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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Truth & Love

The most profound revelation you will ever have
will be about truth and love.
It will come along with a great deal of relativity
and absolutely no strings attached.
For some it will be heralded by trumpets
and then delivered to them in a bassinet.
For others there will be no soundtrack.
It will arrive as fresh air through an open window.

The profundity of the moment truth and love
arrive in your life may also be lost to history.
Yet the impact they have on your heart
will be felt like a magnitude 10 earthquake.

You will most assuredly know
an amazing change has taken place
when you cannot help but love
everyone and everything,
as you dissolve into awe
in the most ordinary of places.

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