Enjoy…… what is served…..

Enjoy what is served…… it was prepared just for you it may not be what you expected but it will be good for you some things are an acquired taste šŸ‘… then before long you begin to love something you thought you would hate enjoy….. what is served ttucro šŸ¦šŸŒ“šŸ‡±šŸ‡·šŸ™šŸ¼šŸ‡±šŸ‡·šŸ‡±šŸ‡·šŸ™šŸ¼šŸŒ“šŸ‡±šŸ‡·šŸ¦

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Bridges Crossed….. for Don

There are many things I have endured many I have never experienced nor entertained but the cards I was dealt were met with bitterness and complaints your world came crashing down many years ago and many would have accepted their fate and let their dreams ……go some major modifications in…

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Turning the Corner…..

Turning the corner on a life rescued from a trajectory of self destruction it has been and continues to be an amazing journey I often reflect and seldom lament actions that have brought me to this point what lies ahead…. I do not know…… what’s left behind is a mixture…

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ā€œLoveā€ā€¦ā€¦. Never goes on sale…

Face it…… ā€œLoveā€ is expensive and….. rightly so something that give you that much satisfaction and happiness….. should be But it isn’t…. Fluid it’s like a kids ride at the fair during the best times not moving too fast…. And the up and downs aren’t drastic enough to make you…

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After the Storm…..

The winds of life have gone away Sure to return another day but when they come I won’t run away because I have weathered the Storm – Sometimes things we want to keep are not what we actually need but fear keeps us from letting them go but the winds…

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Wiseacres

I would readily place my bet on someone who would quickly admit….. how much they do not know as opposed to a ā€œwiseacreā€ purporting to have knowledge concerning things they couldn’t possibly know there is too much information to be an authority on everything ….. some have acquired the intelligence…

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When you don’t have it…. Borrow it….Faith

Would not have thought so at the time in my life………but time changes you the lessons that squeezed this confused and undisciplined lump of coal and made me into a valuable asset….. I treasure more than any other possession I made many poor decisions…. I still make bad choices….. not…

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Breakfast with God…..

Initially that may seem strange but after you get to know Him…. It’s not To think that He would consider and accept an invitation of this sort….. is both mystifying and delightful See I ask Him and He never sends a message something came up and He is to busy…

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Do tell…..

Do tell….. of the saving grace that wiped the misery from your face of the love that set you free from the walls you built around yourself do tell…. tell of the nights you weren’t sure of what was wrong and what was right…. Only to wake up in the…

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Buttons……

Waiting for someone….. I took a seat in the Food Court at a mall….. I noticed under the table where I sat a button have found a new home I imagined it had tired of the drownings and the heat …… so it had made a concerted effort to be…

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Encouraging the liar…..

Oh yes…….. you don’t say please continue….. your lies give you away I am so grateful for every word you say for it leads me to …… the truth in a round about way you continue driving over the same stretch of ground and the ruts you are digging are…

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The Cradle is Rocking

The ā€œCradleā€ is rocking and has lulled many to sleep šŸ›Œ and the ā€œaverageā€ American šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø is working to make ends meet And the framework that allows us to complain and protest has been pushed to its limits and it’s way past time to reset ā€œ hey friend hope you’re…

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Learning to….. walk

Learning to walk at 72……..it seems quite foreign, like being frozen to me I have never been a good ā€œ waiterā€ and that has improved only marginally over the years certain things in life requires acceptance…..out of your control and that requires patience not one of my limited outstanding characteristics…

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Animal šŸ¦’love….

I am sending you a prayer something not hard to do you didn’t pass the criteria none was imposed on you – I pray your life is pleasant though it will have its moments of struggle and unrest but remember those are just days they will come and pass –…

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When you stop šŸ›‘ asking why?

When you stop asking why……. It’s like touching the sky šŸŒŒā€¦.. and you always thought it was so far away – i have been drawing the same structure for over 50 years …. Yeah the calendar says I’m old ( I don’t believe everything they say… whoever they is) I…

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Building doorways or barriers?

These lessons I learn what will they make and shape building blocks or barriers ? – will the construct doors and passages or will they build barriers and blockades? something is being constructed and formed within me I must be eternally vigilant in the information and understanding I use to…

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Are you doing your ā€œthingā€

You hear it from time to time in conversations ā€œjust doing my thingā€ but if you inquire what that means to them rarely can they offer a few examples as to what they are describing I personally find it disingenuous when people offer catch phrases to avoid actually conversing about…

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Circular life…..

Good idea to do you best but if you did and you failed the test chalk It up and give it a rest it will come around again – the lessons in life are usually learned twice the first just shows you where to start but you jump on in…

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You left the gate open……

You left the gate open what was I to do I huddled in a corner and pretended not to see But the ā€œ conditioningā€ hadn’t taken…..it did not have control of me so I gathered every ounce of strength that was left inside of me …..and made a declaration ā€œI…

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Not a sky 🌌 in the clouds ā˜ļø

Lofty ideas are interesting to entertain but adoption of them as a basis of living Is like building on a uncertain foundationĀ  walking blind folded on a tightrope and hoping everything goes well the expense incurred from adopting unproven and untested policies in one’s life can be very costly –…

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Promise little….., give much

The outlandish….. unlikely promises everyone has made….. only to find them vanish without a trace i will protect you…..we can’t protect ourselves…. Much less anyone else I will never lie to you……not in the realm of possibility for humanity Forever ….. in relationship to anything…. that isn’t in our control…

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Time Out…… works for me

We all have ways to escape…. Not necessarily running from….. just taking a break innumerable how many times it has saved me from making huge mistakes I put myself in time out – wherever I go….. wherever that maybe…. It is imperative that I find my favorite tree a 🌳…

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Falling out of favor…..gift in disguise

I have fallen out of favor from those that ā€œloved me soā€ seems that if I stayed between ā€œtheir linesā€ we would continue to be ā€œinvolvedā€ but when life presented opportunities to adjust the Ā angles of my sails I soon fell out of favor and I was amazed with the…

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Farmer

You cannot harvest what you didn’t sow 🌱 a wise farmer realizes that so whatever he desires to reap must be planted and tended accordingly A steady hand upon the plow…… good seeds and ample rain šŸŒ§ļø will bring the crops he hopes to gain but the understanding and acceptance…

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Refuse

I made a fool out of myself today man did it feel good I never gave it a second thought and being the oldest kid seemed like a badge of honor I refuse to get ā€œoldā€ my body is worn I’m overweight ( I love good healthy food… eat too…

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You don’t know what you’re talking about…

If you think America šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø is bad……you’re brainwashed and have no idea what you’re talking about have you lived….not visited…. Lived in another country? Ā My money says…. No America has issues…… perhaps too much freedom but dismantling and starting over isn’t the answer the framework is sound…. the problems arise…

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Transition…. From Rabbit šŸ‡ to Snail 🐌 (life in Philippines)

The transition is going fairly well just have to check if I am breathing but it is quite the surprise how I’ve been so used to moving – I think there is much to be gained by flipping what has become routine and letting life unfold in new directions content…

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Little fish 🐟

We are all little fish in a great big pond it is an very important where you swim and who you swim with…… very important the adage ā€œsafety is numbersā€is accurate to a point the variable is who and what you are surrounding yourself with – what is your purpose…

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Random thought….. not always

I have ceased immediately dismissing ā€œ random thoughts ā€œ of course many are but I often entertain some as being ā€œdoorwaysā€ to other possibilities I liken it to turning over rocks 🪨 discovering what lies beneath them and oftentimes it is invigorating and inspiring thoughts are pieces of a puzzle…

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The Distortion of Prosperity……

Oh you are right please excuse me for my prosperity I see you have distain for others wealthier than you oh ….. Ā I should adopt that attitude too? I don’t recall them taking anything away from me ….how about you oh I see the fact they are prosperous obviously means…

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