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Rev. Ani
Feb 118 min read
Seeing Through the Lens of Essence
~ converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation The foundational concept of the Enneagram personality typology system...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 18, 20242 min read
A Day of Promise
Poems From The Porch Photo by Sergiu Nista on Unsplash Good morning, tiniest of frogs! What has Spirit invited you to savor today? What...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 17, 20243 min read
I Sit Still
Poems From The Porch I sit still and the whole world comes to me. I am serenaded by a symphony of sound: the soothing, steady flow of the...
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Rev. Ani
Feb 20, 20242 min read
The Evidence of my Senses
Poems From The Porch The air is full of sound today– – bluejay, meadowlark, and mockingbird. Upright and supple, the young magnolia tree...
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Rev. Ani
Feb 10, 20242 min read
Learning to Live Alone
Poems From The Porch I've been here before many, many times – – a gray Louisiana morning, the whoosh of the wind, birds singing merrily,...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 24, 20241 min read
The Aria of Ample
Poems From The Porch Open and quiet A posture of curiosity Aligning with the potential of the present Letting go of the need to know from...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 22, 20242 min read
A Wisdom of Participation
Poems From The Porch Rocking gently caressed by the soft strums of a guitar candle flame swaying with the tune fragrance of cedar and fir...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 20, 20242 min read
That’s Just How It Is
Poems From The Porch Lucy & Gatito (above) Do we ever open our hands completely? What does it mean to be a participant in change? I kiss...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 19, 20241 min read
The Cost of Being a Butterfly
Poems From The Porch Spinning a cocoon No set amount of time Some never begin Safety denied For most, the start is early Four, 15, 23,...
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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
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
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
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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Rev. Ani
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Love in the Now
Poems On The Porch I am captivated by the simple beauty of a rooster crowing and black-eyed Susans growing wild and free. Buddha’s short...
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