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Just for Today
Just for todaystop trying to get somewhere.Stop wanting anything in particular. Instead,experience where you are.Experience who you are. Just for today,let the mud settle.Let the water clear. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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I Sit
Often, words are not the needed thing. Continue reading
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Mind Grinding
"Get out of my way!"I say to my mind."Stop bleating and blaring and blocking mewith endless analysis,with relentless reasoning." It does that.It can grind perfectly lovely creativity right into the pavement. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading
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Core Word #1: Stillness
Just saying, hearing or reading the word stillness quiets me. I'd say I strive for stillness, but that's a contradiction. Stillness isn't something you go after, but something that descends on you when you stop striving or going after. To… Continue reading
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The Love of Snow
It is snowing–big, wet flakes coming out of a gentle, quiet, gray sky. There's no anger in this snowfall, nothing being whipped, thrown or driven. It's simply snowing. It's snowing simply. This snow invites: "Watch me," it says. "Enter me;… Continue reading