{"id":532281,"date":"2010-04-18T02:30:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T06:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jungleoflife.com\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2010-04-18T02:30:43","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T06:30:43","slug":"centennial-edition-sunday-thought-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/532281","title":{"rendered":"Centennial Edition: Sunday Thought For The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Some days my vision blurred.
\n\t\tFall down.
\n\t\tAm lost.
\n\t\tOut in this great big world.<\/p>\n

\t\tAnd still.
\n\t\tA guiding hand to offer help..
\n\t\tA voice from distance far.
\n\t\tA human spirit so close to me.<\/p>\n

\t\tFootprints we do impart.
\n\t\tA journey down this path.
\n\t\tA jungle, this life can seem.
\n\t\tMuch clearer, when you're with me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like a sunrise in the morning,<\/em>
\n\t\tLighting up a brand new day.<\/em>
\n\t\tYour light it brightly shines,<\/em>
\n\t\tConnecting you, your soul, to me, to mine.<\/p>\n

\t\tAnd there is peace.
\n\t\tAnd there is love.
\n\t\tAnd there is unity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I pause and reflect back over the past one hundred weeks, what I am most inspired by are the deep and caring conversations that have developed around a single thought each week.  Each one of you has been a gift.  You, who have read these words and let them touch your soul.  You, who have shared deep and meaningful comments.  You, who have shared very personal stories, both publicly and privately.  Every one of you, being here, is a gift.  A gift to me, and a gift to each other.  And the parting thought that I keep coming back to is that we are here, together<\/em>, on this earth.   All of you make this life journey more meaningful for me, and for each other.  With deep gratitude, I thank you for the gifts you have so beautifully been.<\/p>\n

Together<\/em>…we are one.<\/p>\n

Peace, love and unity.<\/p>\n

~ Lance Ekum (April 2010)<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong><\/em> A special thank you to Natalie Merchant<\/a> and the Perkins School for the Blind<\/a> for the beautiful music.
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