The Inner Practice

Reflections, practices, and insights for living with greater awareness, self-trust, and connection to your inner wisdom.

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Poem For Anna

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Please help me feel see hear

I am inclined to even ask for understanding

But I realize that’s running ahead

I feel I’m learning to be like an Indian tracker

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Giving It Away

Brave enough to know I don’t know

Strong enough to try anyway

Loving enough to withstand the expansion

Letting my mind lose it’s footing

Identity drifting away

Beliefs crumble into oblivion

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Return To Innocence

Like a puppy

Sweet, innocent, exploring life

Never expecting to be hurt

Never planning to get lost

Abandonment wasn’t even a thought to consider

Finding you

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Love Along The Way

Have you ever felt like you were in a dark cave, scrambling about, trying to get out. As if you’re feeling along the walls for clues that might lead towards a doorway. Each clue is discovered, but it doesn’t seem to make sense. It’s like you have this bag of clues and it’s all just a jumbled mess, like all the letters just swirling in an alphabet soup.

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