stop

try it not as easy as you think sit down without thinking about the next thing you need to do dissolve into your chair and see how hard it is to relax on…………………always on the damn switch is hard to move because it’s been stuck in the ”on” position for so long i have a…

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BOTTOM OF THE NINTH

i struck out again, when it comes to being controlled by my emotions i hear the train a comin’ and it’s rolling down the track, and before everyone can get out-of-the-way it knocks them on their backs doesn’t matter about the issue, it’s a common one that comes up frequently, doesn’t matter if i’m on…

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no mas

you know where the buttons are …………………….i let you install them   and i see how easily it is to control me because you know my emotions will always do me in   but i’m tired and i have only myself to blame………………i’ve hired a crew to come in today and remove the buttons  …

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no substitutes

after one has opened the door there is much to know and terrain to explore and i didn’t move to a distant shore, i turned my life over to You to You who created everything known and unknown, who sends messengers to direct me and lead to a life that keeps unfolding even as i…

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the wedding of sugarman

run, run , run, as fast as you can………………….hurry here i come again it isn’t hard for me to see i by far am my worst enemy often i like to think there are two, the one that wants to do right and the other that loose but in reality, it’s just me making half-hearted…

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i need to ask

i have found out unpleasantly that what is said and seen i don’t always receive correctly so often i must ask for a pause to ask questions about what has transpired or it isn’t long before i find i have become entwined in a mire of confusion i don’t really enjoy admitting sometimes i’m a…

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reflect

i don’t spend much time looking back, just enough time to keep intact a vivid memory of what my life would be without recovery i suggest all should do the same and take a fair look at what is and what could be and if one isn’t happy with the trajectory have the courage to…

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the reckoning

having to admit that all my attempts at modification of your behavior have had the similar result of taking a thimble of water from the ocean in my mind i sit on he beach and reflect on how limited my power was within myself for so many years, and yet i tease myself with the notion…

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the great unknown/you are not alone : for lou

the great unknown hit close to home, visited a neighbor down the street we sat and talked and shared what we thought and i realized how important it is to give that would not be my first inclination, because this world is all about me but when i reach out to others, i get a better…

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hip-less

i laugh when i see people wearing things that look terrible on them, saying things that don’t seem right coming out of their mouth, like rehearsed lines repeating things that they obviously no little about……………………all in the name of being in or hip they don’t have a clue being hip isn’t about doing what you…

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