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Stop Trying So Hard
"Stop trying so hard,"says my cat,pausing while grooming,left hind leg still extended upward."We're not going to love you any lessbecause there's dust on the credenza." Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Credo
I do not believe in hell, nor in the efficacy of war. I believe greed destroys and fear creates monsters where none exist. I believe in humility, the resilience of the human heart, and the revelatory nature of our nightly… Continue reading
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The Cat Shop
There is a small shopin my obscure little neighborhood,staffed solely by cats. They sell cans of cat food, or course,and a variety of toys made of feathers, yarn and strips of colored foil.They also carry catnip,from the run-of-the-mill, Petsmart kindto… Continue reading
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Namaste
"Namaste":this simple Sanskrit greetingboth opened and closed our yoga class.I was told it meant,"The divine in mewelcomes the divine in you,"a sentiment I experienced then and honor now. In the years since,I've discerned there are many ways of understanding "Namaste,"just… Continue reading
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Come to Me
Come to me;kick off your shoes. Come to me;let slip the mask.Breath.Smile only if you want to.Cry when needed.Speak your mind. Come to me;regroup;hide. Come into peace. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Seated at Dinner
Seated at dinner,others talk around me.I don't mind.I watch you across the table,a forest dense and enigmatic.I will explore your labyrinth of hidden paths.Somewhere within is the still, sun-filtered clearingof which I've dreamed. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading
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God in Love
Why is God so in love with us–humanity gone mad–divided, violent, greedy? Because love is,by nature,irrational. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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El Shaddai
A choice today:ally yourself with hopeor with despair. On the back stoop of your lifewait two buckets–one filled with cat crapscooped from your heart's litter box,and the other filled with milk and creamfresh-squeezed from the aching udders of God. Why… Continue reading
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Not Always So
Yesterday,a scare with the cats: hours of anxious waiting, hours of driving, thirsty for reassurance, hundreds of dollars, hundreds of tears.and suddenly,all is well. Just like that,all is well–we are home– the cats more appreciative… Continue reading