The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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...to find within you the stillness.
I feel like a wave being pushed forward by an invisible hand, my swelling resistance adding to the momentum as I slowly rise and curl, then crash headlong back into myself. Wave after wave grows from within, compelling me into certain collision with everything water touches. I am so tired of the back and forth, of the slow building and the sudden ebbing of my precious energy. I just want to go deep and lie low in the stillness.
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