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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;">Note to Self:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>How to Receive Love</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> </p><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Do not shrug off</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">the gift of the</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">stranger’s smile,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">the friend’s embrace,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">the grandchild’s hand</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">in yours.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">There are so many ways</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">to receive love.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">All of the offerings,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">small and not-so-small, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">together could fill </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">and nourish </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">your hungry heart,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">if only <a name="_GoBack"></a>you would</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">recognize and</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">welcome them in.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">All your life</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">you have wished to be</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">one of those regarded as</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">open-hearted and loving,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">The truth is,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">it is not that</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">you give insufficiently.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">It is that you do not</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">replenish the supply</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">by accepting fully</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">and consciously</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">all that is offered</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">to you.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Maya Spector</div>
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