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NOT BY CHANCE<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n I come here again this morning \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n And I share them with you \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n And I’ve learned \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n (c) barbara kausteklis 10-2-13<\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Written for this week’s CPC “Meet and Greet is for the Meeting of Minds.”<\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/111650\/meet-greet-is-for-the-meeting-of-minds\/<\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Thanks always for your visits and comments.<\/font><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n ~barb~<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NOT BY CHANCE \u00a0 I come here again this morning where we’ve gotten together at least a time or two before, as the words of my heart have spilled onto this page and have been left to rest here exactly where they fall. \u00a0 And I share them with you in a meeting of our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,42,29],"tags":[89,159,5705],"class_list":["post-111676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friendburst","category-people","category-photography","category-poems","tag-barbarak","tag-cpc","tag-meet-and-greet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n <\/font><\/p>\n
\n where we’ve gotten together
\n at least a time or two before,
\n as the words of my heart
\n have spilled onto this page
\n and have been left
\n to rest here
\n exactly where they fall.<\/font><\/p>\n
\n in a meeting of our minds
\n in this place not known
\n just a short while ago,
\n but which already holds
\n a special place in my heart,
\n where like minds can meet
\n and share friendship
\n and fun
\n as they create
\n and they laugh
\n and might even
\n shed a few tears
\n of sadness
\n and joy
\n and emotions
\n in between.<\/font><\/p>\n
\n over these many years
\n of living this long life,
\n that though accidents
\n do occasionally occur,
\n no rhyme nor reason known,
\n so many things
\n happen for a reason
\n (even though not known
\n to any of us)
\n and are clearly
\n meant to be.<\/font><\/p>\n