Spiritual Bridge

 Spiritual Bridge

 

© April 06, 2023 

 

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Rehabilitation from murderous attack strong:

 

kith/kin/emotional support pets healing support.

 

By second year though loneliness prevailed:

 

revivification goals were being derailed.

 

 

Economics alas were below poverty:

 

finding communal low-cost challenge.

 

Divine guidance free Bridge instruction:

 

had no clue as to its power of seduction.

 

 

 

Learning started as dominant social need:

 

surprise epiphany for also mind exercise.

 

Touted by medical/influential luminaries:

 

resonated with my zodiac sign of Aries.

 

It was game that novitiate could play:

 

with someone who was expert yet win.

 

If novice got right cards, success deserved:

 

skilled opponents none the less reserved.

 

 

It became a quandary though for me:

 

social more important than competitive.

 

To most, winning was the ultimate goal:

 

losing analogous how the bell doth toll.

 

 

Game involved partnership interaction:

 

agreement crucial for enjoyment play.

 

Needed confrères spiritually concurring:

 

opponents were kith/kin soul stirring.

 

 

Example is Grace Christian school athlete:

 

retreated from finish line to help fallen mate.

 

Similar young girl came back for collapsed peer:

 

sportsmanship that resounds in hallelujah cheer.

 

 

History has stories of rival athletes:

 

pure sportsmanship role modeled.

 

Stirring precedent competitive nature:

 

`love other as self’ is nomenclature.

 

 

Fortunately, variety of allies are astute:

 

they too agreed `thouing’ precedence.

 

However, for me also is caveat:

 

disrespectful opponents take to mat.

 

 

Those times I want `A’ game on:

 

for I abhor poor sportsmanship.

 

I even pray for divine assistance:

 

superior play to winning distance.

 

 

Thus, I am polyphrenic in nature:

 

each game reveals unique persona.

 

Subconsciously tuned in higher design:

 

what is best for `then’ is what will shine.

Thus, opponent’s win means same to me:

 

their victory enriched and validated.

 

Communal Joy is sacred empathy/respect:

 

everyone wins is common denominator effect.

 

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BRIDGE; Signs That a Game Promotes Health and ...

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com › 2001/01/18 › arts › bridge-si...

 

Jan 18, 2001 — Alan Truscott Bridge column discusses Prof Marian Cleaves Diamond finding that playing bridge spurred immune systems of elderly women bridge ...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_(astrology)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge

The phrase “for whom the bell tolls” comes from a short essay by the seventeenth-century British poet and religious writer John Donne.

For Whom The Bell Tolls: Mini Essays | SparkNotes

SparkNotes

https://www.sparknotes.com › lit › mini-essays

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_and_Thou

 

takedown

NORTH AMERICAN

noun

1.   1. 

a wrestling maneuver in which an opponent is swiftly brought to the mat from a standing position.

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/04/1126776697/jim-redmond-derek-olympics-sprinter-father-dies

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1144378/athletes-helping-rival-athletes-5-examples-of-true-sportsmanship/

10 Inspiring Examples of Sportsmanship

Ohio University

https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu › Blog

1. Anton Gafarov and Competitors at the Sochi Winter Olympics · 

 

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/10/12/athlete-week-grace-christians-geremu-daggett-colton-merriner/

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/1144378/athletes-helping-rival-athletes-5-examples-of-true-sportsmanship/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Houston

Jean Houston on Twitter: "We are polyphrenic with many ...

https://twitter.com › JeanHouston › status

Jan 22, 2010 — We are polyphrenic with many different personalities within, each one more allowing its own particular skills.