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Here, for Father’s Day, are two nested meditations from my first book, Divinity in Disguise, and one non-nested poem. Enjoy! (If you’re not familiar with the nested meditation form introduced in Divinity in Disguise, you can read about it here ) My father never filled his father’s shoes. My father never filled his father’s shoes and I have never filled my father’s. My father never filled his father’s shoes and I have never filled my father’s. May you, beloved son, be the one! My father never filled his father’s shoes and I have never filled my father’s. May you, beloved son, be the one who never fills mine. (Copyright 2003 by Kevin Anderson) Here’s the brief reflection that accompanied this

The Tulip and the Tulip Tree: A Story for Anyone Who's Ever Compared His or Her Life to Another&

A tulip was planted in a garden beneath a towering tree. Each morning all through the month of May its blossoms unfurled. It was a joy to be alive. The tulip was pleased to open itself and share its beauty with its small corner of the world. Then, on a windy day, a sprinkling of strange green and yellow blossoms rained down from the tree. “Whatever can these be?” the tulip asked a squirrel cavorting around the base of the tree. The squirrel paused just long enough to say, “Why, never fear, they’re blossoms from the tulip tree that’s lived here for hundreds of years. Who would have thunk delicate flowers could come from something with such a massive trunk!” The tulip was stunned. It was not a

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