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Rev. Ani
Jan 161 min read
Suffering as Birth Canal
Poems From The Porch To be handed over divides a life Constructing a purpose then being done unto Learning what surrender really means...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 42 min read
An Invitation To Notice
Poems From The Porch The Tulip Inn, Houston, Texas Crisp, blue void expanding above Magnolia tree companion sporting velvet under-leaves...
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Rev. Ani
Dec 13, 20234 min read
Holiday Grief & the Advent of Hope
~a spirituality of receiving Grief is Universal From February 2022 to January 2023, I encountered significant losses in my life — from...
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Rev. Ani
Dec 11, 202315 min read
The Enneagram & Self-Transcendence: What does the research say?
~converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation Hearing the Call and Setting Out on the Journey The storyland you are...
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Rev. Ani
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Making Room For Love: On Advent & the Enneagram
~converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation Or perhaps you and I like our insecurity and instability compared to...
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Rev. Ani
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Finding My Agency
Poems From The Porch Yesterday, I received the gift of sadness. It came unbidden, like the cracking of an oyster shell reveals a tender...
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Rev. Ani
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Embodying My Role
Poems From The Porch Three turtles are swimming in the clear water of Johnson Creek-- Mama Turtle, Papa Turtle, and Baby Turtle. Their...
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Rev. Ani
Oct 1, 20232 min read
Hugging The Texas Hill Country
Poems From The Porch A sweet waterfall flowing through Johnson Creek offers the sound of ambient serenity. A wide-eyed verio, singing...
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Rev. Ani
Sep 22, 20232 min read
From One Fecund Source
Poems From The Porch Petite yellow wildflowers, on the verge of blooming, are leaning into the warmth of the sun. Their stems stretch...
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Rev. Ani
Sep 21, 20232 min read
Scenic Wonder
Poems From The Porch Petite, yellow wildflowers hanging on tenaciously to the cliff’s edge San Juan river steadily carving time into the...
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Rev. Ani
Sep 12, 20231 min read
Goodheartedness
Poems From The Porch Sun warming green on the mountains and fecund valley below Happy campers walking by offering cheerful morning...
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Rev. Ani
Sep 7, 20232 min read
Because We Are
Poems From The Porch Blue Pond Springs, St. Charles Canyon, Cache National Forest, Idaho White Aspen bark with green leaves poised to...
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Rev. Ani
Sep 3, 20231 min read
On Your Birthday
Poems From The Porch The sunrise is finally touching the stark, gray mountain, lighting it up, silver and white. I am bundled against the...
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Rev. Ani
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Expanding Outward
Poems From The Porch A very important person — do they know it? — cut up fresh pineapple and honeydew melon and placed the lusciousness...
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Rev. Ani
Jul 23, 20231 min read
When You're Being Reactive
a love note from your Inner Wisdom Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash Dear One, I am writing to remind you of things you already know....
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Rev. Ani
Jul 21, 20233 min read
The Power of Compassionate Conversation
Photo by Jeet Dhanoa on Unsplash It is a basic human need to feel understood and seen, and our everyday exchanges don’t always fill our...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 13, 20232 min read
Feeding The Ducks
Poems From The Porch Great blue heron standing solo on the bank Mosquito hawks hovering overhead in community Cloud puffs slowly and...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Being With
Poems From The Porch Cicada chorus rising and falling Water's surface adorned with sequins of light Throaty bullfrog croaking like a tuba...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Harvesting Beauty
Poems From The Porch Great blue heron landing on the shore Five noisy ducks congregating beside me Nimble mosquito hawks hunting over...
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