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		<title>this choreographed unfolding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i am in observation of                     the power of my thinking           the slightest change of thought                                        altering my entire life     what are my deepest desires                   moving me foreword                                     through this life   my dreams directing the steps                            in this choreographed unfolding               experiencing the sidetracks                       diverting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>i am in observation of</em></p>
<p><em>                    the power of my thinking</em></p>
<p><em>          the slightest change of thought</em></p>
<p><em>                                       altering my entire life  </em></p>
<p><em> <img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1707" title="DSCF1319" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSCF1319-150x150.jpg" alt="DSCF1319" width="150" height="150" /></em></p>
<p><em>what are my deepest desires</em></p>
<p><em>                  moving me foreword</em></p>
<p><em>                                    through this life</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>my dreams directing the steps</em></p>
<p><em>                           in this choreographed unfolding</em></p>
<p><em>              experiencing the sidetracks</em></p>
<p><em>                      diverting my energies</em></p>
<p><em>                                        into newly designed dramas</em></p>
<p>. . .</p>
<p><strong>always the best</strong></p>
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		<title>conscious focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[loving lies within the very moment       past and futures               providing memories                            and dreams                      catching me reminiscing                                    or in expectation                            out of which desire is born it takes conscious focus        to stay within the love               within that moment of now . . . always the best]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>loving lies within the very moment</em></p>
<p><em><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1701" title="DSCF1288" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSCF1288-150x150.jpg" alt="DSCF1288" width="150" height="150" />      </em><em>past and futures</em></p>
<p><em>              providing memories</em></p>
<p><em>                           and dreams</em></p>
<p><em>                     catching me reminiscing</em></p>
<p><em>                                   or in expectation</em></p>
<p><em>                           out of which desire is born</em></p>
<p><em>it takes conscious focus</em></p>
<p><em>       to stay within the love</em></p>
<p><em>              within that moment of now</em></p>
<p><em>. . .</em></p>
<p><em>always the best</em></p>
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		<title>within and beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The doors are always open          on the arch of each if destiny so chooses                   is beautifully inscribed                                  allusions to what lies                                                  within and beyond                      words so carefully chosen to spark my desire                                               to embark on such adventure          a myriad of mysteries awaits                                   &#8230; how is it that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1696" title="DSCF5109" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSCF5109-150x150.jpg" alt="DSCF5109" width="150" height="150" />The doors are always open</em></p>
<p><em>         on the arch of each if destiny so chooses</em></p>
<p><em>                  is beautifully inscribed</em></p>
<p><em>                                 allusions to what lies </em></p>
<p><em>                                                 within and beyond</em></p>
<p><em>                     words so carefully chosen to spark my desire</em></p>
<p><em>                                              to embark on such adventure</em></p>
<p><em>         a myriad of mysteries awaits</em></p>
<p><em>                                  &#8230;</em></p>
<p><em>how is it that I am to choose</em></p>
<p><em>         drawn to the ones</em></p>
<p><em>                        with promises of earlier and similar</em></p>
<p><em>                                              in which the highest of risks is involved</em></p>
<p><em>                                                                    the heart lying open</em></p>
<p><em>so what of all the other doors</em></p>
<p><em>                             where safety is assured</em></p>
<p><em>           where I could live that middle ground of nothingness</em></p>
<p><em>                                                no stakes at all</em></p>
<p><em>i have stepped through those doors</em></p>
<p><em>                       and die that slow emotional death</em></p>
<p><em>                                                with nothing left to live into the day</em></p>
<p><em>then one day</em></p>
<p><em>                    new archways appear</em></p>
<p><em>         and how am i now to choose</em></p>
<p><em>                            beckoned by the most passionate of journeys</em></p>
<p><em>the door is opened widely</em></p>
<p><em>&#8230;</em></p>
<p>always the best</p>
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		<title>creating love songs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[the heavy rains beating a steady rhythm                                  upon the roof           the high winds swaying harmonies                                                   from the giant evergreens             the crackling fire providing melodic licks                                     for the dancing flames                    thoughts of you                                 creating love songs                                                                                         in my heart . . . the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>the heavy rains </em><em>beating a steady rhythm</em></p>
<p><em>                                 upon the roof</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>        the high winds </em><em>swaying harmonies</em></p>
<p><em>                                                  from the giant evergreens</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p> <a href="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSCF0230.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1712" title="DSCF0230" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DSCF0230-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p><em>        the crackling fire p</em><em>roviding melodic licks</em></p>
<p><em>                                    for the dancing flames</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>      </em><em>           thoughts of you</em></p>
<p><em>                                creating love songs</em></p>
<p><em>                                                                                        in my heart</em></p>
<p><em>. . . </em></p>
<p><strong>the best</strong></p>
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		<title>awaiting spaces</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the leaves in all their autumnal dress           fall down and kiss the earth in celebration                              of that moment when we catch                                       a glimpse of the unfolding  In the hand of this unfolding           come words spoken into the breeze                    to gently fan the glowing embers                              lying in wait                                       within [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>the leaves in all their autumnal dress</em></p>
<p><em>          fall down and kiss the earth in celebration</em></p>
<p><em>                             of that moment when we catch</em></p>
<p><em>                                      a glimpse of the unfolding</em></p>
<p><em> </em><em>In the hand of this unfolding</em></p>
<p><em>          come words spoken into the breeze</em></p>
<p><em>                   to gently fan the glowing embers</em></p>
<p><em>                             lying in wait</em></p>
<p><em>                                      within these kindred spirits</em></p>
<p><em>          embers attended throughout eternity</em></p>
<p><em>                   for when in this life</em></p>
<p><em>                             the gentle unfolding</em></p>
<p><em>                                      fills out the awaiting spaces</em></p>
<p><em>                                                   with expansive colours </em></p>
<p>. . .</p>
<p><strong>the best</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-893" title="according to maureen" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/according-to-maureen.jpg" alt="according to maureen" width="201" height="67" /> </strong></p>
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		<title>her waxing and waning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    once again to the moon                        her waxing and waning an anchor                                    grounding me in this passage of time   . . . the best]]></description>
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<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>once again to the moon</em></p>
<p><em> </em><em>                      her waxing and waning an anchor</em></p>
<p><em>                                   grounding me in this passage of time</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>. . .</p>
<p><strong>the best</strong></p>
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		<title>beating of our hearts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I sigh the breath of letting go                     of all the time and space                                            that holds us separate        and sink into the synchronizing beating of our hearts                      dissolving boundaries . . .   always the best]]></description>
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<p> </p>
<p><em>I sigh the breath of letting go</em></p>
<p><em>                    of all the time and space</em></p>
<p><em>                                           that holds us separate</em></p>
<p><em>       and sink into the synchronizing beating of our hearts</em></p>
<p><em>                     dissolving boundaries</em></p>
<p>. . .  </p>
<p><strong>always the best</strong></p>
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		<title>the realm of joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[         the echoes of our encounters                    reverberate within the realm of joy . . .  the best always]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1611 alignnone" title="dscf2002" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf2002-150x150.jpg" alt="dscf2002" width="150" height="150" />         </em><em>the echoes of our encounters</em></p>
<p><em>                   reverberate within the realm of joy</em></p>
<p><em>. . .  </em></p>
<p><strong>the best always</strong></p>
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		<title>the 9th of september 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[may this day stick in my memory as a day of completions which in itself calls forth all that which is new &#8230; 09/09/09 &#8230; it looks so beautiful within its trilogy &#8230; reminding me of the beauty of the world of mathematics &#8211; of numbers and how they relate to each other and to [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>may this day stick in my memory as a day of completions which in itself calls forth all that which is new &#8230; 09/09/09 &#8230; it looks so beautiful within its trilogy &#8230; reminding me of the beauty of the world of mathematics &#8211; of numbers and how they relate to each other and to me as a human being - may all the newness which is called forth on this auspicious day be for the highest and the best for all mankind &#8211; and may this day be remembered throughout history as 09/09/09 &#8211; the day the consciousness of the planet earth aligned in a new ascending direction &#8230; it is up to me and to each of us individually to keep this consciousness alive</em></p>
<p>. . .</p>
<p><strong>the best</strong></p>
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		<title>putting away the things of summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  … the children’s summer is over – august 31st brought the summer holidays to a close and in these days following until the tuesday after labour day the final preparation is completed for this launch into the new school year – it is such an exciting time – the teacher has created the room [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-style: normal;"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1592" title="dscf20641" src="http://www.conversationsoftheheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dscf20641-150x150.jpg" alt="dscf20641" width="150" height="150" />… </span></strong>the children’s summer is over – august 31<sup>st</sup> brought the summer holidays to a close and in these days following until the tuesday after labour day the final preparation is completed for this launch into the new school year – it is such an exciting time – the teacher has created the room beautiful with all that is necessary to begin on the first day with emphasis on who is coming and on what is to be brought into those first weeks of study – the children have been putting away the things of summer in their preparation for going back to school – what clothes will i wear and do i have my supplies and most importantly who is going to be there … to begin anew on the next level together – and each of us as student and parent and teacher will be a bit nervous – it is said that if i am not nervous then i am not ready for what new things are held in waiting … having been a student and a mother and a teacher for so long it always feels like september is really the new year … so happy new year and may it be a great one</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">. . .<span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-style: normal;">the best always</span></strong></p>
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</span></strong></p>
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