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6 Reasons Why Progress, Not Perfection

I read this phrase the other day. 

Progress, not perfection. 

It got me thinking about the lightness of the former versus the weightiness of the latter. 

• Progress is fluid and open.  Perfection is rigid and inflexible
• Perfection is exhausting.  Progress is invigorating.
• Perfection wears a mask.  Progress is transparent.
• Perfection is endless because you never get there.  Progress is endless because you're always there. 
• Perfection focuses on what's not working, the flaws, the not-enoughs, the old paradigms.  Progress looks at what is working, the improvements, the discoveries, the aha moments that come from the realization of looking at things in a new way. 
• Perfection is obsessed with time.  Progress doesn't measure time because it's right now.  It's a continuation to the next right-now.  And, the next. Progress represents the inbetweens, the moments between milestones and goals reached.  

There's beauty in progress.  There's simplicity.  There's freedom in the unknowing of what comes next.  There's wisdom in the path that led to the now. 

Progress is the path. 

Let's live there.

 

Cindy Yantis is the Thought Changer Blog owner & curator.  She is a writer living in Los Angeles.  For more info: CindyYantis.com

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Epiphany of a New Thought – Now What?

By Cindy Yantis

“I had an epiphany.” 

We’ve all felt that inspiring moment of realization at one time or another, the powerful insight that was going to change everything.  It’s a great feeling, right?  

Okay, you had an epiphany.  So, now what?  

While reading Step 2 in the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous this morning – yes, I admit I’m an overeater – I was hit by a wave of epiphany.   

As part of my work in this program I’ve committed to “no dieting”.  Dieting, I’ve learned, for me is an aspect of the compulsive behavior that’s part of the problem and not the solution.   Intellectually, makes a lot of sense.  But, as a lifelong planner, my mind got to working: how was I going to shed these extra pounds if I don’t diet?  Hmmm.  I have to figure this out.  Cut portions?  Cut bread?  Cut chocolate?  Cut sugar?  Cut carbs?  Cut, cut cut.   What, so now I’m a cutter?  All of a sudden I pictured myself as a paper doll, trying to stay on the lines as I cut out a perfect image, slicing through the parts I don’t like.   Ah, therein lies the dark side of dieting, the mysterious abyss that is full of magnets covered in maple sugar, Parmesan cheese and size 4 jeans.    And, on the other side of the abyss is a life of freedom, of acceptance, of willingness.       

I’ve read Step 2 several times; it’s all about surrendering to a power greater than us.    Again, intellectually I buy into this.  I meditate, pray and journal everyday, asking for guidance and aligning myself in gratitude for what’s working in my life.  I get it.  But this time I read it with that question in mind, “How can I drop these extra pounds if I don’t diet?”   That’s when the epiphany came.   That’s when I realized I hadn’t “gotten it”, not really, not at a cutter level, not where I live.  The question floated into my mind and then the words on the page leapt up to meet it.   “God loves us in our totality and is willing and able to help us in everything we do, that God will help us with every decision, even food choices and amounts.”   There it is.  Epiphany.  The bells tolled over the abyss and a faint bridge appeared, albeit a transparent one but nevertheless a bridge, to the other side of acceptance and willingness. 

Now what?

It got me thinking about epiphanies and how often they show up in our lives.   A light turns on, we have an aha moment where a realization hits home in a way it hasn’t before.  It’s enlightening and can be life changing.  

But, this is where the rubber meets the road.  What we do with the epiphany - the awakening - is what matters, right?  The doing looks different for everyone.  Sometimes the doing is not actually “doing” anything.  It’s being the epiphany.  Living the realization, one day, one hour, one moment, one second at a time.   It’s returning to the feeling evoked when the bells of epiphany first started ringing. 

The first step is to recognize it’s a new thought, a new feeling.  It might bring up some fears of the unknown and fears that we won’t be able to stay in the new thought.   The first tendency might be to turn the other way, to go back into hiding behind the old frame of mind where it’s familiar and seemingly safe.   That’s my habit sometimes. 

But, the second step is to stop.  To breathe.  To remember.  To align our new feelings with the new thought.   Ahhh.  To relish in that space. 

The third step might be to share it with someone.  As soon as you give voice to it, the resonance deepens and starts to become part of your physical, emotional and spiritual vernacular. 

A little bit today, more tomorrow and so it continues as you listen with a more familiar ear for those bells of epiphany to toll until they become part of your life’s symphony. 

 

Cindy Yantis is the Thought Changer Blog owner & curator.  She is a writer living in Los Angeles.  For more info: CindyYantis.com

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Angels in Pickup Trucks

By Cindy Yantis

The snow was new, with over a foot falling in the past 24 hours.  It was fun to be out in it and I like to say I was getting my “fix” of winter wonderland before heading back to LA.  And, to make it all the more wonderland I was coming back from having a heart-to-heart lunch with my 19-year-old “old soul” of a nephew, Kirk.   

We were pushing the clock, trying to stretch time before I had to leave for the airport.   And, as is so often a way of life in December in Michigan, the road held surprise patches of ice.  One such patch seemed to suddenly appear as we approached a back up of cars stopped on a two-lane road outside of town.  Brake lights appeared and in an instant we were swerving onto the shoulder and into the yard, thankfully without a ditch, with all four tires of my sister’s car buried in snow. 

Huh.  After a stream of expletives I said, “Honey, this isn’t good.”  My first thought was that I was going to miss my flight.  But, Kirk sprung into action, calmly and without comment, except to say, “Wow, that seemed to come out of nowhere.”   So, I followed suit and we dug the snow out from in front of the tires, trying to create a path back to the road.  This was going to take awhile. 

Seemingly out of nowhere, a pickup truck then crept off the road and stopped behind our car.  The young man driving the truck said, “So, you got yourselves stuck.” “Yeah, we did.” “Well, let’s see what we can do.”  So, he pulled back onto the shoulder, hopped out, crawled in the truck bed and started pulling things out from under the snow. He pondered each item, a rope, a wide strap, and then settled on a thick chain.  All of this without a word.  We kept saying thank you in various ways, and he just nodded or smiled.  He was a man with a single focus. 

Then, again out of nowhere, as our savior worked on hooking his truck to our car, a second pickup truck stopped.  The driver, another young man, fully tattooed up his neck and onto his baldhead, sat for a moment in his car.  Then, he jumped out, grabbed a bag of salt from his truck bed.  He swooped in saying, “I don’t have any time and I have my kid in my truck but here’s a bag of salt to help pave your way.  Have a blessed day and a happy new year.”  And, then he was gone.  By now, the chains were in place and our first trucker pulled us out of the snow and safely back onto the road.  We thanked him profusely and he gracefully wished us well, happy new years all around. 

The entire event took 14 minutes.

Kirk and I looked at each other and he said, “What just happened?”  I said we were just taken care of by angels, angels in pickup trucks.  It reminded me of other times in my life when angels seemed to appear out of nowhere, helping me out of this jam or that hiccup.  It got me thinking about how we’re all connected, we’re all one, sharing a human experience.  We are, at our core, the same.  There’s a kindness and a collective generous human spirit that is palpable and delicious. 

We decided we really didn’t need to tell anyone about what happened.  There was no harm done and everything was fine and still on schedule.  I said that this would be something I’d love to write about on Thought Changer because it brought to light one of life’s delectable metaphors, but I couldn’t this time.  He asked me why and I said because it would out him.  He was driving the car. 

Kirk looked at me and said, “Please write it.  I’ll be upset if you don’t.” 

“Really?” I asked.

“Yes. Promise you will?”  Then, he held out his fist and I bumped mine against his.  Promise made.

So, thank you angels driving pickup trucks.  And, wise nephews with old souls. 

Promise kept.

 

Cindy Yantis is the Thought Changer Blog owner & curator.  She is a writer living in Los Angeles.  For more info: CindyYantis.com

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Be the Snowflake

By Cindy Yantis

"We're heading into heavy snow."  I heard someone in the airport utter this as he got ready to board my flight.  Flights were cancelled, roads were closed, plans were diverted, all due to heavy snow.

I find the phrase "heavy snow" intriguing.  It's hard to think of anything lighter than snow.  Or to break it down further, there's not many things lighter or more delicate than a snowflake.   Each tiny piece of frosted crystal sweet and unique, completely different that the millions of other perfect ice sculptures cascading down along with it.  They create a silent symphony of white and calm, of peace and newness.  That is until there are too many of them all at once, storming on top one another so that they’re packed into a heaviness that can become treacherous, even deadly.  One could imagine the breezy conversation taking place among them.  “What happened? Just a moment ago we were free and easy, living a light simple existence.  Now, we’re an avalanche.” 

It got me thinking about life’s everyday moments, and the thoughts and projections that inhabit those moments.  A moment is as light as air, as fleeting as a whisper.  And, it leads seamlessly into the next moment, which is entirely different than the moment before and the moment just after.  But, we can become so bogged down in the past, reliving old stories over and over again, or so trepidatious about the future, packing expectations and fears onto the moment, that the present moment is so heavy and burdensome like an overloaded water balloon, that it explodes leaving a soggy mess.

But, if you think of each moment as a snowflake, light and delicate and a precious creation that floats into the next snowflake, then it really helps keep a lightness and a present-ness about your own presence.  

Eckhart Tolle in the The Power of Now, says, “As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.”

Think about how light each moment would be if you just went moment to moment without piling the past and future onto it. 

Take some time to slow down.  Notice.  Allow each moment to be it’s own unique experience.  Like the snowflake.  

Be the moment.  Be the snow.

Living in Your Divinity

"He was in his divinity."  That's what Sheryl Crow had to say recently about watching Michael Jackson in action.  She had toured with him early in her career and remarked about standing off stage and witnessing his genius at work, about how he seemed to go to a different place.  "He was in his divinity."

We probably all know, or have seen, people who seem to be doing exactly what they were put on this earth to do.  You know it when you see it.  There's nothing sexier or more attractive than a man or woman in his or her element.  Sometimes they even appear to glow.  They seem grounded, confident and things drift easily to them, whether it's opportunity, money or circumstance.  

It got me thinking about purpose and mission and why-are-we-here, which I think about a lot.  A lot.  I believe, after studying the works of Marianne Williamson, Jean Houston and other thought leaders on this topic, we are here to evolve into our higher selves, and to continually seek our own divinity or genius element.  When you're there, you're connected to the cellular you, your divine purpose.

Have you had a glimpse of your higher self, of your divinity?  Slow down for a moment and think of a time when it felt like all cylinders were clicking at once; when time and space became inconsequential, because in the place of divinity, time and space don't exist; when you felt closest to, or one with, God; or when you felt a sense of ease like never before.  Everything flowed from one moment to the next to the next.  Sometimes the divinity lasts for only a moment. But, when you're doing what you were meant to do it can stay with you.  Your consciousness raises to a place where you're most connected, tapped in and turned on to the divine.  When it happens over and over again it becomes your own vortex of divinity, generating a force of energy that brings more of the same to you, so that eventually it's where you live.

That's your genius at play.  Your genius thrives on a higher plane, where all of our higher selves live. 

How to get there? 

• It's an everyday study where you continue to ask yourself the deep questions. Deepak Chopra says if you truly live the questions, the answers will present themselves. 
• It's slowing down and recognizing the divine moments when they happen.  Where are you? What are you doing? How do you feel? Track it backwards to remember how you got there. 
• It's getting off the grid. Turn off technology for awhile. It's noise that interrupts the flow in the divine place.
• It's releasing all judgment, of self and others. 
• It's focusing on nothingness.  Slow down the brain and meditate into nothingness, as in practicing yoga or prayer. Out of the nothingness comes centered focus that leads to higher thought.
  
• It's striving for excellence in everything you do.  Excellence in one thing leads to excellence in all things.

In moments of doubt, go back to that place; remember your personal divinity, your glorious purpose.

Can you imagine a place where we all live in our divinity?  Where a sense of genius is commonplace and expected? Where expectations and judgment don't exist?  Where we are free to be?

Oooh, I'll meet you there.  We'll have a playdate.

 

 

Forge into the Unknown

There were so many amazing photos posted recently of the Blue Moon.  It was awe-and-then-some!  I took several moments on my patio, breathing into the seeming expansiveness in the air created by the sight of the magnificent orb.  I tried to get a photo, but couldn't capture it.  The best one I found was posted by my friend John Tamerlano on his FB page, so I'm borrowing it!  Thanks, JT.

Just looking at it creates a sense of wonder about what lies beyond it.  It got me thinking about the Unknown and what an impact, good and bad, it can have on our lives, and how the prospect of the Unknown can bring on excitement, anticipation, fear or terror in varying degrees or all at once. 

As we strive to raise the level of our playing field we will continually approach and cross the threshold to the Unknown.

To my way of thinking, it's the actual threshold that has a tendency to hold us back.  It's the threshold that can symbolize the self-imposed barriers that keep us from forging into the Unknown. The fears that are in and of themselves not real because they are the types of fears that were born from past moments, past behaviors and experiences, past outcomes.  They were in the past, not in the present threshold moment.  

A threshold is by definition "an entrance or a doorway." It is also the "place or point of beginning; the outset."  And, to take it further, a threshold is "the point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response."  

And, if you break it down, the Unknown in this reference means "it" just hasn't happened yet.  So, crossing the threshold into the unknown simply means beginning something that hasn't happened yet.  If you think about it with that scaled down perspective, forging into the unknown is like everything we do, every second of every day, because every moment is new and hasn't happened before.

Marianne Williamson says that "we either move in the direction of fear or we move in the direction of love." It's a choice. When you approach an unknown, whether it's a new scary project, or a request for help, or a huge job opportunity, take a breath as you approach and reach that threshold moment.  Ask yourself which choice you are going to make, one of fear which will likely keep you stagnate, or one of love which will propel you and give you forward momentum.  

Listen to the wisdom of your body. It knows the difference between the love and the fear. That gentle inner voice always chooses love.

• Do a sense memory exercise. Think back to a time when you were completely fearless, when you had no inhibitions.  What did it feel like?  Remember the ease, the effortlessness?  
• Feel called to break the rules. Say it outloud, "I release the urge to play it safe."
• Let go of the need to be right.
• Take the first step, every day.  Then, another. Then, another.
• Don't try. Do.
• State your self-beliefs as a creed, or manifesto. "What I have to offer I offer with love. I am not cookie cutter. I'm unique. I have an unusual power. I'm good at forming my own communities. I make valuable contributions as a leader. A storyteller. A communicator. I am fearless." 

Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Do one thing everyday that scares you.”  Yes, even when you make the choice to move in the direction of love as you forge into the unknown, it may still seem scary.  But, it's because you haven't done it yet.  It may still seem scary.  But, do it anyway.  

Choose love. Forge into the Unknown with a knowingness that it's no longer unknown. 

 

Cindy Yantis is the Thought Changer Blog owner & curator.  She is a writer living in Los Angeles.  For more info: CindyYantis.com

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Rekindling Possibility

By Cindy Yantis

A recent dinner with dear old friends conjured more than just catching up.  Sure we did a quick rewind through the last three years since seeing each other.  But, with this particular family of friends I always leave much more grounded and inspired than I was at hello.  And, we echoed many stories being told around many dinner tables right now, stories of challenges faced, jobs changed and upcoming choices being made.  There was a shared rekindling taking place. It's the same theme after every encounter with my friends, the Googasians. 

I left them after dinner and walked across Ocean Boulevard in Santa Monica to gaze out over the ocean.  It was vast and dark and  mysterious.  But, stealing the scene from the ocean was the ferris wheel whirling on the Santa Monica Pier which was bustling with activity.  The ferris wheel was a sight to behold.  At night it glowed with a vibrant spinning kalaidescope of color. 

As I marveled from a distance it hit me what the theme of the evening was.  "Rekindling Possibility."   And, at dinner we sparked in each other a kaleidoscope of possibilities. We challenged each other with thought provoking questions about life, career and love.  I wish I saw them more often; I'd be a better person for it.  

A kaleidoscope is a cylinder of mirrors reflecting colored objects resulting in a surprising, ever-changing and magical vision.  A possibility is an unknown potential outcome that holds promise of success.  So, it's intriguing to think about rekindling your possibilities by looking at them through a kaleidoscope lens.  

• Be limitless - what have you always wanted to do or create in all the areas of your life?
• Brain noodle - ask yourself open-ended questions, then allow yourself to not answer them right away. Write down what comes to you over the course of several days.  I call this noodling.  I'm amazed what comes to mind sometimes when I set the question in motion and then noodle it around for awhile.
• Let the colorful ideas flow - turn the kaleidoscope around and look at trying something in a completely new way.  
• Keep learning - take a class or read a book to expand your horizon of possibility.
• Believe - it's important to have full conviction behind your possibilities.  When you believe it can really happen, energy shifts toward making it a reality.
• Embrace the mirrors - your possibilities are mirrors reflecting your truth. Be honest with yourself and let your heart be your guide.

Finally, stir up your possibilities on a daily basis.  Reflect on them.  Shine a light of curiosity on them. Expand on them.  Accept their promise. 

And, breathe as they become reality. 

 

Cindy Yantis is the Thought Changer Blog owner & curator.  She is a writer living in Los Angeles.  For more info: CindyYantis.com

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When Something Doesn't Sit Well - Authenticity Rules

By Cindy Yantis

Something doesn't sit well. And, when something doesn't sit well, you can feel it, right?  It goes against the grain. It can wake you up in the middle of the night. Why is that?

That happened recently, believe or not, when I posted a photo of the new Mars skyline on the Thought Changer Facebook page.  A friend sent it to me and I was so blown away by the awesomosity of it that I just had to share it.  The photo went viral with over 3300 people seeing or sharing my posted photo over the course of a couple of days.  What I loved about it is that it brought new visits and members to Thought Changer, the place where we share authentic views and ideas to expand the mind.  Very cool! 

Then, I found out the photo is counterfeit.  A fake.  And, I didn't remove it from my page.  And, it didn't sit well.  And, it woke me up in the middle of the night.  And, then it hit me.  Keeping the photo up on my page became about something other than what Thought Changer, and me for that matter, stand for.  It became about being popular or more well known.  It became inauthentic.

It got me thinking again about core values, standards and principles that guide our lives. Your core values are the lens through which you gaze when making decisions, large or small.  It's intrinsic and organic. 

Authenticity is one of my most important core values, as is Transparency.  This incident went completely against both of these core values, and it just didn't sit well.

So I did some investigating, looking through my authenticity and transparency lenses because I wanted to address this in a way that opens and expands the mind.

Authenticity and transparency are cut from the same mold, they share the same DNA.  Transparency is the mother of authenticity.  Interestingly, I would say that transparency is also the mother of inauthenticity because transparency shines a bright light on both. 

Boy, when you see the authentic and counterfeit photos next to each other it becomes transparent very quickly which is which, like the good and evil twin.  The counterfeit suddenly looks really fake, too colorful, too perfect, too cartoonish.  And, the real one looks multi-dimensional, mysterious and full of possibility, way more cool than the fake in my opinion.

 

Authentic Mars Photo

Counterfeit Mars Photo

I'm certainly no planet expert, but iDigital Magazine did an informative piece on how to tell the difference between the fake and real photos, as did Discovery Magazine writer Phil Plait, who first broke the story about the shameful counterfeit.  The authentic photo came straight from NASA, where you can check out more Curiosity Photos from NASA.

Whew! Now, I can sleep better.  The lenses are clear and the mind expanded!

When something doesn't sit quite right for you, take a moment and examine the feeling.  Look beyond the face value of whatever is in front of you.  Look at it through the lens of authenticity when deciding what works for you. What feels right.

Pretty soon it will become clear what to do.

 

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What's Your Born Legacy?

By Cindy Yantis

The notion of legacy washed through my consciousness several times recently.  I took in the new flick, THE BOURNE LEGACY, which in my opinion did nothing to add to Robert Ludlum's real legacy as a prolific writer of mysteries, including the Bourne novels, which were full of rich levels of intrigue and character.  This new one, not written by Ludlum, not so much.

CBS Sunday Morning did a profile on the late Marvin Hamlisch, celebrating his life legacy of music. As I watched it I remembered seeing Mr. Hamlisch live in Detroit when he conducted the orchestra for Barbra Streisand. I was moved to tears the way his music transported the audience down memory lane.

It got me thinking about the art of legacy and what that means.  What is a legacy and how do we decide what ours is to become?  Or are we even the ones who decide our own legacy? 

A compilation of web definitions describe a legacy as: An achievement that lives on after a person dies. 

Hmm.  To my way of thinking, a legacy is more than that.  I would posit that it's born by living a life with a purpose of creating a legacy that has a ripple effect beyond us.  In other words, be a living legacy - live your life in a way that leaves a lasting contribution, while you're still living.

Start by asking yourself the question, "How do I want to be remembered?" 

Your own self-discovery will help answer that question.  These might help:

• What talents are you known for? Is it a creative talent such as a writer, painter or musician; or a certain knowledge where you're an expert such as a scientist, engineer or economist?
• What special characteristics do you have that you're recognized for? Are you a wonderful teacher, or parent, or organizer?
• What kind of impact do you want to make?  Look at the impact you currently have on people in your life, directly and indirectly.  Don’t belittle the significance you have in your world already.
• Will your lasting impression help or change the greater good? How?
• What lessons have you learned that you find yourself organically teaching to others, whether it's merely giving a friend, child or parent advice, or whether it's a more global imparting of your knowledge? 

Any or all of these help to comprise what is your legacy, your gift to the world.

Be a living legacy.  And, remember that the actions you take, the words you speak, and the impressions you make launch a ripple that ebbs and flows, continuing long after you've moved on to the next action, word or impression.   Armed with this knowledge, you're empowered to take an active role in creating the legacy you were born to create.  Your born legacy.

 

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Finding the Path of Least Resistance

By Cindy Yantis

One of my favorite photographers, Jennifer Kelley Lublin, posted this mesmerizing photo this week. 

Photo by JennKL

I could imagine myself on this path and wondered what kind of magic lay just around the bend.  The trees seem to be willing to lend a helping hand or to part their branches to shed more light along on the way. Wherever it leads, I want to go there.

It got me thinking about life's journey and the many paths, full of twists and turns, that are available to us every day.  Which to take? Which way to turn when a fork presents itself?

The big moments and life-altering milestones many times present themselves as these forks in the road, where you have to make a decision.  Sometimes it's scary and really hard to make that first step. 

This is where the magic of the Path of Least Resistance comes in. Have you ever been faced with a change and suddenly, seemingly without effort, the opportunity presents itself?  Then, you flow easily through the change and you know it's right?  That's the path of least resistance.  One of my best friends had been contemplating for many months a big life move to NYC.  Everything in her career, heart and body told her that this was the next thing.  But, it's a big scary decision to uproot everything and bite into a huge unknown apple.  Suddenly, word got to the right person and an amazing rent-control apartment literally jumped into her path.  From there things just fell into place and she's on her way.  That is the path of least resistance in action. 

It's about flow.  And, it's about listening to your own inner voice, which is always your greatest adviser and your greatest advocate.  Whatever your belief system, that inner voice is your divine guidance.  If you're paying attention, the path of least resistance finds you. 

• Slow down and listen to your voice as well as your body signals.  When the hairs rise on the back of your neck let that guide you to being present with what your body is telling you.  You know when it's right.
• Don't suppress an inspiration. Encourage it. Nurture it.
• Pay attention to the yes voice.
• And, equally important, pay attention to the no.  Is it a 'no' out of fear or a 'no' that feels settled in your bones.  If it's out of fear, take a time out to breathe into it.  Then take the first baby steps on the path. As you go along, if it's the path of least resistance there will be help along with the way, like the trees in Jenn's photo.
• Keep your eyes open and stay awake so that you're able to see the bubbles of opportunity that float into your vision along the way. 

The path of least resistance doesn't mean the work along the way is always easy.  But, it does mean being aware, recognizing the opportunity and surrendering to the flow.  When you do, the magical path of least resistance is the easiest path of all. 

For more of JennKL's trees, go to: http://bit.ly/JennKLtrees.

 

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