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From:
Joyce Drayton
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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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"When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down in tall grasses,
and even elephants lumber after safety.
When great trees fall in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines,
gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken.
Great souls die and our reality,
bound to them,
takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds,
formed and informed by their radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened as reduced
to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves.
But when great souls die,
after a period,
peace blooms,
slowly and always irregularly.
Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored,
never to be the same,
whisper to us:
"They existed. They existed.
We can be.
Be and be better.
For they existed!”
- Maya Angelou
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Mr Drayton made us welcome at his bookstore when we arrived in Florida. Now it gives us joy to see that those he mentored are in positions of influence, mentoring others. He was a force for good. Shirley and I are grateful.
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I’m so sorry for your loss
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Joyce Drayton
10/14/2021 at 9:06 AM
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Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 9:06 AM
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Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
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