“…but Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.”—Luke 2: 19 He read in the predawn morning—body, mind, and spirit waking slowly in self-ritual well before rising of the sun. Something struck, an affection that moved within; and when it came, he rose and moved to a small table where he wrote […]
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REFLECTION IN ASH
“The presence of the Lord implies liberty, the one follows the other; for the more intimately present the Lord is, the more free is man; that is, in proportion as he is in the love of good and truth he acts freely. Such is the nature of the Lord’s influx by means of angels. […]
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A DIGITAL LIFE
The world will not miss our digital presence. The existence of such presence is, itself, little more than distraction to the true act of living. In such engagement, we defer life in favor of fast, synthetic absorptions. We affix hopes of impression upon images and words posted for affect, stimulating mind and emotive […]
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HINDRANCE
“What is the greatest hindrance to good?” “Reticence and the idea that—for it to be good—it must be reciprocated. Good is the reward in and of itself, not recognition nor reciprocation. Should it be returned to us, it is only further blessing. How often to we wait and watch for it to […]
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A BRIGHTER WORLD
Maybe I’m a fool, but doesn’t it sometimes take a fool to believe a better reality; and if a fool lives this better vision outright, can he not guide others into his belief? I’ve lived in the portrayed presence of our Today. I don’t buy its darkness anymore. I’ve discovered something more. It is […]
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EYES, MINDS, AND WORLDS
I like believing what I share might add a positive to someone’s day, might show someone that they’re special, raise their spirit in some small way. I like beginning my mornings seeking to create something kind, a ray of light because I believe—a beginning like that—can illuminate the rest of a day. Maybe I’m […]
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VALUE
I don’t know how to impress people when I want. I don’t know how to attract attention when I seek it—not that I want it often or from many—but there are times when I do. I used to be able to walk onto a field and just take over. I could outrun, outhit, outhustle […]
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RIGHT TIME
I don’t know if there is ever a right time to say something. I’ve found that if I wait, hold something back I wished to give, the right time becomes past and words I wished to speak remain unsaid. When sharing, I’ve found words and acts offered unexpected, or unwanted, most often come out […]
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POWER IN A SMILE
My heart fixes fast when it feels a similar spirit. It won’t force or fit to what does not pair, but when it senses another like itself, it desires strong to learn its company. I used to think I was messed up, that my affinities were first to the flesh, and that—because I saw […]
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CHIMERAS
“…it is one of the fatalities of humanity to be condemned to eternal combat with phantoms. It is difficult to seize darkness by the throat, and to hurl it to the earth.” Chimeras are not real. They never were. The lion exists. A goat is real, serpent too, but not the way Man […]