denying the obvious

seems strange when we look back at the things we change in our lives why we took so long to accept the obvious a child will learn that a square peg won’t fit in a round hole and yet as adults we obviously forget and try to do so over and over until one day,…

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a place for you

sometimes we feel like we are lost and that is often after we have been tossed by this world or people in it, but this is just a test and when we look at it like this we see there is something to be learned and people where just playing their parts   there is…

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SO WITHOUT/SO WITHIN

don’t look around and wonder what went down we arrange our world and if it’s upside down ………………..it’s not that hard to turn it around so without, so within i see myself in others and i stop and shake my head some get it quickly and some ignore the signs our life is what we…

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the most important thing i ever said

the most important thing i ever said that opened my heart and un-clogged my head were three simple words that have kept me fed…………………………….”i don’t know” doesn’t make me a fool, rather makes me smart that i can be honest and listen to others impart knowledge they have learned along the way and teach me what…

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hope that is enough/for paul J

you come and we sit and you share with me things going on in your life i try to listen and bridle my mouth because you pay no attention to suggestions i make retracting and saying it isn’t that bad after you say you are living in hell i suppose you spiritual life is pretty strong…

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A Friend I Call God

i have a fiend that i call God and He continues to amaze me often i feel his companionship as i go about my day and sometimes He just tags along and sometimes He leads the way i appreciate how He operates, and to my demise I often get my way and He doesn’t say…

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without blame, without shame/we label ourselves

the great pastime not only in our country but in all countries, is assigning blame and shame there are those who commit acts over and over and there is no resolution nor rehabilitation for them……………………..just a fact but others, who for whatever reasons we deem their justifications adequate or not, seldom is their infraction pushed…

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what i can do / what i can’t do

what i can do is walk with you down this path what i cannot do is carry you down this path defiance helps you dig your own grave i can’t take the shovel from you, you have to set it down yourself this is the game we play until we are ready lost out of…

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three legged stool

  i sit upon a three-legged stool and each leg represents something special to me one for sobriety, one to help others in need and one to remind me that left unchecked my emotions can cause me havoc and stress i made it sturdy and it has served me well and i owe my life…

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kite with no tail

like a kite with no tail you flounder about the blows you at will meanwhile you think you are going somewhere you are totally out of control i suggested you make the adjustment but it fell on deaf ears because you are moving you are under the illusion you are going somewhere but you won’t…

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