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Earth is home to many cycles. The water cycle, the air cycle, the earth cycle are among them. Systemes created to build, break down, reuse, and rebuild. All of that grinding, melting, molding, fusing, is science’s magic of making one thing into another. While it all follows a pattern, it all looks like chaos. Such…
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The spending of time is not something we have a choice of. We all do it every moment of our breathing lives. Like the count of seconds ticking away in a parking meter, we can not transfer them to another payment method once we have decided where to spend them. But unlike a parking meter,…
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Water is one of earth’s natural mirrors and puddles, the perfect place to start an adventure. Do you view self reflection as an adventure? I would argue that you should. Taking a good look at ourselves is scary. Is there something there we don’t want to acknowledge? There are also many good things about ourselves…
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This world has broken my heart. So much discord, and lost faith. I turn about, not knowing who or what to trust. Broken trust is not a laughing matter. But I have hope. You see, I trust in a God that has made it his business to fix things, and they are always far more…
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Is it sinister? Or two sisters bearing their souls to one another?
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They are small, they are fierce. Why do we underestimate them so? Why do we deny they are reflections of what still lives deep inside of every adult heart? Cherish those hearts, be they in the bodies of 2-year-olds, or in full-grown adults with all our learned coping mechanisms. It’s never too late to be…
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I am so small, and that climb is so high. There is no railing. What makes the difference? A guiding hand to help me hold my balance and keep me from filling backyards while I take one step at a time. What if I can not find that hand? What if I am alone? What…
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Do you thrive in the quiet? Or in the none stop rush of the spinning world? Each element has its own worth, and we can find each within the other if we look closely. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef Photo sourced from unsplash.com
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Even when the sky is overcast, a sunflower always knows where to look. I am envious of this nature. “How can you just KNOW?”“I just do.” A snippet of a conversation I have had on more than once occasion with someone close to me. How can you JUST know? It is a nature given to…
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The word ‘art’ usually invokes images of paintings, drawings, or maybe woven tapestries from a different time. Or maybe the word ‘art’ brings a favorite story to mind, or a famous poem, or sculpture. But art is so much more than those things, and lives in so many places. The hands of come in all…
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