<div dir="ltr">Y<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">es, Eric. That's exactly the right attitude and what one needs to do when suddenly trapped in an unpleasant physical situation. And still, all the pains and suffering along the way are part of the experience you would never have (and appreciate) at a young age. </span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Recapitulating the past with a positive mindset elevates us to a new <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">stage </span>of development. I am happy to share all this with like minded folks.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-family:arial,sans-serif">And I am thankful for this aging which actually remains only a mindset, like the winter clothes you don't wear in the summer. <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Move slowly, but keep walking ;-) Behaving like the sloth animal does not mean you remain stuck in neuronal chaos. Thank you for your wishes too. Chosing, accepting and dealing with challenges is our human destiny forever. </span></span><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Blessings,</span></span></font></div><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Plamen</span><br></span></font><div><div><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><br></span></font><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM OARF <<a href="mailto:eric.werner@oarf.org">eric.werner@oarf.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dear Friends,<div><br></div><div>Thank you Plamen for this positive message!  One important caveat is that even if the body acts up in the ways it may as we get older, it is important to remember that the pains and discomforts and inabilities that may appear, are often reversible with the right attitude and exercise. It may not feel that way at the time, but with the. right method, your back to feeling good.  </div><div><br></div><div>I recently had an episode of back pain due to improper lifting of something.  I felt suddenly OLD, and understood what many may feel like as they age.  But though it looked pretty grim, I forced myself to do careful but consistent gentle exercises and  realized a steady improvement back to normal.  My will overcame my prejudice about what I was supposed to be able to do at my age. </div><div><br></div><div>So attitude and confidence and not giving up is important when physically challenged. </div><div><br></div><div>Most of you have exceptional brilliant minds and to keep your wonderful gift, mental exercise, as you probably know, is essential. And I don’t mean scrabble. So let you mind run, no matter what the calendar says about your supposed age. Your mental age is even more flexible than your physical age.  That includes starting a new conceptual foundation that no one has tried before. Why not? Go for it! </div><div><br></div><div>-Eric</div><div><br></div><div>********</div><div>Dr. Eric Werner</div><div><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ericwerner.com__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!TX5WidqQQT6FBPAoe81Dp_3n1OR5HeMpMT3RC0kR83rH_xlo0qgmW4B6YA2DUVBIpaXmGfiqrrxh1FQafDSHRGSywd6d$" target="_blank">www.ericwerner.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 4, 2026, at 10:48 AM, Plamen <<a href="mailto:plamen.l.simeonov@gmail.com" target="_blank">plamen.l.simeonov@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Dear American friends and all the FISers who have kept feeding their American spirit throughout the years,</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Happy anniversary of this gr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erif;font-size:20px">Her work doesn’t promise immortality or miracle reversals. What it does is far more unsettling and far more hopeful. It suggests that<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">how old we feel may shape how old we become</strong>.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-58c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">The Counter-Clockwise Experiment</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-c41f" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">In 1979, Ellen Langer designed what later came to be known as the<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">“Counter-Clockwise” experiment</strong>.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-3bdf" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">She invited a group of men in their late 70s and early 80s to spend a week at a retreat. But this was no ordinary holiday. The retreat was carefully designed to look, sound, and feel like it was<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">1959,<span> </span></strong>twenty years earlier.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-bae6" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">The furniture matched the era. The newspapers were from 1959. The radio played music from that time. Television shows, conversations, and photographs reflected that year</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-cd90" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">The men were asked to<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">live as if it were 1959</strong>. They were told to speak in the present tense, discuss current events from that time, and behave as though they were their younger selves.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-9eaa" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">What happened next surprised everyone.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-0124" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">The Results That Made Scientists Uncomfortable</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-9f26" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">After<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">just seven days</em></strong>, there were measurable biological and physical improvements:</p><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:none"><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-b50b" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:2.14em">Better posture</li><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-2657" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:1.14em">Increased grip strength</li><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-be03" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:1.14em">Improved hearing and vision</li><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-2ec9" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:1.14em">Faster movement</li><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009e347" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:1.14em">Enhanced memory and cognitive function</li></ul><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-1ea9" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">No new medication.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">No special exercise program.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">No diet overhaul.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-c682" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Just a shift in<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">context, attention, and belief</strong>. The body, it seemed, was listening to the mind.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-c29c" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">Why This Experiment Still Matters</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-2ea9" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Ellen Langer wasn’t claiming that time can be reversed.<span> </span>She was pointing to something subtler and more unsettling:<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">we unknowingly participate in our own ageing.</strong></p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-1ac8" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">We tell ourselves stories: “I’m too old to learn this.” “At my age, this is normal.” “What do you expect? I’m not young anymore.”</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009e124" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Over time, these stories harden into rules.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">The body follows instructions remarkably well.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-8a64" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Langer’s research suggests that<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">many age-related declines are amplified and sometimes triggered by expectation rather than biology<span> </span></strong><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">alone</strong>.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-020b" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">Ageing vs. Awareness</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009ebeb" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">One of Langer’s central ideas is<span> </span><em style="box-sizing:inherit">mindlessness,<span> </span></em>the way we operate on autopilot, following labels and assumptions without questioning them.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-f4ea" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Age is one of the strongest labels we carry.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-27e1" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Once we accept it, we limit our movement because we “might get hurt”, we excuse forgetfulness instead of challenging it, we outsource strength, independence, and curiosity to “the young”</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-aebe" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">The Counter-Clockwise experiment didn’t make the men younger.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">It made them<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">more present,<span> </span></strong>more attentive, more engaged, more alive.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-f2fa" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">This Hit Me Harder Than I Expected</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-960d" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">I first came across this experiment casually, the way one stumbles upon an article and expects nothing more than a mild “interesting.”</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-be52" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Because I recognised myself in small, uncomfortable ways.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-1919" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">The times I avoided learning something new because it felt “too late.”<br style="box-sizing:inherit">The moments I blamed fatigue on age rather than routine or mindset.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">The subtle narrowing of possibility that creeps in quietly, politely, almost invisibly.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-007a" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">What if we’re not tired because we’re ageing but ageing because we’ve grown tired of being alert?</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-22e4" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">Mindset Is Not Denial</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-de30" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">What happens if we replace:</p><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:none"><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-4bcb" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:2.14em">“I can’t” with “Let me try”</li><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-8828" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:1.14em">“That’s normal at my age” with “Is it?”</li><li id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-232a" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;list-style-type:disc;margin-left:30px;padding-left:0px;font-size:20px;margin-top:1.14em">“I’m done” with “I’m curious”</li></ul><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-13d0" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Small shifts.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Big consequences.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-2d3a" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">Feeling Younger Isn’t About Acting Young</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-1828" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Langer’s experiment didn’t ask participants to dress younger or behave foolishly. It asked them to<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">engage</strong><span> </span>— mentally, socially, physically.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-7b6f" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Feeling younger, in this sense, isn’t about denial.<br style="box-sizing:inherit">It’s about<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">participation</strong>.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-2902" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">What This Means for Us, Right Now</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-b555" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">You don’t need a 1959 retreat to test this idea. Experiment this from TODAY. From NOW.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-c428" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Ask yourself:<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">What am I no longer doing because I decided — consciously or not — that it’s “too late”?</em></p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-0379" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Then tell your mind you are at the age where you can do it. Stay in this mindset for a week and see what happens.</p><h2 id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-5153" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:sohne,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:30px;letter-spacing:-0.016em;font-size:24px">The Real Takeaway</h2><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-226f" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">The Ellen Langer experiment doesn’t promise youth. It offers something better —<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">agency</strong>. It reminds us that while we can’t stop time, we can stop surrendering to it prematurely.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-8c37" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Ageing is inevitable.<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Ageing unconsciously is optional.</strong></p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-66a2" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">And sometimes, feeling younger begins not with turning back the clock but with paying attention to the moment you’re in.</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-3f92" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">I enrolled myself for piano and singing lessons. I am planning to learn Spanish.<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><em style="box-sizing:inherit">We are not limited by our age, we are limited by what we tell ourselves.</em></strong></p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-4ad8" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Thank you for reading.</p></div></div></div><div role="separator" style="box-sizing:inherit;display:flex;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:14px;padding-top:24px;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.8);font-family:medium-content-sans-serif-font,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;border-radius:50%;height:3px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0);width:3px;margin-right:20px"></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;border-radius:50%;height:3px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0);width:3px;margin-right:20px"></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;border-radius:50%;height:3px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0);width:3px"></span></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.8);font-family:medium-content-sans-serif-font,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Open Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:flex"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;width:680px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 24px;max-width:680px"><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-0ea6" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">Thank you for reading.😊</p><p id="m_2899931333976559473m_-4398701446284100009gmail-452b" style="box-sizing:inherit;word-break:break-word;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:-0.003em;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:20px">This article is published in Women Write Publication. A growing, strong community built by women for women. All thoughts are welcome.</p></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial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we do, it will be by remembering the Founders and their clever ship construction.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>🇺🇲🇱🇺🇮🇱🥸🌐😭😛😨😵‍💫😎🤠🥸👿👺👽🙊👁️👄💅🙇🙋💁🙆🙅🤷🤦🙍🙎🧑‍🦼🧑‍🎓🧑‍💼🧑‍⚖️🧔💏🌹🍁🌈🌘🐻🦌🦩🐞👹💖🛌🧛🍪🍩🍯🎇✡️🔯🕎👁️‍🗨️🧑‍🧑‍🧒 '"HAPPY FOURTH of JULY"anc  consider the alternatives!!!</div><div>Bernie</div><div><br></div></div>
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