Growth
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The Burning Bush
I am the burning bush,engulfed in flame,but not consumed. I am the burning bush,scorched by cruel circumstance,but not destroyed. I am the burning bush,charred by soul-lost longing,but not devoured. I am the burning bush,beckoning in the desert sun,God's voice, unheeded.… Continue reading
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Thinning Walls
How thin these walls have become,the walls between youth and age, between the conscious and the unconscious, between this world and the next, between my heart and yours, between our hearts and theirs. Permeable.Translucent. Through ever-thinning wallsI hear other voices.I… Continue reading
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Lacking Scarcity
There isenough. I amenough. I live as ifthere isn't enough: not enough time, not enough money, not enough sleep, not enough room, not enough accomplished… But there is alwaysenough. And I am alwaysenough. Text and… Continue reading
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The Abyss
He stands at the edge,in his head believingthat the plungewill not kill him,will, in fact,free him. Yet his heart quakes;blood rises to his face;heart pounds;breath comes shallow and fast. "Thar be monsters,"he has heard,monsters that loom large in the dark,yet… Continue reading
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The Puzzle
Pieces of my lifeeverywhere… …forgotten at the bottom of my sock drawer, slipped behind the shoe rack in the closet, abandoned in the cabinet in the guest bathroom, tucked into a photo album, lost among WordPerfect docs on my hard… Continue reading
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First Session
Barely 30 minutes into the first sessionand the therapist observes:"I think that perfectionismis also an issue." [pause] "It is,"I admit. "Why didn't you check itin the inventory?" Fair question. "Because being a perfectionistis a flaw,and being a perfectionist,I can't admit… Continue reading
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Therapy, Again
The therapist summed it up: "You have unresolved grief." "You are anxious and at times depressed." "You need help getting your thoughts under control." "Perfectionism makes all of this harder to embrace." So there it… Continue reading
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The New Question
For a very long time,the question of spiritual identityhas been,"Who are you?" Now is the time for a new question:"Whose are you?" We are God's.We belong to one another. As Desmund Tutu said,"I am because you are." Text and image… Continue reading
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Virgin
So I sat at the dinner table,a boy too young to know about sex,its power and complexity,but already a student of the Bibleand therefore, for me,a young woman pregnant without being marriedreflected, echoed the virgin Mary. When my brother announced… Continue reading
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Your Opinions
Why do you insiston judging every circumstanceas good or bad? Circumstances just are. Imagine the freedomof not evaluating,not formulating yet another opinion.* You exhaust me. You exhaust yourself. *unnecessary, unsolicited Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.… Continue reading