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May 21Liked by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

😍☀️🙏 Are you a life coach? You aught to be!

I bask in the sun every morning when I go out with my dog. It fills me with cosmic energy. I just got back from that to read this poem. A great reminder that we can harness the power of the sun to empower us in our being.

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I love this, Mary! Face to the sun or standing in the pouring rain. Nothing calms me more than being outside (especially with the Trees.) This adds another element to ponder. Absorbing the power of it all. 💚

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May 21Liked by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

Amen!! Mary. I also love this poem. It's inspiring, and for some reason it reminded me of the old traditional African American Spiritual song: "Let us break bread together on our knees, let us break bread together on our knees, when I fall on my knees WITH MY FACE TO THE RISING SUN, O Lord, have mercy on me. It continues with other verses: Let us drink wine together; Let us praise (thank) God together. I truly do wish we could all break bread and drink wine together, but I do thank God for The Art of Freedom and for you, Mary, and for all who come here and form this uplifting group. "Oh, I ain't gonna bow no more, no I ain't gonna bow no more". LOL. Do I hear another AMEN! xox

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I so love the glorious imagery in this beautiful poem, Mary. No one was born to grovel, as we are each magnificent in our own way. Coming to that understanding is the purpose of the spiritual journey… and poetry like yours!

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May 21Liked by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

Love this! 💪🏼

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May 23Liked by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

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I LOVE this.

I LOVE the spirit of this and the grounded-ness of it too. Yes we are part of it all, the earth and the sun. We belong here.

Beautifully expressed, Mary. Thank you!

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May 21Liked by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

We have all had moments of groveling. It is the worst possible feeling to know I compromised my self-dignity and worth to please someone I perceived as more important...to wake up with a “grovel hangover" - no thanks!

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Beautiful 💜

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