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On Journaling
Journaling can be good and healthy and helpful. Journaling can also bog us down. Some of us journal and rehash all the things that we obsess about anyway, so the journaling is just an extension of our usual mental clutter.… Continue reading
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Dinner for One
I lay the cloth, smooth it with my palm.I arrange the blooms, fuss them into place.I deal the plates, space them evenly.I fold and refold the napkins, creasing them into flowers,then pockets, then simply rectangles.I align silverware, savoring the cadence… Continue reading
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The Garden of Pain
Poet and author John O'Donahue describes our suffering as time in the "garden of pain," a place in which our time is "not wasted or for naught." This interior space of pain is not the wasteland we typically imagine, not… Continue reading
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What I Hold
What I hold that is not mine, spoils. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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When Someone You Love Is Gone
When someone you love is gone, either because of the loss of relationship, distance or death, all of what was between you and that person (or other being, like a pet) has no place to go–the affection, for example, or… Continue reading
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Righteous Anger?
There's no such thing as "righteous anger." Anger destroys your clarity of vision. Angry people aren't elders or wise leaders, because what they give is anger, not insight or compassion. Yes, it's healthy to identify the injustices of the world.… Continue reading
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$5 Quotes
I wish I could remember all of the great quotes I come across in listening and reading.I could be seen as much cleverer than I actually am. The wise me writes them down–or at least flags them–to stumble across later, It's like finding… Continue reading