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Tag Archives: choice
Lights flashing in the night- February 21
Lights flashing in the night, Two cars stopped Going opposite ways And a policeman gesturing. He looks safe. I worry for him That those he has stopped will do him harm; Only because he has Chosen to stand … Continue reading
the blank edge – September 12
9.12.2016 the blank edge is what we fear that there will be no beyond beyond it is a step of faith everyday that the path chosen is not a sham. ———————-
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Tagged choice, faith, fear, hope, leap, mortality, path, resurrection
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blank possibilities – April 9
4.9.2015 blank page filled with unspoken words not yet condemned condensed into jottings open. possible. intuiting. maybes. until the page is un blanked into a specific good, bad, or other. then it’s gone. ——————–
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Tagged choice, commitment, decision, frustration, general, openness, poetry, possibilities, specific, writing
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Francis – March 2
3.2.2015 the trappings of earthly weal, home, hearth, fortune let go for the eternal non-trappings of heart, health, and soul brother Francis you lead the way. ————— Monday in 2Lent ——————-
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Tagged choice, Christianity, commitment, faith, Lent, Lent Madness, radicalism, saints, soul, St. Francis
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parched skinny sky – November 29
11.29.2014 across a parched skinny sky flocks skim southward on an unconscious inner guide we know nothing of. aliens from feathers and fin we observe but connect not. stretched afar by our self-chosen distractions, we have lost touch. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal knowledge, birds, choice, choices, dissonance, distanced, distraction, humans, innate, intuition, knowledge, migration, nature, observer
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saying no – July 23
7.23.2014 saying no, letting go letting down or honoring so body wisdom, heart’s command heart’s direction instead of sand. ———————-
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Tagged choice, direction, discernment, focus, path, resolution, self, soul, tension
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mower world – July 18
7:18.2014 atop my mower world beater, creeper, steeper I demand nature to my call until the froglets flee tiny, leaping, terrified for their lives and I count the cost of living, and having mercy. I … Continue reading
not now – April 22
4.22.2014 not now, I said I don’t want to think about it now. now, she said the time is now and if it’s not, not. so I went with it. smart choice. ————————
Lent Prayer 39 – April 12
Lent Prayer 39 purity of heart, said Kierkegaard, is to will one thing but I do not, and the tear rends me with confusion. quiet my heart O Lord that I may see your path forward and … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, Christianity, confusion, heart, Kierkegaard, Lent, Prayer, purity, simplicity, soul, torn
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Lent Prayer 28 – April 1
Lent Prayer 28 Spring waters flow through the ice sluice like grace melting away at my frozen sins. first a seep, then a trickle, then a roar at the joy that flows free when we let it. —————-
