Tag: spirituality
group name: toughplanet
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December 11, 2006 10:46 AM EST --
i was walking at a mall just last sunday when i chanced to stand beside a tall christmas tree. it was so beautiful and so well lighted and decorated with so many fancy adornments -- silver stars, . . . more
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November 05, 2006 04:15 PM EST --
for me, i think,it is a bane
to have an intellect that knows so much --
that knows Compassion
and yet is not compassionate,
that knows Service
yet does not serve,
that knows Wealth
yet does not . . . more
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December 08, 2006 08:57 PM EST --
countlessbodies on the beach lying
but they are not sunbathing
people are atop tree branches too
but they are not fruits picking
they're dead!
huge walls of raging waters smashed them all
just . . . more
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December 25, 2006 01:32 AM EST --
1. gift
i found him just outside our gate silently sweeping the scattered leaves. Manong, my streetsweeper friend, turned around and smiled at me --
merry christmas, karma.
and merry christmas . . . more
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January 01, 2007 08:28 PM EST --
at a distance i see
fireworks working brilliant
i hear
firecrackers cracking pop, bam, bang
i am
about to get to this apple's core
before the new year comes
i'll be holding
an apple seed . . . more
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January 04, 2007 10:37 PM EST --
it's difficult to love
and not be so attached
as to feel hurt not
when the beloved hurts;
as to flash a smile
when the beloved eyes are flowing tears;
as to be unperturbed
when the beloved heart . . . more
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October 30, 2006 09:14 AM EST --
he was happily plucking a favorite tune in his guitar. he was particularly fond of this song because it was his very first composition. it was actually an offering to the One that made us all . . . more
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November 05, 2006 10:35 AM EST --
look closely now. there, on those blades of grass.there's a grasshopper.
i was pointing the spot to my daughter. we were at the cemetery where her uncle was buried. the wife . . . more
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November 08, 2006 06:36 AM EST --
underneath white cloud, free,
cross-legged beside green tree
plugged ears intent on Song Primordial
three eyes transfixed on Light Original
Stillness brings forth meek submission
then, Joy!
then . . . more
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November 14, 2006 09:31 AM EST --
he was our village streetsweeper. the rubbish we and our children carelessly scatter on the streets, he gathers and disposes off patiently. he's not being paid much for the job but he does . . . more
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December 01, 2006 10:03 PM EST --
i see
you're up early
dismayed
to find my leaves over your lawn;
my fault
'twas not, 'twas the typhoon
that lashed
and battered and twisted me;
and now
i find you've piled my leaves . . . more
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December 05, 2006 08:05 PM EST --
as i turned around the bend, i did not hear the familiar swish-swash of his broomsticks against the cemented road. instead, i saw Manong (Old Brother), the streetsweeper, from far off. he was . . . more
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December 13, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Every animal was hurrying to attend the meeting deep inside the forest. King Lion has a very important announcement.
“ Friends, “ King Lion began, “ have you noticed how . . . more
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December 15, 2006 12:36 AM EST --
he's had it. now, pretty soon i'd be out of job. not just me, but 150 of us. the factory owner is calling it quits and he's folding up. if you reckon the average 5 heads . . . more
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December 17, 2006 06:43 AM EST --
where are these people going?
everyone's hurrying
as if red worker ants
which race with time and clime
to heap as much upon food table
as they can;
these holidays dictate so, they say,
as do . . . more
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February 04, 2007 08:59 AM EST --
it was a rather windy first day of february. i was walking toward our village gate, head bowed, hands covering my ears as it was rather chilly.
KARMA!
he was shouting at the top of his voice but . . . more
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November 01, 2006 11:23 PM EST --
if i will sing
i will sing Thee
if i will live
i will live Thee
if i will love
i will love Thee
oh Living Light
shine upon me!
more
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December 27, 2007 01:00 AM EST --
the time when i didn't write a word was when i got so busy fixing my life. the factory i was working in got shut down finally. i was one of hundreds who lost a job. i thought that with . . . more
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March 02, 2007 03:25 AM EST --
Dear God,
Today, I am grateful to be alive, so I thank you for another day to experience your beauty. There are many that are not as fortunate as I am, so I thank you for giving me ears . . . more
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December 02, 2006 08:13 AM EST --
YOU are as elusive as the wind
you are the wind
you are here, there, and everywhere
you are far and you are near
but still my eyes can't see you;
oh! how i longed to hold you
oh! how i longed . . . more
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