Loss
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Comrades
Why do we fearour comradesfrom the underworld? They represent the realitythat underlies, undergirds us. If we are willing,they revealthe truth beneathour wearying effortto control, stifle, fathom,that which we fear will fracture us. Where darkness and light meet– beneath the… Continue reading
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India, July 31, 2012
670 million people without power1/10 of the world's populationtwice as many people as live in the UStemperatures over 100 can you imagine? count your blessingsyou could live there, not here;it wasn't your choice Text and image © 2012 by Dirk… Continue reading
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Small and Cool
The sanctuary,baked by the low, western sun,swelters. But meditation stills the body,and a stilled body cools–cools as the need to do evaporates,cools as only being is required. Cools.Stillness cools me.Coolness spreads to/from those around me,those who, like me,release into less.… Continue reading
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Aurora, CO, July 20, 2012
Take nothing you lovefor granted. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Fear
Emerson advises us:"Always dowhat you are afraid to do." Make a list–perhaps just five items long–of those thingsyou fear the most to do because the risk is to great, the potential ridicule too painful, the possible loss deadly. This week,do one of them: … Continue reading
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It’s Easier
It's easier to say, "I'm superior,"than to say, "I'm afraid." Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Game, Part 2
I was tackled;no one said there would be tackling.I was chased down the field;no one said I'd be running scared.I swung bats at imaginary balls;"Whose side am I on?" I cried. "Life!""Work!""Relationships!" Something wooden whacked the back of my head.I… Continue reading
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The Prophets
See that manlying crushed beside the road?He was a prophet,run over by someonetoo terrified to hearhis words of liberation. See that womanstrung up on the fence?She was a prophet;they used her rainbow ribbonsof equality and unityto bind her to the… Continue reading
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Losing
Defeatbrings me back to authenticity.When I am vulnerable,I am awake. Why seek successwhen successmost certainlyself-deceives? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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A Mild Panic
Daylight filters through the blinds,and with it, a mild panic– another day of challenges I'm ill equipped to face, another day of disguises to don, another day of unrehearsed roles to play, another day of moods to muster. It's called:Doing my job. And I… Continue reading