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	<title>Spiritual Things Matter</title>
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	<description>"He who learns must suffer.  And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the   heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." ~Aeschylus, Agamemnon</description>
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		<title>Your Hushed Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Your hushed silence
I kneel quietly in Your holy presence.
Please bent Your ear to my heart
That I may give all that is contained therein,
Into Your private and loving care.

Your hushed silence teaches me to be still.
I find a space of complete peace.
All that seems heavy bows its knees to You;
For it is in your light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2010/03/01/your-hushed-silence/</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Wishes For You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish for you,
all that is good for the coming year.
Laughter and a lighter heart
if your burden has become too heavy.
Clarity of thought
if pain has drowned out a sense of balance.
Healing for that part of you that has been injured
too deeply to put into words.
Wisdom to understand the difference between true suffering
and the too often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2010/01/01/new-years-wishes-for-you/</link>
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		<title>Wounded Mortality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Photograph by: K. Alan Lewis
Men walk proudly upon this earth
Some appear like gods to smaller men.
Confidence cloaks something deeper still
Not seen at all upon their faces of pretense.
In the quiet of each solitary house
A dimly burning candle guides one deep within.
There one finds a wound so deep
All men cry out, though few admit.
Wounded mortality is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/12/27/wounded-mortality/</link>
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		<title>Sacred Solitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Photograph by: K. Alan Lewis
Sacred Solitude
Oh sacred solitude -
I return to be in your quiet presence. 
You shelter my privacy,
Within your bosom you embrace me -
I feel safe and all together at home.
Pensively I linger for a long time,
Allowing my thoughts to roam freely.
The clanking noisiness of life
Yields to the hushed silence of your entity,
Allowing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/11/20/sacred-solitude/</link>
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		<title>Fear of Rejection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When one finally accepts themselves exactly as they are, then and only then, will fear of rejection disappear. ~Viola Jaynes
Rejection is one of those hurdles that everyone will encounter at some point in their life.  It is an illusion that one must learn to use to their advantage in order to grow and learn.
I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/11/12/fear-of-rejection/</link>
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		<title>The Courage to Discover Self</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own.  Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it. ~Lord Chesterfield
The older I become, the more I realize what is meant when I hear people say that youth is wasted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/10/14/the-courage-to-discover-self/</link>
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		<title>The Silence Of Another</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, that silence! That which so intensifies my pain.
Silence drives me to search for a voice that brings comforting reassurance and understanding to a heart that cannot speak. A voice of one who knows the pain of too much love and too much brokenness. A voice of one who understands the human heart with all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/09/20/the-silence-of-another/</link>
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		<title>Tears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To weep is to make less the depth of grief. ~William Shakespeare
The land of tears is a mysterious place as each shy tear droplet expresses the beauty of its pain or joy. Tears cleanse our souls and powerfully release the pressure we feel in our daily lives. Tears help us focus our vision and our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/09/02/tears/</link>
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		<title>The Gift of Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[


























































Photograph by: K. Alan Lewis
The privacy and clarity of silence
Can cleanse the heart
And heal it more easily and swiftly
Than all the words we so desperately try to find.
Silence gives space to thoughts and images,
Reflecting gently on details
Otherwise lost
In the murky water
Of the noisiness of life.
Silence brings wonder
At life&#8217;s meticulous design.
It purifies our surroundings.
Greater yet,
It distills [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/08/16/the-gift-of-silence/</link>
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		<title>Deciding Anew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten thousand possibilities
To climb the mountain&#8217;s height
Formidable and majestic
It stands before my sight.
Strong and equipped I feel,
To wander &#8211; day and night if I must,
Finding just the right way
No matter how difficult the path.
I wander, and wander,
Then stumble alone,
Alas the veil of darkness and silence
Has brought me to a state
From which I cannot escape;
Fear and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/08/11/redecide/</link>
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