Sign Language for Dogs

It shouldn’t be a surprise but everything in life is a compromise Perfect doesn’t happen….that thought is absurd we accept and settle for what is the best we can do or the effort we are willing to exert……. sometimes “good enough” is acceptable and depending on our desire we put…

I asked myself every day…….would you be alright if you had nothing of relevance to say….. if there were no recognition….. no one interested in your words….. would that stifle your happiness or give you concern ? This life is but a fleeting moment to be cherish not endured… so…

I have neither sought , nor received any exemptions from the trials of life….. and I have the scars mentally and physically to prove it. I will not pretend that a happy face and a pleasant demeanor greeted those encumbrances….. but having weathered them and the lessons about life they…

A wealthy king from far away…… called upon a trusted servant one day …… and asked for his complete presence and attention to the request he was about to present…..Artemis  listened intently…. “As you can see my kingdom grows and there is nothing more I could seek. The Treasury is…

Sometimes you can do everything right….. and you still get overdosed from life…… seems strange at first and then you reflect the streams of life occasionally intercept and the flood walls break and you’re set adrift….. but you are tethered to the challenges of the past and you not only…

I am glad to have a “Chaperone” although haven’t always felt this way…. the arrogance of youth has almost faded and it is good to have a trusted confidant to travel 🧳 the roads ahead. The admittance that everything isn’t always clear is a wonderful revelation in the maturation in…

Theses trappings and adornments you place around the frame , formed from the coming and going to this place you have often been, give you some sense of connection and anchor to who you are and what might have been. But the discerning eye and an open mind reveal that…

Just in case you’re daydreaming as often you could find me…… don’t be alarmed but I have something to say…… difficult, often as it may be hard to see …. We are all alike in that we are perched in a falling tree.🌳 our perception is such that at times…

When the pen drops and no more dots I wonder when the second hand stops if I will be able to connect them….. if they will be sporadically displayed like flash cards or a woven tapestry suspended in space the bits, pieces and fragments of material that make up my…

When you’re swimming 🏊 with crocodiles 🐊 better make friends….. because at any moment they may decide to do you in….. so be selective and pray you can count on them….. but when you’re swimming with crocodiles 🐊 you better make friends ok so the word got out ….. no…

You can have your way and you can turn the page but how I have my say….. is how I live each day I cannot pretend that I’m not getting older but I refuse to be old you can take my agility……. My physical appearance…. But you have no chance…

I know how it goes that’s okay sometimes the words seem to run away sometimes fear laced with pain lights a touch and chases them away but they come back when they sense the threat of resistance and reprisals are gone…… unfortunately at different times and fragmented……so their message is…

She doesn’t always ask me where I would like to go she just sends me the accommodations depends on what she thinks I need to experience or where my humility is currently She loves to place me in situations that can go either way…. depending on my willingness to adapt…

Perhaps as little as 20 years after this event is through and I have joined the clouds…. few if any will remember my name….. but I pray 🙏🏼 they will know my Spirit. A Spirit of wonder and a Spirit of wander, a Spirit of hope and a Spirit of…

we make plans in the future and it seems barricades and landslides fall in our path – we work through them and eventually see see light at the end of the tunnel and the end is in sight….. we relax and drop our shoulders and just want to chill….. but…

I’m waiting for Columbus to return to rediscover the land I call home perhaps to start anew and rebuild what we once knew A land where people walked hand and hand and when someone fell there was a hand , mattered not the color of the skin only that we…

Doesn’t matter how much service work I do….. how much money I donate to whatever cause…. Or  how much time I spend on my knees. I cannot rectify nor correct or change many of my transgressions….. past and present. The “Sacrifice” of Jesus hanging from a cross ….. completes the…

Do I think it’s important to be involved with family and friends…….. fundamental in acquiring a good and productive life….. but living to please others and win their approval….. is like licking postage stamps and placing them all over your body and thinking you are going somewhere… ain’t happening if…

When I got dry and learned how to fly without taking a drink or 💊 I soared to the left and then to the right ….. over canyons and hills……. much to my delight, but you don’t take others with you when you go on these flights ….  After awhile…

These monuments you build provide jobs and I’m not in the mindset anyone has the right to takes your fortune away…. I’ve had trouble, of my own making and I don’t expect you or anyone to support me because of my choices. Gratefully I turned the corner and became responsible…

Acting on emotions….. is like jumping into a swimming pool 🏊‍♂️ that has no water 💦 you are going to get hurt oboe the hobo 🦍🥭🦜🦶🌴

One might think it odd of me to take comfort in the company of a tree But what better confidant could there be….. one that listens well ……and rarely speaks so I find myself time to time in need of rest an to unwind to grab a chair with a…

Occasion had me seated in room with a new friend we had met in Istanbul when I was chasing new imaginary images….. as I am prone to do a modest flat thoughtfully attired with the minimal requirements to afford a modest level of comfort….. I am an advocate for simplicity…

I propose that in your lifetime you will meet only a handful of people who truly appreciate and value what they possess…… and who and what they are…. it is the reality of the human condition…… we are typically greedy …… ungrateful self consuming organisms that fed and prey on…

The morning comes and in the sun we plant the crops we crave nurture them in deeds and friends and water them with grace shoring up the plants that need help to face the challenges of the the day we place our tools in the shed cleaned and ready for…

I’m not sure you have a clue why you do the things you do…… perhaps the money looks good to gou but how much do you need What’s a fair price for selling you soul obviously it doesn’t come cheap or does it……. I’m not your judge, don’t need to…

I realize you are vying for a seat on the bench but thank goodness it will only happen in your mind it’s an interesting position to view yourself in others and the gratitude that you have passed through those phases of “self righteousness” albeit through slow maturation but in your…

“My peace I give to you”…….so accept it….. ? what does this mean….. if you accept me as your Lord and Savior I will be with you and guide you along your way….. never leaving your side I will not prevent life and it’s challenges from confronting you….. but together…

So about this “ friend” thing….. when I think about my friends…. It’s a mixture of warm fuzzy…. Sharp and jagged…..in your face….soft eyes… and eyes with daggers 🗡️ I have real friends…. that without hesitation tell me in no uncertain terms what they think 🤔..   they don’t sugar…

It matters not where I go Familiar faces will be there Different clothes and different hair but those familiar faces will be there – I suspect our personal experiences sculpt and carve the lines in our appearance similar experiences…. similar facial characteristics I do not purport or offer this as…