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Living Halfly
Whether in a community of faith,a circle of friendsor a partnership with one,we all need a safe space to be authentic, to speak our truth, to reveal our emotions. Until this happens,we live halfly. When this happens–when… 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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Dreaming
The Transcendentinvades my dream–bulldozes the fences,mows down the weeds,blows out the windows,reveals all,and says,"Here–here is what's real,thriving and alive in your subconscious:believe it;embrace it." And I awakentransformed. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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My Soul
My soulis a temple in ruins.Where thousands once worshippedonly the common starlings–black against the cracked white marble–pace and peck for seeds. Only a soul in ruinsallows in, without constraint,the sun, rain and wind,the incense of pines,the glow of yellow daffodils,the… Continue reading