wonder
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I paused and lit a candle. Meetings over, Emails done, Groceries unpacked, Head thoughts in a variety of places Cup of tea made And in the cool grey of the cloudy afternoon light I walked slowly to the bookshelf Took out a tea light A new one. My fingers opened the matchbox Selected a match. …
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As I walked home from town the other day, I noticed the sad sight of this butterfly on the pavement in front of me. Nearly dead. Prematurely dead on concrete that wasn’t its destiny. I walked past at first, my heart somehow ached for it. And then I went back, slowly, no one was around…
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You are held. Deeply, lovingly held Tenderly held by the threads of divine love. Wrapped in the colours of universe delight, Embraced by loves pure longing, Carried within the heart of the earth. Touched with beauty, Aroused with hunger, Your soul lit with wonder. Graced from the glow of desire. You are held, You are…
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Its sometimes easy to; Fall in love with the sky at night when northern lights glow like fire. Fall in love with the flowing river, that gushes over rocks so smooth. Fall in love with the mountains, giants of the earth, majestic and glorious. Fall in love with the tiniest thing, Kingfisher, Bumblebee, fungus or…
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‘It just feels like Joy’ Said my line manager to me early in the year, around January time, in the midst of a conversation we were having, she had ‘walked’ with me through the back end of last year. And as she said it, I smiled even bigger, and deeper. And she smiled back. Joy…
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It started with a goldfinch, making its pearl like chirping from the tree, just outside St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington. Ordinary Goldfinch. Making me take notice at it. And ended with a Bumble bee scrambling for the pollen in the blossom in the trees opposite. And in between that distance of less than 10 metres, I…
James Ballantyne 