To go outside on a cold winter day, to avoid fast food, to step out of the grey, is to step beyond the tribe, the nation, the throng. It is the listening to geese, squawking a song.
Can’t go to church, can’t go to school,
No putting on uniforms, nor dodging the fool. The virus has come; it’s natural revenge, for racing away from what Nature intends.
We may seek meaning beyond what is around us, a cosmic significance to the virus beside us. But there is meaning in being in belonging, but no meaning beyond, what it is to belong.
For we are owned, spirit, soul and spleen,
And held by a Hand, and meant to be seen. We do belong beyond our vocation,
Children of the Great Integration.
And while you may isolate at home for a while, Thou belongs to Me, and I to Thou.
And this is no longer a trial.
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Ideals and Identities
I am an internationally and domestically (Canada) experienced educator and writer who impacts people’s lives by helping them bridge social barriers through language and concept education, and professional teaching and learning opportunities. But more than this, I want us to be encouraged to inhabit fully the Kingdom of God.
My educational background includes formal training in Philosophy and Metacognition, Linguistics, Religious Studies, History, teaching certification, and ESL practice. But it also includes many years of travels/residence throughout North America, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Northern Europe. Within this has been the study of other languages with various proficiency, and and intimate awareness of Zen meditation studied in South Korea.
Importantly, I am a husband and a father, and in those roles and others, I have a wide reach of connection in various international communities.
Raymond Klassen - Ideals and Identities 
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