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It’s Getting Worse

The worse things get, the closer we are to change. Lethargy, indifference and fear have tied us to this downward spiral. How bad does have to get to awaken people to look for a different way of being? Changing the … Continue reading

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Save the World

Save the world Stop the evil… Too big a job for me, Lord. My training wheels still wobble, my knees are scabby; I’ve not yet learned how to save me. Be a peace, Wee One, I ask only for your … Continue reading

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Big Eye

Big Eye all seeing but understanding little until I becomes we united to 1

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Put Out the Fire

Put out the fire. The fields and floresta burn. Our Mother rumbles in the belly of the Earth. Put out the fire. Wake-up children, a new day dawns. Greed is being transformed by love. Put out the fire. The fields … Continue reading

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In and Out

I go in and out of believing. How is it that I can be so sure some times and so afraid it is wishful thinking other days? At times my “What ifs…” feel so heavy upon my back, other times, … Continue reading

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Leaders?

Why do we follow leaders, placing all our hopes in them? There are many wise ones who point the way, encourage us when we are down, help us to see our worth. Yet, there is a price to pay–for them … Continue reading

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My Own Way

God, Allah, Creator, Source Fragrance in the wind Twinkle of a star Whisper in my soul Thunder on a summer day The Presence of God is everywhere, yet we know Him not. I am within the mountain, yet feel so … Continue reading

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Shades of Green

How many shades of green color the pallet of the floresta? How many kinds of love fill our lives? We say that we love chocolate, puppies, our children, family, friends, and, oh yes, God. Are there shades of love or … Continue reading

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Crooked Trees

Why are some trees crooked and others straight and tall? God makes us different in many ways, and simply loves us all.

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What If….

what if there is only the Creator lying under a tree making up stories about you and me?

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Joining Hands

Many groups are forming, learning to live with loving concern for each other,yet there remains a separation…the other 99% and we. It is a start, I agree, yet there is a “but…” in this thinking for it is not true … Continue reading

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Walking Among the Trees

Blue skies with nary a cloud, air crisp and clean. Mother Nature beckons me to walk quietly among her trees, sip water from clear streams. I wander here and there. The quiet murmurs of the floresta stills the busyness of … Continue reading

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Where Is He?

God, Allah, Creator, Source… A fragrance in the wind The twinkle of a star Whispers in my soul Thunder on a summer day, yet we know Him not. I am within the mountain, yet feel so far-away. Like a wee … Continue reading

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Different Languages

We speak in different languages, words build stories in which we live, first a prince mounted on a might steed, battle banners flying, shouting words of justice, revenge, of battles won, blood spilled, words hot with harm. Next comes another … Continue reading

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All I Can Do

I can only do what I can do. Please be patient with me. Often, my “best”is not very good. I can only do what I can do. We are all in this together. With unity we can succeed. I can … Continue reading

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Water, Water, Everywhere…

fog rain steam snow cloudspuddlesriverspondsoceans if we had never seen water, how difficult it would be to understand what it is no wonder we have trouble perceiving the magnitude of God

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Wizard of Oz

Wizard of Oz Great decepter Smoke and mirrors Nothing is what it seems Does this yellow brick road lead to heaven or is it just a fairy tale? What if the joke is on us?

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Handle

i need a handle something to hold onto at times i feel so close but then i slip away pursue, retreat capture, release am i making progress or filled with self-delusion? what is it that i seek? so strong is … Continue reading

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How to Love All

I do not believe we gain God’s love by negating ourselves. God’s love does not have to be “earned” for unconditional love just is. In fact, it is our inability to love ourselves and each other that keeps us from … Continue reading

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Who God Loves

The prince loves the princess, but can not love an ugly crone. nor take her to his castle and let her call it home. I can love puppy, a roach I can not bear. The man in the gutter, I … Continue reading

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Squiggly Line

A squiggly line moves across the page looking for words that lie hidden in my soul. The poem is silence crying out to be heard, yet no one hears this heart too closed to share. So I remain imprisoned in … Continue reading

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Unity

U s instead of me N earer my God to Thee I lluminate my heart T hankfullness is the key Y ou before me We long for unity, to belong, to be accepted, understood, loved, yet our nature is self-centered. … Continue reading

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Confusion

Come here, go away I want you, I don’t. This exhausts me and I am sure it does you, too. Moments of passion, years of fear, I’m so confused when you’re near.

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Batter Up!

Life is what it is: little of this, some of that; some strike out when they come to bat. Home-runs are not for all, yet each must play this game of ball. Batter up! Support your teams, life is seldom … Continue reading

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Scars

My scars are not forgotten but rather reinvented as works of art. I sing the songs of pain of days past not yet buried for they are waiting to be transformed into wisdom.

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