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Can all things be made new?

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an image of trees reflecting in the water at sunset. with the text of Revelation 21:1-6
What if we let
everything be made new?

What if we stopped holding
so tightly to all that has
come before?

What if we made space
for the divine to dwell
	with us
	within us
	around us
	beside us
	underneath us
	over us?

What if we let
ourselves be made new?

Can we even imagine
that might be
possible?

Because what if it is?

Decided to go back and take a look at things I’ve written during the contemplative spirituality group I’m part of on Monday nights and see what might be ready to find its way out of my notebook. This one was started during Lectio Divina using Revelation 21:1-6 back in July 2023.

Seriously, just don’t

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Why do so many people
	feel the need
		the right
	to comment on someone else's
	body or weight?
	
"Oh, you're looking great!
	You've lost a lot of weight!"
	
I shrug. "Maybe. I don't
	pay attention to such things."
	
You'd think that would be enough
	of a clue, a not so subtle hint
	Let it go. Move on from this
		but no
	time to doubled down
		
"Well, you've lost a lot of weight!
	Whatever you're doing
		you look great!"
	more determined than ever
	to make their judgement heard
	
I assume it was meant kindly
	but please consider what you said
	and what it says
		about how you think
		I used to look
		and how you will think again
		about I look in the future
		if I regain what you have
		decided makes me
		somehow better 
		for having lost