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This side of heaven, where do you suppose this side of heaven is?
“It’s not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It’s far, far away.
Behind the moon, beyond the rain.”
So said the rubyslipper-ed one just before she sung that unforgettable
song: Over the Rainbow.
Behind the moon, beyond the rain…is it [...]

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When They Sleep

I’m usually not in the business of pilfering poems.  I like to find my own that resonate with me to post here; yet I’ve shamelessly swiped this one from Panhala because it so spoke to me – such a softness and a gentle yielding in this poem.  You can join Panhala at panhala@yahoogroups.com, if you [...]

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Existence is beyond the power of words
To define:
Terms may be used
But are none of them absolute.
In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no
words,
Words came out of the womb of matter;
And whether a man dispassionately
Sees to the core of life
Or passionately
Sees the surface,
The core and the surface
Are essentially the same,
Words making [...]

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To see a world in a Grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
~William Blake~

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I love what Wendell Berry writes of in this poem.  A Mother’s love
that is so willing to rest always in love.  No matter what little or big
things come up, that love remains.  In other words, those things
that can come up — she ‘pays it no mind’.
Believing in someone is always a force for the good.  [...]

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Why does an easy path, so clearly marked
it is impossible to lose the way, seem thorny,
rough and far too difficult for you to follow?
Is it not because you see it as the road to hell
instead of looking on it as a simple way, without
a sacrifice or any loss, to find yourself in Heaven
and in God?  [...]

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