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Tag Archives: deer
Suffering
I sat on a bench in a crescent of bamboo Seeking You, When into the clearing below Comes a young deer slightly limping on the right front leg. I, too, am here tending my wounds Real, imagined, and self inflicted. … Continue reading
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Dear me
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, blessings, deer, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., fawns, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, pun, spirituality, stony point retreat center, sumi-e
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Reflections of light
The sparkle of the puddle, The firefly blinking, Even us noticing each other, Unaware and surprised by the glimmer in our meeting eyes…. Can we move from fear to awe? We are all reflections of You.
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Tagged deer, fireflies, holy spirit, light, mysticism, sacred light, shamanism, young buck
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Deer one,
Dear one, You are too tall to hide in the grass, Your spots are almost gone.
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Tagged being ready, deer, eco-ministry, fawn, interspecies, love, nature, preparedness, shamanism
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Way.
Oh, Deer! I think we went the wrong way. Really? Perhaps, like me, you just need to graze.
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