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A publication of

Fall 2011

Volume 3 | Issue 4Display until November 30, 2011

www.CentersOfLight.org

BALANCING A Busy sCheduLe

ANd A spIrItuAL LIfe

Thriving and Not Just Surviving

reAL devotIoN

How We Can Love God

BeyoNd BLINd fAIth

Moving Mountains in Your Life

The Art of Forgiveness



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Mother Clare watt

Father peter boe

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Re. Mararet aeda

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positive change and personal development.

As an alternative school, we oer classes that help people

understand themselves better and improve the emotional,

spiritual, mental and physical aspects o their lives.

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Centers of Light

“You cannot transcend

what you do not know.

To go beyond yoursel,

you must know yoursel.”

— s naadaa Maaaj

a ida pual ac ad ploop



It seems lie ost people are

busier than eer beore, between allour actiities that we do in addition

to ull-tie wor, our coutes and

e-ail obligations. But are we really

busier than the arers and settlers

who had to ae and grow eerything

they needed, who oten had a dozen

children and whose lies oten

inoled hard physical labor? It is

dicult to tell ro this point in tie,

since we hae appliances, cars andelectronics to tae so uch o the hard

worload o o us – and also these

coneniences hae opened a whole

other set o obligations and needs.

That there is uch to do now and that

there was uch to do then is certainly

true.

Did our oreathers and others hae

ore tie or a spiritual lie, or did

they choose to ae it ore iportant

than ost people do today? The act

has always been that what we decide

is ost iportant gets done. In earlier

days, there was ore social pressure

to go to church and pray beore eals.

Our current society does not push

a spiritual lie on us. We hae the

reedo to decide or ourseles what

or o spirituality we want to practice

and what iportance it has or us.

I you care about haing an actie

spiritual lie, you will need to decide

how to t it in and gie it the tie

and attention it will need. Eerything

that is aluable to us needs tie and

attention. You will not be able to hae

a eaningul spiritual lie without

giing it a quite signicant aount o

tie and attention.

You ay nd that you need to gie up

soe other actiities to ae rooor a spiritual practice. The best tie

o day to editate and pray is early

orning, so you will perhaps need

to go to bed earlier to be able to get

a good aount o spiritual tie in

when the world is still quiet. Oten it

is easier to editate where others are

also editating. The support o the

group helps us ocus. You can chec

and see i there is anywhere in your

area where people get together rst

thing in the orning to editate, and

you can isit and see i you lie the

and want to join in with the. Just

beore going to bed is another good

tie or refection and prayer. You

ay need to cut down on teleision

watching or other eening actiities

to hae a hal hour beore sleeping to

enter into a state o peace and oer up

prayers.

I hae neer et anyone who truly

thried in a spiritual practice without

joining an actie spiritual counity.

Such counities will hae ties

their ebers get together, haing

classes or serices or other unctions.

This also taes tie, though once you

discoer how uch you receie ro

being in such counity, you ay no

longer eel the tie coitent to be

bothersoe. Studies hae shown that

people who are actie participants in

spiritual counities report greater

happiness in their lies and tend

to recoer ro illnesses aster and

lie longer. Clearly, such counity

increases our quality o lie, especially

when we nd a counity we are

happy with.

We do not actually lac the tie an

resources or a spiritual lie. We sineed to choose the actiities that b

us such lie aboe other actiities t

ean less to us. When we place Go

and a spiritual lie at the center o

our lies, eerything else will all in

place around it. Try it. You will see

is true. Pic your genre o spiritual

pic a counity that wors or yo

and let yoursel begin liing ore

by incorporating the great blessing

haing a coitted spiritual lie. ∞

MR CAR wAs

is a mystic, ordained Priest, Master Teacher

and Co-Director o the Order o Christ Soph

She has her Masters Degree in Counseling

Psychology and practiced as a Jungian-train

psychotherapist. Continually drawing rom

education and her experience, including 17 y

working as a proessional midwie, Mother C

has garnered a reputation or her clarity o v

She lectures nationally on Mystical Christia

She has our grown children and lives in Do

Colorado where she oversees the eorts to

expand and grow the Sophia Peace Center.

Maintaining a Spiritual Lifein a Busy Schedule

MRCARwAs.CM



Cloce rom to let:

Re. iaelle, Re. wllam ad Aaleah o

ao rde to c um,

Deaco veroca, ster Joa ad ster Ca

Dad, ster Mara, lzaeth ad Cather

ster Cytha ad ster sarah.



Beyond Blind FaithbY MAsR RA

CentersOfLigh

Where did the saying “blind aith”

coe ro? Why is it so popular to

thin that aith is or the oolish or theblind? Faith is soething all people

intiately participate with and experi-

ence constantly. It is dened as “co-

plete trust or condence in soeone

or soething.” We hae aith when we

go to sleep that we will wae up in the

orning; aith that when our eet hit the

foor, the ground will be there; aith that

when we say goodbye to soeone, we

will see hi or her again. We wouldn’t

oe a uscle without aith. Eploy-

ers hire on aith that a person will do

the job proised and achiee a certain

leel o perorance. At a ore subtle

leel, we are aithul to ideas and pat-

terns that hae been practiced in our

inds, bodies and history throughout

the years.

We oe through lie with a certain

understanding and conclusion about

ourseles that ay or ay not be true.

How any ties hae you thought

soething about yoursel and later

changed your opinion ater soeone

helped you to see otherwise? In other

words, you changed what you had aith

in. In order to achiee soething new,

you hae aith in yoursel and allow

yoursel to change with the help o

others, soeties relying on their aith

in you ore than your own.

An “act o aith” eans stepping out

on soething unseen and unnown to

you, but there is nothing blind about

it. Faith is a rst step that leads you to

belieing, and belieing paes the road

to you nowing or yoursel. When you

learned to wal as a child, you leaned onthe nowing o those around you who

encouraged you to get up o your belly.

Ater seeral tries and any bruises,

you experienced or yoursel what you

were capable o. Beore long you were

waling, barely reebering what it

was lie to all.

So, how does this relate to you and

why does it atter? Because you get to

choose what you hae aith in; you get

to choose where you put your ind and

energy and what you draw into your

lie. You hae the power and ability to

direct that positie lie orce within you

toward whateer you want. What will

you choose? The sy is the liit!

When you set your ind and heart ona goal, then tae a ris, tae a chance

and let God, the Unierse and aith

propel you orward. It is said, “aith

oes ountains.” Soeties that

ountain is you and you hae to rely

on een the tiniest seed o aith that

is within you. Reeber that seeds,

when planted in good soil, grow strong.

Faith, when nourished with positie and

orward-oing thoughts and actions,

will produce good outcoes. Coit

yoursel aithully to ollowing through

on soething that really atters to you.

Trust in what you cannot see or now

yet, so that you gain an experience that

changes you. Hae aith in yoursel and

soon you will be one that has aith in

others as well. ∞

MAsR RA bRnARD

is the Director o the Center

o Light, Oakland, serving the

East Bay. Her greatest joy is

introducing willing hearts to the

love o Jesus and Mary, serving

through this Order and providing

every opportunity or individuals

to live this reality and make it

their own. Proessionally, Master

Leora worked or 16 years in the

feld o childbirth as a certifed

proessional midwie, doula, and

childbirth educator. She now

works as a community health RN.


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The Art of Forgiveness

bY FAR pR bws

Each o us has been incredibly hurt by soe-

thing soeone said or did to us. We were un-

able to understand how soeone could do this

thing to us. Our rst reaction is to be indig-

nant and enraged. We ight collapse into sad-

ness that people are so ean. Usually, thereis a great deal o pride in our reaction. It says

soething lie this: “I cannot beliee he or she

treated e this way.” We eel that we are so

sincere and well-eaning that it would be i-

possible or anyone to treat us this way i they

new us. And yet people do treat us eanly at

ties and are inconsiderate and obliious to

our good intentions. It is a rare person who, a-

ter being hurt by soeone, has a rst thought,

“I now they hae good intentions and ean

well. They ust not hae noticed that this

would oend or hurt e.” We need to practice

the art o orgieness.

Forgieness is an attitude o nowing that

people are good at the core and would do what

is right i they new theseles better. For-

gieness is the action o giing understand-

Forgive people if you

want God to forgive you.

Wash from your heart all

animosity.



ing and patience to others beore

they ae right their oense to us,

beore they pay us bac or isbe-

haior. It is uneoled to harden

your heart to another person. It

lacs copassion and peace in

your heart. There is no excuse or

holding your heart sti to another

person. It shows you do not under-

stand that God is inside the other

person and that God is in you. God

agrees with God. So to stay in per-

anent discord with another per-

son is against God. The tendency

or people to hold grudges based

on dierences in religion, aing

a career or aily decision that

you disagree with, or haing an

ideology that you disagree with

is against God’s coandent

to loe your neighbor. You can-

not loe i you hate soeone. You

cannot loe i you hold a grudge

against soeone or what they

said, what they beliee in, or how

they behae. They ay not now it

oends you. They ay not thin it

has anything to do with you. They

are usually sincere and well-ean-

ing in their intention to do well. Be

patient with people and gie the

the reedo to ae decisions lie

you would expect the to do or

you. I soeone is actually har-

ing another person, you should tell

the that it is hurting others. I it

is criinal, then you should report

it because they will do it to others

besides you or probably already

hae. But orgieness is uch no-

bler than stubbornness or rigid-

ity. Forgieness is blessed because

God cannot orgie you unless you

orgie others.

Forgie people i you want God to

orgie you. Wash ro your heart

all aniosity and bad eelings

about the other person, and gie

that person oer to God.. God

will judge with wisdo and loe

and support each person in their

growth and deelopent. God sees

all the coplexities o our oties,

longings and striings and will

gie to each according to wisdo

and justice. Let God gure it out

and as or help to stay out o the

other person’s ara. Eerything

we do coes around again under

the law o ara, and each o u

is accountable or our oties

and behaiors. God sees to that

Stay out o the ix and let God

tae care o things. You ay need

to try to tal things out with you

sister or brother, but loo or way

to agree and not ways to disagree

We should not try to be so prideu

that we hae to be right all the tieUse loe in your conersations

and you will arrie at orgieness

uch sooner than you thin. You

now you hae orgien the othe

person when you can isualize

God blessing that person and

loing the copletely.∞

AskFARpR.CM

For over 25 year

FAR pR

bws

has devoted his li

in service to God

an ordained Pries

and Master Teach

As Co-Director o

the Order o Chri

Sophia, he teaches the ministers and guid

the Centers o Light around the country.

Known or his sense o humor, Father Pete

is also an accomplished musician and auth

who has composed twelve albums and ou

books about Mystical Christian teachings.

holds a Masters and a Doctorate degree in

Educational Psychology. Father Peter live

the Center o Light, Chicago.


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No atter where we are in lie, there is always ore

to learn. While it is easy to nd continuing educatio

classes that can help you learn a oreign languageor a new hobby, there is little to no support aailable

or those who are interested in oing beyond the

real o learning new sills and into the adenture

o learning how to lie lie to its ullest. With that in

ind, the Centers o Light will begin oering a new

series o lectures called the Light Lecture Series.

These classes are designed or those looing to gain

the sills necessary to lie happier, ore ullling anproductie lies.

Each class will explore the principles that goern

the topic and will proide practical instruction

designed to help you aoid rustration and

disappointent, while woring toward success

and epowerent. There will be aple tie or

questions. >>

The Light Lecture SeriesA New Series of Lectures Providing Tools for Your Life

Meditation: The Basics and Beyond

La bac o mdao – ll md,

ba, laxao – ad la ow o o

o alm o dp mdao. t lcu

ac ud ow o ak quo ad cv

cla aw mdao, ad ow o apc

o mlv a y av o bo. All

xpc lvl a wlcom. >>

Spiritual Ways to Improve Your Work Life

i lcu, ud a pcc ool o mpov

ca ou mpl pual pacc uc

a pay, mdao ad vualzao. sud

wo av ud cqu av damac

wok uao, wc ca clud

aul mploym, alay a ad b wok

codo. >>

Tools for Healing Depression and Anxiety

Majo dpo ac 15 mllo Amca adul ac

ya, ad abou 40 mllo Amca adul u om

axy. Mod mdc may a dod bu

o cu m, bu a way o complly al. t

lcu cov oo cau o dpo ad axy, a

ac ud ow o ovcom m. >>

The Secret to Healthy and Happy Relationships

i’ ay o all o am kd o laop ov

ad ov aa. i ma, you’ll la abolu “mu

av” o a aly laop a wll a mo commo

mak popl mak laop. >>

Gaining Control of Negative Emotions

t lcu lp ud dy ad udad



av moo o y do’ cou app.

t moo clud a, woy, laz, a ad

lu, a wll a pav av bavo uc

a co ad o pou w ad a

akd o you. >>

Adding Spirituality to Your Yoga Practice

“Yoa” a sak wod ma “uo w god,”

ad ba a a hdu dcpl amd a a

cocou o a a o pc pual ad

aquly. A yoa bcam mo maam, owv,

a alo dvad om pual o o mply

a pycal xc. sud d pual

apc o yoa la paccal, ad-o way o pu

pualy back o a yoa pacc. All lvl o yoa a

wlcom. >>

Overcoming Bad Habits and Addictions

Addco o o mo commo u a pop

dal w vy day. i lcu, ud la

abou co ao wy addco app u

a pycolocal, mooal ad pual appoac.

sud cv paccal p o ovcom bad

ab ad addco, a wll a poal uppo o

ow av pa. >>

Attracting a Romantic Partner Who Shares Your

Spirituality

i you av a dvod pual l, ow do you d a

omac pa? i’ ad ou ju m

omo wo a mla ? La ow o

d omo wo a am lov o god ad

pualy. ∞

These lectures will be offered on a weekly basis beginning Monday, September 12.

Registration is now open! Cost is $8 per lecture.

For more information and to register, visit www.LightLectureSeries.com.



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Join us in Prayers for PeaceOn the frst Wednesday o every month, the members o

the Centers o Light pray or peace, creating a surge o

positive energy or people all over the world. Open to all

aiths, it is a chance or hearts and minds to make a real

dierence in the world. People pray or the cause o the

month: healing, spiritual awakening, love, solutions to

hunger crises, war — anything that the world needs in order

to become a place o peace. Join us!


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how ca i la wa godwa o m my l?

DAviD, CiCAg, i

god lv d ac o o u a c-

o ou b, a ou a. tou

ak ya o la o coc d o uc a

d a you ca alway cla ad d

udac om god d, vyo ca u

ad a la omwa cla dco y

k . god o appy a you m acually

wa o kow wa god wa o you, ad god

v app you wa o coopa w

a pla. t wy god mak aw o -

cly akd quo avalabl o umbl

k. Mak u you uly wa o do wa

god’ pla o you, o ma wa . g

ll ad o mdao, b you kow

ow. t ak you quo, claly omulad,

ad dc o god d you. t l o a

po. You may l mo a a , you

may om you md’ y, o may

com o you om o way. ev you a o

Ask Mother Clarehow o kow wa god wa o you,

ow o ay balacd ad wa u abou adulood.

wa you ou udac wa, you wll b bld

o wa o kow ad o ollow wa you ou

aw wa. i m, you p k ou god’

wll o you, you wll ow you accuacy o a ad

cv .

What b way o ay op ad lov w

ou pck up y om o popl/plac?niC, MinnApis, Mn

W w a cd ou a ad ada ou lov a

pac om , y fow ouwad ad o wayo av y o fow wad a am m. You

ca coo o b a ouc o pov y ad ocu o

v ad lov ad ca abou o. i o do, o

popl’ avy wll av o plac o you. L

o a dak, a all ak o da dak

a oom o u o l.

What do ma o b a adul? Wa do

lk? Wa do look lk? Wa u abou ?RikA, DRs, C

A adul ak pobly o o l o all lvl

A adul do o look o o popl o ak ca o m

mooally, acally, pually o paccally. A all

ya o av o b ud pa’ dco ad fu

c, a a joy o bcom a adul ad o coo

o oulv. howv, w w do, w d o ak po

bly o oucom o vy w do. t u

a ou pobly, w cobu o ca ma o coquc ad ma. Popl com o kow

y ca cou o u, u u ad b w u bcau w a

uwoy. W ca alo coo a pual pa o ou ow

lk, ad comm o o wav d w wa, lav

bd bod o po oblao. Wa abou all

would o b u ad wad? ∞

Do you have questions? AskMotherClare.com

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SERVICES

Sunday Service

Open to All • Followed by Brunch

no you ava suday svc!

expc p mov ou

o, pay, ad powul mo

a b you o clo coco

o god — god d you a,

d you oul, o god w.

eac svc b w a l

mdao ollowd by a mo

la dcly o pual d

o commuy, ally culma a aomav Commuo ad

poal bl.

Daily Meditation &

Communion

t bauy o god’ ac ca

b xpcd w mdao

ad Commuo vy mo

o wk. W o a 30 mu

mdao ollowd by a adad Commuo vc, wc a

wodul way o dvlop ad dp

you mdao pacc. t o

b way o a you day a o

cv lov, l ad pac o

Ju ad May. All a wlcom.

Evening Prayers

All a wlcom o jo u a d

o day w v pay ad

o. Commuy mmb om

C o L com o

o ak god, Ju ad May o

bl o day ad o o

o aud ad akv. Jo

u pad l o wold

w om o joyul dvoo.

CLASSES

Introduction To Meditation &

Christian Mysticism

Udad law o

uv ’ ay, wc wy

C o L o x o

a xplo oudao o

Ca Mycm. Op o all,

cla v a ovvw o wa

Ca Mycm ad wa

myc do, ad, mo mpoaly,

o pacpa a cac o

xpc pual wold-ad. t o co

o a. You oly av o blv

a mo lkly a pow

ad llc a a

uma llc. F o ca.

Bible Contemplation

i a aly commo xpc

o ad a paa om nw

tam ad ak, “i wod wa

a ma?” Bbl Complao a

C o L lp uavl

dp ma Ju’ ac

by xplo ou ad ou l

xpc ad ow y la o

paabl Ju au. A a ul,

cla mmb dcov ow

ac la dcly o ow

lv ad xpc. t cla

op o adua o ioduco o

Mdao ad Ca Mycm.

Tree of Life

t t o L lo a w

o pupo o uold oul

alcmcally ad op up pual

cocou o wdom o

god. topc uc a “Wa l?,”

“Wa lov?,” o “Wa

Cao?” a pd a mpl,

paccal way a allow ud o

udad, dcu, ad compla

ma. t acac a pad w powul

ad-o xpc, v

ud a abl way o coc

o aly o god’ p ad

pow. t cla op o adua

o ioduco o Mdao ad

Ca Mycm.

SEMINARS

Master Teacher Seminars

sma om Ma tac

o Od o C sopa a

oc--a-lm oppou o

cv pual ac a ca

mov moua you l. t

old ay, “o day w a tac

wo 200 ya o you ow”

appl o l ad

l-ca v. expc

o youl by cck clod

scdul o ev o coac a

P a you local C o L. ∞

Offerings



cloce rom to:

Father peter, e at her

Chryal Ceremoy,

Deer commuty,

Mlauee all clea-u,

sr Alaa, Jaelle ad glo

at wter Retreat 2011,

Re. smoe ad Zoe

Colorado, Mother Clare,

Father peter ad Mater

eora leae the Chael at

the soha peace Ceter,

amara ad Juer at the

2011 wter ee Retreat

Chcao, Matthe at

the Mlauee ier peac

Fetal 2011.



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Devotion

Devotion a o vy

lo ad pual pa. i

l o lov, lo ad coc-

o o god. i om a powul

ad pu dvoo a rum, sa

ta o Avla, sa Fac ad all

a myc pok. i dvo-

o a o all o al u o

pual l.

Fo om popl, dvoo com

aly ad y aually l a

lov-coco w god. Fo

popl, la o god a l

way om a mak

o m. ty ma god ad l

lov ad lo mmdaly. O-

av a vy poadc dvooal

l, wc y l vy coc-

d ad lov owad god a om

m ad vy dcocd

a o. Fo , la o

god w l vy call-

. ty may av a m bl ad

a o commm o god, bu

o l a lo o dvoo o lo

o god.

no ma wc o cao

you , mpoa p-

ual wok o b do. Fo o wo

aly l cocd o god lov,

ow poc ocud o

puy o a laop. O,

dvoo com aly, bcau

po aually mooal,

ad mooaly ca mak

dvoo o god ay o l bu alo

mo l. emoo ca bcom

addcv ad l ally ood o

vy moo ca bcom

a d l. i way, w mayally b wopp moo

mo a god. to coc , w

mu b mo mpl ou dvo-

o. tak all dama ou o ad

ow l. ral dvoo o

abou wa w o oulv, bu

wa w v o god.

Fo o wo a vy poadc dvoo, pual wok

o b co. i w oly o

dvoo w w a wp up by

b l, w do o cob-

u o laop w god. i

lk b a omac laop

wc you oly xp ca o

you pa a y mak a da-

mac omac u. A al addp lov laop abou com-

mm ad cocy a muc

a paoa lov. t am u

w god. W mu ow up ad x-

p lov v w w do o l

ly. i way, ou lov ca

ow dp ad mo ady.

to wo av a ad m l- dvoo a all a o popl

wo av ally cd

l. W w av u dow

ou l od o av mo

cool ad l vulably, w

alo lo pual vy. i

od o ow dvoo, w av

o op up plac a av b

pocd. A ood way o a o

vualz you a pocd ad

ad o poco

all away. t v god oyou a. L god’ pc al

woud a av pocd you

om lov. t pacc aud

vy day ad oc ow you a

o.

evy po wll b om

dp dvooal lv.

sa w aud, oo, lov add o kow god dply. t

k a ac o ud you o

dp alm o lov ad uo

w god. May you b bld o

you jouy. ∞

RvRnD UCi MiCAs

is an ordained Priest and Director o the

Center o Light, Minneapolis. She began her

study with the Order o Christ Sophia in 1999

and has been serving as a Priest since 2002.

She holds a Doctoral degree in psychology

and is currently working as a psychologist in

Minneapolis.



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bauy o all ao ad

compla u a a w

l o ad op, o w ca b

lld.

No. 2SPEND 10 mu p day

mdao u o

ca app w you.

No. 7

APPRECIATE abudac

you av

you l.

No. 8

mAkE a l o may way

you av b

bld w

abudac.

No. 5

mAkE a l ov qual,

oal o

apao you

wa o v

o ad ak

m o.

No. 9TAkE a walk oc a wk,

bl you uoud ad

joy god’ cao.

No. 6

LEARN a wkll, ak a

cla. W

you l joy

o wa w,

you wo’ b

poccupd

w old o

o wa old.

No. 10COmmIT o pak o a

la o w po p wk.

Coc w you bo o

mak a w d.

No. 3STRIvE o

op ad l

lov. W

you l lovd,

you do’ a

ca.

No. 4mAkE a l o

v

you a ady

o l o o a

l m o.

10 Ways to Embrace the Autumn Season

The arrival of autumn demonstrates the truth that change is inevitable. We watch as the

leaves that were once green gradually burst into their brilliant display of fall foliage and th

let go to carpet the ground. Many people fear change and nd themselves feeling depresse

by the arrival of autumn. Yet rather than a solemn and resistant approach to change, natur

celebrates it with a ourish of color that captivates our hearts and lls us with joy. We, too,

can learn to approach the inevitability of change with trust and joy. This season, take a

lesson from nature and learn how you can embrace the glory of change.



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When i oud C o

L Mlwauk, i l lk i

ad oud wa i ad b k-

o vlaly: om a

would al m ad b m o

l o god. i l a god

ad ld m o C o L

a a aw o my pay. t

C wa lk a bauul dam

o m. Popl lad amo-

ouly ad i’d v popl

wok o o amlly. i

wa’ lo bo i ocd

x-doo apam complx’ “o

” ad movd o i could

b clo o C. i ba

ad vy pobl (ad

v om o pobl, lk

w i wa cau covly do

my laudy a C ad wa

mdd a i wa’ acually

ovc poam).

i ally dd’ xpc o b vd

o b a ovc. i wad o lv

a C, bu i dd’ kow

w o a could app. so

w i wa vd o b a ovc

all o 2009, i wa upd,

ockd, ad o xcd o mak

pual a my ull-m pu-

u. Wa would

b lk? i ad o

d ou!

t i

lad w i

movd o

Mlwauk ovc

ou wa a i

ally dd’ kow

muc abou lv

w o popl.

i wa moly ud o lv alo

ad av a lo o m o cludmyl ad u my woud.

i my ow coud wold, i l

appd ad cod, lk a a-

mal a o aack ayo

cam oo clo. Wa ally m?

Dd i ally av muc oubl

l comoabl aoud o?

t aw wa dly, “Y.”

i ju pdd a wa’

ca, kp my l-mapoppd up ad o a away.

t x b i lad wa

a i dd’ kow myl vy wll

– o my u l, d o

mov. t o ovc av

b a mo o m, kdly -

fc back o m d way

o myl ad uppo

m my ow alo way.Alou i dd’ udad a

, i ba o alz a i dd’

av o do vy o my ow,

ly olly o myl.

L ovc poam a

b a ady clmb upwad

owad b okay w my l

ad accp myl a i am. i

ally v ad a oppouy

o b aoud uc a xampl

bo, ad av lad may

mpl ad dp lo. now plac, wc md o al

bo, a bcom my om – a

popl i lv w i ow co-

d amly. t C o L

a bcom a plac o lov ad

ay o m, a xpc ulk

ay i could av mad.

hav popl wo accp m

w way, wo a o

abou ow i ac w m, do muc o buld up my abl-

y o u o. i am mly

bld o b lv .

W i v my lav ad

d, i ca l ow d a

laxd i am, ad ow muc mo

abl i am o lov o ad o b

u. i d, i o la

i ally xpcd o wadom ovc poam. i o

o co a a poal cam,

wc i ad cad w i wa

vy you – a , a paao

a kp m away om Ca

y, ad coquly, Ju ad

May. i a macl ad a a

o m o av ad -

laop ad udad a

i ow av. i’m u may kav ou , bu i am poba

bly la po a i, o ayo

wo kw m, would av u

would b , do wok. i

am a vy oua oul ad av

b v muc. ∞

Matthew Jones, Milwaukee

L i f e a s a Nov i c e : I n

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