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Donna Smith (put your name here, where it says Title)

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Donna Smith (put your name here, where it says Title)

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http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2017/05/first-thursday-spiritual-journey.html
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https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/spiritual-journey-reach/

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"Build Yourselves Up" - SJFT REACH (Violet N)

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"Build Yourselves Up" - SJFT REACH (Violet N)

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https://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/build-yourselves-up-sjft-reach/

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Reaching with Michelangelo and an Octopus Named Agnes (Irene)

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Reaching with Michelangelo and an Octopus Named Agnes (Irene)

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http://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2017/05/reaching-with-michelangelo-and-octopus.html

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Patricia Weaver
http://writeronahorse.blogspot.com/2017/05/spiritual-journey-first-thursday-and.html

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Donna: Huge kudos to you for an inspiring entry to this thread, and for all the work you have done and are doing.. being bold and reaching. I really did get a frisson as I read about the book you found and the definitions of "reach" in it. In my opinion you definitely offered meaningful thought.

Reaching is something I am practicing as well. I just started taking piano lessons after (wait for it...) 50 years! My piano books are falling apart, and the old dates in them, written by my teacher when I was young, are from the '60s. Now I've decided to work again on piano, and my teacher has me practicing fingering exercises. Practice the reach between the 4th and 5th fingers. Practice it both going up and down the scale. Practice with both hands. Reach... reach... reach.

Reaching makes us stronger, and our strength makes us more reliable. We can show more grace and beauty in our piano playing and in our lives when we are strong, when we practice reaching. The value of our reaching plays out in many ways in our lives. I believe that God has work for each of us, and calls each of us to reach in our own way, to strive to more closely mirror God's image in the world in the best way we can. That is an eternal challenge, to thank God as best with can with lives lived as best we can.
An interesting thing, though, is that God's love, grace and mercy are always within reach. They are readily available, even when we don't have the energy to reach. We only have to turn to God. Right there, in the heart of the moment, God hears us, God is with us, God loves us.
I'll share a favorite "quote" here. I thought it was a Dame Julian of Norwich quote, but I cannot find it ascribed to her on the internet. Nonetheless, I believe it worth sharing:
God is the still point, at the center, utterly at home, God lives in us forever.

God bless you all this month.
Karen Eastlund

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http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2017/05/spiritual-journey-first-thursday-reach.html

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http://dorireads.blogspot.com/2017/05/pondering-reach.html

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http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/05/reach.html