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		<title>Up to Higher Ground #196 </title>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Rhythm of Life]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Up to Higher Ground &#160; Another space is here for me.  &#160; It seems that it comes even when I love where I am.  &#160; Even when I have become&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Up to Higher Ground</span></h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another space is here for me. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It seems that it comes even when I love where I am. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even when I have become quite comfy with the steps that have become known to me. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The sun is showing me the way again this time so I will go with it as it is also going up to a higher ground. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being at the end of this space is also being near the beginning of a new one so I will go forward with that in my rhythm. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This time, what the sun showed me came as the peak of summer rolled into view and I sat with the one who is my compass star. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We were sitting in our comfy places and asking what we could do next. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comfort is the thing we had created in our spaces to be able to bring a pause. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The sun had been shining high above just moments before and now it was time to talk.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This came as we developed a deeper way to take our discussion up a notch. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love can do that, and it did for us. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you believe in love that can last for a lifetime? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I do. In fact, what you may also see here is a twinkle of what can last even longer than that. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The light is catching our eyes, and we are in the middle of life. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not too sparkly, not too pristine. Life was moving fast this day, so a picture was taken quickly before the moment was gone. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was something I learned to do decades ago so it continues now. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Capture the light and shine and keep going. </span></p>
<h2>I go with the flow and rhythm of going up to a higher ground.</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a song that comes to me often when I go with the flow and rhythm of going up to a higher ground. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THpkPLfx_Bs"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You Take Me Up by the Thompson Twins</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> starts with a toe tapping beat and quickly adds in more as the lyrics bring in a story. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is one that weaves through hard work, friends and love.  </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a part of this song that brings both a solo then the harmony of a group together. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s think about that for a moment. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can life be like that? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being on your own in hard work can make some people go around and around. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Planning, scheduling, being in all the places on your own. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is also where a person is able to know what to do next, how to get things completed and the joy of finding their resilience. </span></p>
<h2>Is this when higher ground is found?</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is this when higher ground is found? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking for someone to join you on the daily grind of life can be another piece to think about going solo. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or to join someone for an adventure once in a while.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When is there a time to bring in others to help go up to higher ground? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For me, deciding when to plan on my own and when to bring on someone is part of what this song brings to me each time I turn up the volume and dance. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hard work is what I have relied on for another lifetime and what I have been able to count on. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s up to me and the hours I put in.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet this doesn’t really create harmony when seeking a way to take others up to a higher ground. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh yeah. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s what this can also be all about. Not only putting myself in or taking myself out. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There was a childhood song before and now it is time to go into this next version of the space. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My heart is no longer at odds with hard work as the rhythm of life as it is also about friends. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In fact, the glimmer of life is all about this</span><a href="https://juliapearce.net/2022/10/25/youre-my-best-friend-63/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> best friend</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as we go about life with love.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I will go back to this again and again.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Having friends who will have your back, side and all your pieces. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That is the work of this realm. </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coming up to higher ground where the two steps of this dance feel joyful, with next answers and alongside all who want to be here.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let the sun show you what is possible as you go to your higher ground. </span></p>
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