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Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

Commitment Brings Grace

Until One Is Committed “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things […]

Filed Under: Poetry, Writing Tagged: ;The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, commitment, Goethe, poetry, Providence, writing

October 27, 2011

Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

The Taoist Writer: Merge with Dust

Simplicity “The Tao brings no more important lesson to writing than the benefit of simplicity. Verse 48 of the Tao Te Ching tells us: ‘To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.’ Inexperienced writers typically try to emulate the worst kinds of writing, what they may imagine to be […]

Filed Under: The Taoist Writer, Writing Tagged: Lao Tsu, poetry, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Taoist Writer, writing

October 20, 2011

Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

Bright Faith

“Much of the best work I have ever written has never been published or produced. Faith tells me that there must be some reason for that that I cannot see” (Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance by Julia Cameron, p.106). Sometimes you write for angels or the presences that seem to emanate from heaven. An […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged: Art of Perseverance, bright faith, perseverance, writing

September 29, 2011

Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

The Sky Gave Me Its Heart

The sky gave me its heart because it knew mine was not large enough to care for the earth the way it did. –Rabia of Basra This is the first stanza of the poem “The Sky Gave Me Its Heart” by Rabia of Basra (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and […]

Filed Under: Poetry, Writing Tagged: Love Poems of God, poem, poetry, Rabia of Basra, The Sky Gave Me Its Heart, writing

September 22, 2011
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