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A Butterfly Funeral
The butterflies moved around the lifeless one in what looked to me like a solemn, delicate dance. Every few seconds they would gently land in place, then lift and continue to circle.
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Signs of yellow, and Summer Slip, Sliding, Away.
There’s a moment each year when I realize summer is beginning to loosen its grip and the air carries that faint, familiar ache of endings. It’s not dramatic, just a quiet shift that stirs something melancholy inside. And with each sign comes a subtle awareness that another season of my…
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Affirmation for Divine Alignment
When I live and move and have my being in God/Source with faith and love, it guides me, protects me, and watches over me day and night. I am renewed each day, filled with health, wealth, love, freedom, peace of mind, serenity of soul.
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Intelligence, assumed. And the Hubris of Certainty
Whenever we say, ‘Let’s search for other intelligent life in the universe,’ we’re already making a massive assumption: that our own intelligence is a meaningful standard. But who decided that? We did.
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Just thinking about: Birds in a Storm
The storm was still miles away, but the bird calls rose in a jagged chorus, warning me the storm was approaching in the same way they once warned my elders. I watched the sky darken, trusting old lessons to heed the signs from nature.
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Just Thinking About: Spiritual Messengers
A spiritual message and affirmation on the wings of a dove.
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Time is Not Refundable
Our death will come on an ordinary day, in the midst of our unresolved issues and unfinished plans, and our unrealized dreams of the future.
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Did I See Alien Spacecraft?
The objects were a mystery, and the sky felt like a threshold — between technology and the unknown, between what we see and what we are told to believe. It seemed as if the Universe was inviting us to consider possibilities we usually ignore.
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Why Prayer Matters – Even if you don’t believe
Many consider prayer as if it belongs only to the religious, but its power reaches further than belief. A prayer is really a moment of connection, a small surge of empathy that reminds us we’re not facing the world alone. Even nonbelievers can feel its lift. And if our thoughts…
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Coincidence or Synchronicity?
What if signs from the Divine are always around us but we don’t see them? This is a picture of an answer to a puzzle game I played today. Immediately I recognized it as a synchronicity – a message from the conscious universe because these words hold spiritual meaning for…
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Just thinking about: Mercy
This stink bug got itself into a disastrous predicament upside down in my sink. Without thought I grabbed a paper towel to save it, even though I despise them.As I did I heard “mercy” in my thoughts. I realized I had the power, and had been given a choice –…
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Four Dragonflies
This is a story of four dragonflies and divine visitation. Last week we laid my uncle Rob to rest. He was my father’s last living sibling and original family, preceded in death by dad’s other two siblings, and my grandmother. We buried Rob’s ashes in the area between the headstones…
