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(soft uplifting music)

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- You were experiencing a circle today.

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This is just to expose
you to what it looks like.

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Some of the things that
happens when it's in a circle,

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and what can it do for you,

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as an individual, or as a professional.

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We have to close the circle now.

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And when we close the circle,
since we had to open it,

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and of course, you have to have a closing.

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We're gonna close it with a poem.

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I usually, with kids, kids
come up with songs and dances.

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They can really close out a circle.

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I'm not that great and wonderful, okay.

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So, I have to use a book.

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So, I'm gonna get my book over here.

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This is the book I told
you I use for everything.

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The wise woman's stone.

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A wise woman was traveling
in the mountains,

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found a precious stone in a stream.

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The next day, she met another
traveler who was hungry.

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And the wise woman opened
her bag and shared her food.

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The hungry traveler saw the precious stone

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and asked the woman,
can you give that to me?

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She did so, without a hesitation.

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The traveler left feeling
excited and rejoicing,

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because he knew that that
stone was worth a lot of money,

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and would take care of him
for the rest of his life.

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But a few days later,

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he came back to the old
woman to return the stone.

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You know, I've been thinking, he said,

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I know how valuable this stone is.

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But I give it back to you,

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in the hope that you can give me something

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even more precious.

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Give me what you have inside of you

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that enabled you to give me that stone.

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That is the end of our circle.

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And I thank you so much for participating.

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(clapping)
(soft uplifting music)