Category Archives: TREE-reflections

ESSENCE

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This reflection is part of a triptych about POSITIONING:
Where am I and how do I figure me in this world?
Here you can click all three of them:
1- what is it all about? ESSENCE
2- what comes to pass? ON THE EDGE
3- what lies ahead? LIFE EXPECTANCE

Nederlands: WEZEN-LIJK

ESSENCE

wrestling with rooting
because
not in earth
but in thing
just big enough
for living
but not for
developing

ungrounded
I sprout forth
though stunted
I reach out
getting stuck
and yet
I go on
any-way
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HIT by SPIRIT

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Nederlands: hier

HIT by SPIRIT

(Pentecost greeting)

all on fire
celebrating
that you are spirited
and not just material

friend-ly
to yourself
and to others

make it a hit
this spirit
of yours !

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Thanks Marita, for your help with translating

RESTORED

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Nederlands: hier

RESTORED

RESTORED

I’ve known them
the troubled times
of suffering
all going wrong
nothing works out
so alone

I’ve known them
the moments
of despair
not knowing where
to belong
on this earth

I’ve known them
the dark tunnels
without end
so visionless empty
and damp
of tears

I’ve known them
and now here I stand
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CHARGING

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Nederlands: hier

charging

charging

if you can’t keep it up
I’ll let it hang for you
if you can’t stay tall
I’ll widen myself for you

the world rages
and if a hard wind blows
I’ll bend along for you

and when I do all this
would you then in that shelter
remind yourself that
no matter what
it’s better
to charge yourself
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WHOLE

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Nederlands: hier

WHOLE

WHOLE

always
a two track approach
in me

……….*outgoing
……….persistently seeking
……….understanding contact
……….at all costs

……….*withdrawn
……….isolating myself
……….in a protective cocoon
……….till enrichment emerges

alternately
I tried
to Continue reading →