I Am Thankful...

 

I am thankful for each one of you 

and for the opportunity to be in The Academy, 

which has been and continues to be a gift. 

I can say that 

while the machine holds gratitude 

for this space and opportunity, 

it is not an overly emotional gratitude. 

This is because 

the equation of personal work and soul is complex.

I had no conception 

of what it meant to "work on myself" 

when I met the Academy and Mervyn. 

It is only after the long process (for me) 

of trying to Remember Myself, 

a struggle that is still ongoing, 

that I am able 

to begin to stand on the foundation 

of all that School and Work represents. 

This is where my thankfulness resides. 

Because it is the process of seeing myself 

in the eyes and I's of you, 

my fellow students, 

that I am able to begin 

to shed that which is false in me 

and hopefully begin to be filled with that which is higher.

~J

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