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while I become exuberantly |
. joyful over something and.
, fg afraid I act like a little”
_ kid- about it. For example,
the. other day I was. pealing —
an orange when I was struck ©
with the amazing dexterity —
and know-how of good. old
Mother: Nature. I sat-there
utterly caught up. ‘in. the
wonders | ‘of an orange! For:

_ oranges for granted. But this -
_ time. my orange ‘became
something - special | to me..
First there was. the won-.
derfui_ ‘system of iis natural
protective wrapping ‘that’
kept it fresh and juicy.

“Then I marvelled at the

way” cmy orange was all

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snap: aragoa up”

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big bumble bee ‘lit. on -the -:
lower lip of a snap dragon in

our back yard and I T giggled, 7

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would. not remember me.
_Four years ago f went to you
‘for counselling |
days after I had failed at’
trying to take. my life. We |
had about three sessions, i
remember correctly. You.
‘said some things to me which
I cannot remember now and’:
which hardly registered with ©
me then. The thing that got
te me was that you said to
e, “If you commit suicide,

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reason I believed you and |
although, as I rementber it, F.:
didn’t even reply, I was very:
touched. That night I took a_
plane East, and, as you know.

just a few

Beautiful and incredible! I.

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house, -left behind, by. .ac-
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pruning shears you ever saw.
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good ‘in ‘my. hand and right. —
away. I went out. ‘the: back:
and started pruning.

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ee he had left his pruners.

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have not been in touch with
S you at all.

happy and want to live a long

and the bee
its weight shifting to another
“part of the flower, the bee

~because.of my mortal neues

“when the weight ‘of it. opened
_up‘the “mouth” of the flower. |

walked in. With —

had the “‘door” close behind ©
it! When it: wanted: out, its ©
‘own weight . opened. up. the.
-entrance : again and away it~
went to. another flower.

to Mother Nature. -.

e There’ Ss. ‘an. entirely. dif.
_ ferent sort of serendipity I -
enjoy. too. And, like you, ioe “
_ enjoy it like a kid. Last week.
‘a person who called. at our

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and felt

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know the. guy’s address or;

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Took "op book. —
but I have not done ‘it yet

that! he might be listed!

The other: day ‘Ts saw your
picture in the. “News and.
decided io. write. you and
“say, -“I'm. ‘alive and— very —

thne!” “I'm: going to ‘phone.
you and say hello so by the

‘time you read. this, we'll have
a talk, |

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