the exuberant sun rises without any effort and looks you in the eye humming a tune with the sky if you cannot hear it do not worry just dance

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the sun climbing to midday fills the sky with abundant light rejoice and be glad in it this day this moment is all there is so receive it with joy let tomorrow come when it will

"thunder in heaven above" that is to say within my being for the kingdom of heaven is within you as christ said and here on the columbia i persevere to receive it

the monday sunrise in the wind pressing against the day's grain here comes everyone again i woke feeling disheveled "time to make the donuts" my wife said with a smile

woke up this morning from dreaming didn't feel very well-rested but smiled at the joke my dream told me and then got dressed and went outside everything was quiet and still even the cars on the highway hushed

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the coyote fellowship across the road from where i stand calls out to the rising sun reminding me that i am one voice among the many united in strange beauty

in retreat from the night every breath along the river is held like a loaded gun there's no need to press forward take a step back and remain hidden like the coyote

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