPhbIJTY/s200/IMGP0895.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>Oh ~<br />
How I long ~<br />
For the bathing compassion ~<br />
Of the deep ~<br />
Profound ~<br />
Sea of blue ~<br />
BeFore me.<br />
<br />
<br />
For me ~<br />
<br />
Blue ~<br />
<br />
True blue.<br />
<br />
The most challenging color ~<br />
<br />
With which to paint.<br />
<br />
<br />
On my palette ~<br />
<br />
My eye ~<br />
<br />
Never drawn to it.<br />
<br />
Actually sometimes ~<br />
<br />
Avoiding it!<br />
<br />
<br />
All of my senses ~<br />
<br />
Trembling ~<br />
<br />
Momentarily paralyzing ~<br />
<br />
When brush in hand ~<br />
<br />
Attempting to stroke it.<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S7Ok55-LoSI/AAAAAAAAAVI/5l8IehaUu0o/s1600/IMGP1037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S7Ok55-LoSI/AAAAAAAAAVI/5l8IehaUu0o/s200/IMGP1037.JPG" width="148" /></a>One of the bluest paintings ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I ever painted?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Et voilà!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A tad simple?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Yes.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">From the Soul?<br />
Indeed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Perhaps a young Soul?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But from the Soul ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nevertheless.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
Blue ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">True blue. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">They say that blue ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Represents ones deepest emotions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Like the depths ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Of the deepest oceans.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hmmmm ~<br />
<br />
Why so 'unwatery' my paintings? </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Perhaps when I reach my emotions ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I will grow ~ </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Blossom ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Breathe ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">And see ~<br />
<br />
Blue.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
Thus finally painting ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Blue ~</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">True Blue.</div></div>MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-30907909643707743422010-03-25T12:49:00.007-04:002010-03-25T12:54:32.718-04:00Yellow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S6uTDmYodaI/AAAAAAAAAU4/4jJN2KwnImY/s1600/Naissance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S6uTDmYodaI/AAAAAAAAAU4/4jJN2KwnImY/s200/Naissance.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
Yellow ~<br />
<br />
One of the three primary colors<br />
<br />
Yellow ~<br />
<br />
<br />
So illuminating ~ exhilarating ~<br />
<br />
Yellow ~<br />
<br />
So powerful ~ enlightening ~<br />
<br />
Yellow ~<br />
<br />
Fresh ~ tingly ~ sparkling ~<br />
<br />
Yellow ~<br />
<br />
Close your eyes ~<br />
Face the sun ~<br />
See it through your eyelids ~<br />
Feel it on your skin ~<br />
Taste it's nourishment ~<br />
<br />
Breathe ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br />
Sun's light ~<br />
~ Yellow ~<br />
<br />
I LOVE ~ YELLow ~<br />
<br />
Why jealousy of the yellow rose?<br />
Why yellow~bellied coward?<br />
Why unloved yellow dandelions?<br />
<br />
Yellow is clarity ~ cheer ~ curiosity ~ energy ~<br />
<br />
Yellow is birth ~<br />
<br />
Use it today ~<br />
Thus creating ~<br />
And feeding ~<br />
Productive vision ~MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-20954689364606958132010-02-10T16:33:00.017-05:002010-02-10T16:59:31.967-05:00Red<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3MjyESce2I/AAAAAAAAASQ/cBv0qlN4Qd0/s1600-h/DSC01972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3MjyESce2I/AAAAAAAAASQ/cBv0qlN4Qd0/s200/DSC01972.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Is why ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3MkCVl6BtI/AAAAAAAAASY/lCfaz6RSNL8/s1600-h/DSC01913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3MkCVl6BtI/AAAAAAAAASY/lCfaz6RSNL8/s200/DSC01913.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I Love ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3MkNZiG1uI/AAAAAAAAASg/U-KkOzz2OPQ/s1600-h/DSC01974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3MkNZiG1uI/AAAAAAAAASg/U-KkOzz2OPQ/s200/DSC01974.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Color ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3Mkkb00LBI/AAAAAAAAASo/QdZQs777fgE/s1600-h/DSC01922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3Mkkb00LBI/AAAAAAAAASo/QdZQs777fgE/s200/DSC01922.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Red</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">~ My favorite Color ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Red</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">~ Even under Water ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy Valentine's Day</div>MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-759079636783767982010-02-08T11:11:00.008-05:002010-02-08T11:22:53.949-05:00Living Inside Your Head<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3A3C2HCXBI/AAAAAAAAASI/rt-L4ww2iqc/s1600-h/IMGP1032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S3A3C2HCXBI/AAAAAAAAASI/rt-L4ww2iqc/s200/IMGP1032.JPG" width="150" /></a></div>Living ~<br />
inside Your Head?<br />
<br />
Startled ~<br />
Taken by surprise ~<br />
By the outside world?<br />
<br />
Get out of your head<br />
Live with consciousness ~<br />
Of space ~ thus ~ of Self ~<br />
<br />
<br />
For more joyful days<br />
For a clearer reason~for~being<br />
For the realization of your purpose ~<br />
<br />
We all have one!MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-24207141802014386242010-01-26T13:32:00.077-05:002016-08-06T15:22:08.852-04:00~ Harmony ~ Balance ~ Vitality ~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Why do so many people ~<br />
in our Western society ~<br />
speak of the word <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control </span></i>~<br />
as a seemingly good thing!?<br />
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~ Trying to learn to ski?</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
"<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Be in </span></i><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control</span></i> of your speed down the mountain!"</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
~ Teary-eyed during a tough day at work?</div>
"Keep your emotions <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">under</span></i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control</span></i>!"<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
~ Your child throws a fit in public?</div>
"<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Learn to </span></i><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control</span></i> your kid!"<br />
<br />
~ Your eating habits are <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">out of </span></i><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control</span></i>?<br />
"Go on a food~depriving/exercise~exhausting regiment!"</div>
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~ You feel your partner is <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">t</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">rying to </span></i><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control</span></i> you?<br />
"Throw him/her away and get a new one!"<br />
<br />
~ You are an adult, with people who rely upon you?<br />
"You are expected to <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>have full control</i></span> of your life!"<br />
<br />
Are we <span style="color: lime;">conscious</span> of what this language 'says' ~ about who we are?<br />
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Perhaps if we were not trying ~<br />
to control our environment ~<br />
there would be less ~<br />
physical~emotional~intellectual~spiritual<br />
unhappiness~stress~trauma~disaster<br />
in our environment ~<br />
all around ~<br />
and within ~<br />
us.<br />
<br />
<br />
Maybe if we were more <span style="color: lime;">conscious</span> of our surroundings ~<br />
We would be more <span style="color: lime;">conscious</span> of our own Selves ~<br />
And less wanting to control every~thing around us!<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S18zfrqeFJI/AAAAAAAAARg/Jt5VfnOM0-4/s1600-h/DSC00349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S18zfrqeFJI/AAAAAAAAARg/Jt5VfnOM0-4/s200/DSC00349.JPG" width="125" /></a>When struggling with some~thing ~<br />
I find it more effective and rewarding ~<br />
to visualize being ~ in <i>harmony</i> ~<br />
with the said some~thing<br />
to think of myself ~ in <i>balance</i> ~<br />
with the said some~thing<br />
thus achieving success ~<br />
<i>~ </i><i>vitality</i> ~<br />
via the new bond~partnership ~<br />
with the said some~thing!<br />
<br />
<br />
~ Harmony~Balance~Vitality ~<br />
<br />
Walking along the path of life<br />
With the intent of self growth<br />
And that of all 'things' encountered<br />
<br />
Does this not require us to be <i><span style="color: lime;">conscious</span></i>?<br />
Is this not more energizing ~<br />
More fulfilling ~<br />
And more apt for success ~<br />
Than <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">control</span></i>?<br />
<br />
Consciousness versus Control<br />
What do you choose?<br />
<br />
Words are powerful ~<br />
<br />
They influence ~<br />
how we perceive the world<br />
what we do ~ how we do<br />
<br />
Listen ~ for the word <i><span style="color: red;">control</span> </i>in your environment today<br />
Be ~ <i><span style="color: lime;">conscious</span></i> ~ of how the word is introduced into your space<br />
See ~ if the objective can still be realized ~ or better realized!<br />
With consciousness ~ of harmony~balance ~<br />
Rather than with control.<br />
<br />
I believe the path to success will be more pleasurable ~<br />
And achieved ~ with vitality ~ to boot!<br />
With consciousness ~ without control.<br />
<br />
Consciousness of Space<br />
Consciousness of Self ~<br />
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MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-12198143693513961052010-01-24T11:57:00.017-05:002010-01-24T17:38:47.448-05:00Repose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S1x6PTAU2GI/AAAAAAAAARQ/CfhCC_3yj2o/s1600/IMGP1036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S1x6PTAU2GI/AAAAAAAAARQ/CfhCC_3yj2o/s200/IMGP1036.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />
</div>A moment of repose<br />
<br />
A moment ~<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">To Be ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With Self ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
Alone ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Yet complete<br />
</div><br />
A moment ~<br />
without strife<br />
without alarm<br />
for the soul<br />
for the ~~~~~<br />
<br />
Breath ~~~~~<br />
<br />
Listen<br />
<br />
Feel It ~<br />
<br />
Fill You ~<br />
<br />
With harmony<br />
<br />
<br />
A moment of repose<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Complete ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Alone ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With Self<br />
<br />
<br />
Find it ~<br />
<br />
In Self<br />
<br />
But for a moment ~<br />
<br />
For All<br />
</div>MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-74522033947082422192010-01-17T16:07:00.016-05:002010-01-18T00:58:29.661-05:00Orange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S1OWp2ROkBI/AAAAAAAAAQo/xRIbBe1zM60/s1600-h/DSC00478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S1OWp2ROkBI/AAAAAAAAAQo/xRIbBe1zM60/s200/DSC00478.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Orange ~<br />
<br />
A color of sharing<br />
A color of nurturing<br />
A color of friendship<br />
A color of fellowship<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<br />
<br />
Orange ~<br />
<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Through our eyes ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A multi-sensory experience<br />
</div><br />
My mind is awakened<br />
My nose smiles<br />
My taste buds sparkle<br />
My heart rejoices<br />
<br />
I relish ~<br />
its vibrant energy<br />
<br />
Orange ~<br />
<br />
Very yang<br />
Yet aggressive not<br />
Somewhat yin<br />
But cold never<br />
<br />
Warm ~ convivial ~ comforting ~ safe<br />
<br />
Orange ~<br />
<br />
The chicken soup color ~<br />
~ of LoveMCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-20768039085602866862010-01-07T16:32:00.018-05:002010-01-07T17:50:38.694-05:00Soul's Landscape<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S0ZQhWXnIaI/AAAAAAAAAPY/BQlXQAx5-xE/s1600-h/DSC00475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/S0ZQhWXnIaI/AAAAAAAAAPY/BQlXQAx5-xE/s200/DSC00475.JPG" /></a>Every time I look<br />
at this painting ~<br />
<br />
I stop.<br />
I observe.<br />
I ponder.<br />
I feel.<br />
Again.<br />
<br />
This painting has deep meaning<br />
~to me.<br />
<br />
This painting represents much<br />
~to me.<br />
<br />
This painting feels like ~<br />
<br />
pain ~<br />
<br />
struggle ~<br />
<br />
distance ~<br />
<br />
strife ~<br />
<br />
longing ~<br />
<br />
And hope.<br />
<br />
<br />
This painting is hope.<br />
<br />
<br />
Always hope ~<br />
<br />
Never not.<br />
<br />
<br />
It's all there ~<br />
<br />
It's all in you.<br />
<br />
<br />
As long ~<br />
<br />
As you ~<br />
<br />
Breathe ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br />
<br />
<br />
As long ~<br />
<br />
As you ~<br />
<br />
Be~lieve ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br />
<br />
<br />
The pain will still be there ~<br />
<br />
But you will Know ~<br />
<br />
As you travel Life's Path ~<br />
<br />
That It Is ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br />
<br />
<br />
For a reason ~<br />
<br />
For your reason ~<br />
<br />
For your true reason ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br />
<br />
<br />
For your true Reason~for~Being ~<br />
<br />
Pour votre propre Raison d'être ~MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-76572485884751332302009-12-16T10:09:00.009-05:002009-12-16T20:06:12.219-05:00The Gift ~<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Syj3MqwmvaI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/Wm1TgB8s6C0/s1600-h/DSC00499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Syj3MqwmvaI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/Wm1TgB8s6C0/s200/DSC00499.JPG" /></a><br />
<br />
The Gift ~<br />
<br />
of Light<br />
of Color<br />
of Breath<br />
of Life<br />
of Love<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Thank you for all your gifts ~<br />
<br />
Gifts of exchange<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Gifts of thought<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Gifts of emotion<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Gifts of growth<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Gifts of Love<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This painting ~<br />
<br />
To you ~ The Gift ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As such is named ~<br />
</div>MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-84492193845249167802009-12-14T10:19:00.006-05:002010-01-17T17:35:28.742-05:00Art ~ A Ten~Year Path<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SyZVAqL0hLI/AAAAAAAAAPA/oiS5ly-BFgU/s1600-h/DSC00522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SyZVAqL0hLI/AAAAAAAAAPA/oiS5ly-BFgU/s200/DSC00522.JPG" /></a><br />
</div>This painting was created 10 years ago<br />
<br />
Two Heads<br />
acrylic on canvas<br />
4'X3'<br />
<br />
Most appreciated by men ~<br />
almost sold 5 times ~<br />
I chose to hold on to it<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SyZV1_B8NBI/AAAAAAAAAPI/WN9Bq0k-Y9M/s1600-h/DSC00382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SyZV1_B8NBI/AAAAAAAAAPI/WN9Bq0k-Y9M/s200/DSC00382.JPG" /></a><br />
This painting was created 10 years later<br />
<br />
They Will Grow<br />
acrylic and chinese ink on paper<br />
8"X5"<br />
<br />
An intimate piece ~<br />
I painted for my sister ~<br />
it hangs in her bedroom<br />
<br />
<br />
What does this reveal about ~<br />
<br />
The path that I have travelled?<br />
<br />
What I was feeling then?<br />
Who I was?<br />
Who I am now?<br />
<br />
Any thoughts?<br />
<br />
Much appreciated ~MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-66124804405909033312009-12-13T16:30:00.020-05:002009-12-13T16:46:13.081-05:00Love<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SyVbBE7zu4I/AAAAAAAAAO4/H3DGb9Qruco/s1600-h/DSC01873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SyVbBE7zu4I/AAAAAAAAAO4/H3DGb9Qruco/s200/DSC01873.JPG" /></a><br />
Love is brought to us ~<br />
<br />
on many days ~<br />
<br />
in many different ways ~<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A smile at the checkout from a stranger<br />
A kiss on the cheek from a brother<br />
A pat on the back from a teacher<br />
A two-minute hug from a grandmother<br />
<br />
And sometimes ~<br />
Love ~<br />
Comes ~<br />
as an unimaginable surprise<br />
<br />
This little guy ~<br />
has been my surprise<br />
<br />
My first pet<br />
My first dependent<br />
My first lap cushion<br />
My first constant presence<br />
<br />
This little guy ~<br />
is my first ~<br />
True ~<br />
Unconditional ~<br />
Love<br />
<br />
I wish you all ~<br />
the same First ~<br />
the same Love ~<br />
in your life<br />
<br />
With so many pets ~<br />
needing to Love ~<br />
and to be Loved<br />
I am certain my wish can come true ~<br />
for all<br />
Be it ~<br />
temporary ~<br />
or permanent<br />
<br />
Joyeuses Fêtes mes chers amis ~ Happy Holidays my dear friends<br />
<br />
May all your dreams come true ~MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-9254312306512794272009-12-05T18:42:00.012-05:002009-12-06T11:47:26.163-05:00Purple<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Sxrtkm3rqvI/AAAAAAAAAOw/MHDbtmNSpOI/s1600-h/DSC00461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Sxrtkm3rqvI/AAAAAAAAAOw/MHDbtmNSpOI/s200/DSC00461.JPG" /></a>The color of Dreams<br />
<br />
The color of Fantasy<br />
<br />
The color of Queens<br />
<br />
The color of Royalty ~<br />
<br />
~ Purple<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Beautiful Purples ~<br />
Amethysts<br />
Lavenders<br />
Plums<br />
Aubergines<br />
<br />
All Purples are True<br />
All Grand ~ its hues<br />
<br />
Complex Purple ~<br />
Blue & Red<br />
Water & Fire<br />
Cold & Heat<br />
Introspection & Extroversion ~<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Opposites ~ Living in harmony<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Colors ~ Together in ecstasy<br />
<br />
Yin & Yang ~<br />
In balance<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Blue & Red ~<br />
In Purple<br />
<br />
Purple ~<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Passionate while restful<br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Dark yet bright<br />
<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The color of Dreams ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">~ Purple<br />
</div></div>MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-17390866126299429452009-11-25T12:15:00.010-05:002009-11-25T14:01:26.394-05:00Our Guiding Angels<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Sw1jwQRu5nI/AAAAAAAAAOo/qBAJdeLCzCE/s1600/DSC00385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Sw1jwQRu5nI/AAAAAAAAAOo/qBAJdeLCzCE/s200/DSC00385.JPG" /></a>Angels ~<br />
<br />
Guiding Angels ~<br />
<br />
Our Guiding Angels<br />
<br />
We all have them ~<br />
<br />
They are with us all ~<br />
<br />
Our Guiding Angels ~<br />
<br />
Always there ~<br />
<br />
Whether we know them ~<br />
or not<br />
Whether we love them ~<br />
or not<br />
<br />
Always ~<br />
<br />
They love ~<br />
Without condition<br />
Without boundary<br />
Without wanting<br />
<br />
They help guide us ~<br />
on our Path ~<br />
of Life<br />
<br />
~ BeLieve ~<br />
<br />
Decide without hesitation<br />
Change with confidence<br />
Move forward with joy<br />
<br />
Guide ~<br />
and let You Be ~<br />
Guided ~~~~~<br />
<br />
The Path is there<br />
The Path is clear ~<br />
for our Growth<br />
towards Trueness ~<br />
<br />
On the Path ~<br />
to True Self<br />
<br />
Guide<br />
and Let You be ~<br />
Guided ~<br />
by Our Guiding AngelsMCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-80345977622846126242009-11-23T08:39:00.033-05:002009-11-24T09:18:22.771-05:00Forgiveness<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Swsv3K9glkI/AAAAAAAAAOg/4S9PeTkl574/s1600/DSC02012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/Swsv3K9glkI/AAAAAAAAAOg/4S9PeTkl574/s200/DSC02012.JPG" /></a>Send a smile ~<br />
<br />
When you think of Him<br />
<br />
<br />
Experience empathy ~<br />
<br />
When you dream of Her<br />
<br />
<br />
Feel compassion ~<br />
<br />
When you witness Them<br />
<br />
<br />
Visualize a true place ~<br />
<br />
When you stop<br />
and see that You<br />
<br />
No reproach<br />
No explanation<br />
No education<br />
No message<br />
No words.<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">He was on His path<br />
She was on Hers<br />
<br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">They are on Their Path<br />
You are on Yours<br />
<br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Move forward<br />
</div><br />
Recall<br />
Learn<br />
See<br />
Feel<br />
and Offer ~<br />
<br />
~ Forgiveness ~<br />
<br />
Love to Him<br />
Love to Her<br />
Love to Them<br />
Love to You<br />
<br />
It is a ~<br />
healing<br />
peaceful<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">healthy<br />
balanced<br />
</div>growing ~<br />
<br />
Place ~<br />
to BeMCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-31200934737446619512009-11-16T08:31:00.020-05:002009-11-17T08:31:49.286-05:00Colors of the Soul<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SwFQ1LNHRSI/AAAAAAAAANQ/tS9CTpP6Oy0/s1600/DSC01989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SwFQ1LNHRSI/AAAAAAAAANQ/tS9CTpP6Oy0/s200/DSC01989.JPG" /></a>A few days ago ~<br />
The Universe offered me<br />
<br />
These Colors ~<br />
<br />
Colors of Joy<br />
Colors of Passion<br />
Colors of Fire<br />
Colors of Creation<br />
Colors of Love ~<br />
<br />
<br />
At that moment ~<br />
My heart swelled a thousand fold.<br />
<br />
At that moment ~<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I knew ~<br />
</div>That love comes to you ~<br />
When your heart is full.<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">At that moment ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I knew ~<br />
Again ~<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Not to be afraid.<br />
</div></div><br />
At that moment ~<br />
I knew ~<br />
That the Universe's space ~<br />
That the Universe's Soul ~<br />
In which our Love resides ~<br />
<br />
is limitless ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<br />
<br />
~ Breathe ~<br />
<br />
~ BeLong ~<br />
~ BeHold ~<br />
~ BeLieve ~<br />
~ Be ~MCJART Fine Art Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01883808822080668962noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821855092116834279.post-10273230973291520832009-11-06T09:35:00.010-05:002017-03-23T12:39:02.027-04:00'SUCCESS'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SvQrScO3qsI/AAAAAAAAANI/HJfJgnZPxHQ/s1600/DSC00572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r1dnqFOHw_8/SvQrScO3qsI/AAAAAAAAANI/HJfJgnZPxHQ/s200/DSC00572.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size: 13px;">I was invited to participate in a blog entitle 'Measuring Success' (see Stream Source's comment in previous 'Vinyasa' blog).</span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 13px;">This painting ~ called 'My Head'! ~ represents the result of my past's quest for 'Success'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">'SUCCESS' ~ I need to take a breath when I say this word, because it stimulates many emotions inside me ~ emotions that I actually physically feel ~ sort of when you have (or I used to have) too much coffee!</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I suppose that as I am writing this, I am realizing that I associate the word 'success' with 'my past life'.</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I used to 'perform' in Corporate America.</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I probably used the word 'success' more times then, than I ever will again.</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">Perhaps it is difficult not to use this word in today's society, but I am more 'successful' today ~ not using it!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As revealed by my blogs, I use the words breath, self, consciousness, path... most often now!</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I also speak of </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">reason~for~being ~ a term Stream Source uses too! </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So few people speak of this.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In fact, people used to look at me as if I were an alien when I spoke these words in Corporate America!</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(it was a translation I used for 'raison d'être', as I am French Canadian).</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Isn't this a wonderful ~ much needed ~ term of our vocabulary. In fact, I believe that t</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he words we use ~ to express ourselves ~ impact 'Reality', as we perceive and experience it ~ on our earthly experience.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perhaps consciousness of our reason~for~being ~ could be our measure of success!</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I could go on and on about 'Measuring Success'.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I needed to write... and paint... and breathe ~ lots and lots ~ a few years ago (and still now as you can see!) to find My True Self, which I had always neglected ~ probably because of my quest for success ~ my search for love ~ as I thought ~ without consciousness ~ was the way I could reach it back then ~</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oufffff ~~~</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">( the '~' helps with the breath!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This blog consists only of a very abbreviated, spontaneous version of many personal writings on the subject of finding Self ~ my true raison d'être! <span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I wrote a blog called 'Creativity' a few days ago, which explains ~ in an art process sort of way ~ the evolution that I experienced while trying to find Self.</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">It may make this explanation a tad clearer!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of emotions ~ that I suppose will never go away ~ part of my path indeed!</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything happens for a reason.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I was gracefully invited by Stream Source, to exchange on 'SUCCESS' ~ because I still have paths to travel ~ to reach My True Self ~ thus perhaps... reaching success!</span></span></div>
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