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Transcendent beauty
Because It really doesn’t matter In the end Or the middle Or the start Because regardless The sacred shines in you Light is in you Actually Light is you The sacred is you Closer than your thoughts let you believe… Continue reading
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Maybe 2025 won’t be (just) happy
Maybe 2025 won’t be (just) Happy Maybe it will be more. Maybe 2025 will be beautiful Maybe 2025 will be full. Maybe 2025 will be joyous or Maybe 2025 is when reality bites so strong its impossible to ignore. Maybe… Continue reading
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It’s Christmas (has every word been said)
What might a Christmas poem be like If every word has been said? Tinsel, Trees and Father Christmas Do more, eat more, or do less..stress Shoulds and Expectations Faiths and Reconciliations Wine, cheese, mistletoe and turkeys Cakes, pies and Brussel… Continue reading
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Walking in the darkness (and befriending it)…..(Advent reflection 2)
I love this time of the year. Its the time of year when I wake up and drink coffee looking out of the window and see how the dark blue early morning light changes through the colours into the sunrise,… Continue reading
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She waits, she wonders, she wants you.
May you have… May you see… May you give… May you feel… May you try… May you notice… May you see… May you live… May your dream… May your heart… May you walk… May you realise… May you shine… May… Continue reading
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Raindrops of the Heart
What do you notice, when you stop and look within. Memories like fragile raindrops. Dangling on the grass, delicate holding on. Cumulatively heavy, on a light blade of grass dragging it down. Yet The grass is not the raindrops And… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 