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The Eyes

I am always amazed at how far your eyes can seeIt’s not the conquest of visionit is a surrender to the unseeable. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Unfree Poem

A poem is a bird in a gilded cage a pining soul on a weeping page. Open the door but still it stays Close the door and it flies away. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Coffee Shop Selfie

Anyone can stage a prolific book, a computer, salt and pepper butterscotch cookie, and a steaming cup of cappuccino – heart swirls and all. Photoshop it to misty tears. But really – what’s going on in this picture? Nothing. Nothing … Continue reading

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Inside out

How is it that such vast encounters can be taken in by the small portals of our eyes and ears. Perhaps it is already within us – and it takes but a single ray of light to illuminate the entire … Continue reading

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Nothing is ours

All I have reminds me of all I can lose.. unless we accept that nothing is ours tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Up is All Around

Letting go of apprehension and looking up, is really nothing more than submitting to the natural condition of a buoyant mind… There was a fish who envied the joyful expression of parched land travelers who stopped to sip nourishment from … Continue reading

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Who am I

I am the contents that has no container.   A sinner when I do right and a saint when I do wrong.   I am the feeling that you’re not alone and the reminder that you are.   tis nothing … Continue reading

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Be, Choose, Change

There is the world we desire and the world we are in, and then there’s the world we choose…  only the third matters… Some people make a living outta dyin’ – i’m just dyin’ to start livin’ And sometimes being … Continue reading

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exists

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Priorities

Our true purpose lures us away most strongly from the shores, when we are caught in the clutching current of the routine. so go ahead, be late for that staff meeting… tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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