purpose
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The Central, Sacred Question
"At the center of your life," she said,"is a central, sacred questionThat question guides everything you do,your goals, your relationship…everything." "But what is the question?"he asked. "That's just it," she said."It's different for each of us.Some state it without hesitation;others… Continue reading
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In the Trailer Park
In my 20s,while attending graduate school,I lived in a trailer parkin Kalamazoo, Michigan.Many daysI'd go running around the outer edge of the park,a distance of about 1/4 mile.I'd run around and around the same narrow, asphalt street,past the same rusty… Continue reading
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What Have You Been Doing?
What have you been doing all day? Trying to find meaning.Seeking to settle.Searching out words and images that capture one moment's truth– one simple insight– one fleeting, tenuous slip of something to hold before it escapes, … Continue reading
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Obliquity 3
Upon my gravestonesomeone writ:"He got lots done,but that was it." Text, image and audio © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. To listen to this poem Download Obliquity 3 Continue reading
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If I Am to Serve
If I am to serve,then whom?when?where? Asking the questionsdelays the answers. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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You Have a Purpose
Todayyou have a purpose,a calling.Someone you will meet todaygropes toward hope,stumbles, fumbles toward the light,light radiating solely from you,solely from you. Thus you are sacred. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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For My Books
The spine of the book must be brokento be open to be usefulto be full. Preserved, pristine,shelved, admired,untouched, unsoiled,this is embarrassement.These are the volumes pointless and sad. Bent edges, torn pages, brown stains, stuck leaves–all this is yes.I've done something,… Continue reading