Humility
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Dress the World in God
When I serve you tuna casserole, or a toasted English muffin, or a chilled martini up with a twist,I don't just serve you,I also serve the Beloved. When I iron a shirt, it's not only your shirt, … Continue reading
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When Have I Said Enough?
When have I said enough? When the bucket of insightscrapes across dry stonesat the bottom of the soul's well,is it time to stop dipping? After years of welcomingthat refreshing splash,anticipating the clear, cool newnessraised sloppily to the surface,running icy cold… Continue reading
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Mean Thoughts
I spend too much timerounding up mean thoughts,hoarding trivialities,trapping mice in my moldy cellarand keeping them in cages in the living room. Why do I value them so?Why not simply let them go?Why not turn them loose in the field… Continue reading
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Midlife Wedding Day
We shall spend our lives together.I feel rather more certain of this at 58,than I could have at 25 or 40. We shall be together when one of us dies–not a morbid thought, but comforting:either I will hold you,or you me,and one… Continue reading
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Prayer
Creator of the universe,I humbly seekyour presenceand your peace. Amen. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Parrot
In my dreama parrot appearsof such diverse and bright colorsI am unable to breathe:the beauty, the daring vibrancy–it cannot be of this world. And then I realizeit is you;somehow,in a world of white, gray and black,you are mine. Text and… Continue reading
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Mirrored Elevators
Why do so many elevator manufacturersline elevator wallswith mirrors? It could beto give potentially claustrophobic closetsan anxiety-reducing sense of spaciousness. It could be to feed our vanity. It could be that elevator designersare generally a good-looking lotwho figure that viewing… Continue reading
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Stand
Stand.Stand in silence.Stand with eyes downcast. You are passing by,and you are worthy of honor. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading