sometimes in the dead of night those strangers come sit by my bed when i awake they stare at me, wink and stroke their beards they play a game of cards and the stakes are quite high they offer me a drink and i say ”no thank-you, goodbye”…………….. i rouse myself from a troubled sleep…

ownership is appropriate with regards to homes, cars, boats, pets, books, pictures, furniture…….etc………… but not people…………………………. if we view partners as objects………..even objects we care for, look after and value…………….we are misconstruding a basic premise of love………………….voluntary consideration and respect for another not out of duty……….out of love a mentor…………………….i have had dozens………………….they get old…

have always resisted the coersion to comply felt it stunted my growth and i am glad that i figured out a way to survive……….without any intention of joining your tribe…………… i choose my friends carefully and will share what i find………….but if they show signs of control i may change my mind……… i have no…

from early on, best to accept……….when things are going well your life is about to flip……………….picture in your mind all the good things are in line……………they are marching to the edge…………to mingle and jingle and tell everyone how good it is…………a little moderation goes a long way……………….and then it flips………… the next weeks see a…

glad it’s not up to me, glad it’s up to You i can see the storm is coming and all these animals are in the zoo i’m glad You never give us more than You can handle…………until i remember that i stay confused i can see the storm is coming, glad it’s not up to…

no one talks about it………………like so many things but we all do it as gross as it seems…………..to hurry the process and get back to normal again………………..but we cant wait for the process to end…………we begin picking scabs and the process begins again and again……. now on this i think we can agree…………there are scabs…

my older brother is nicer than me, kinder than me, and smarter than me and i suppose that’s the way it’s supposed to be so he can be an older brother……………… my older brother takes care of my Mom………………because he has the patience and he has the love and because of his devotion she can…

pause for a moment to reflect what you hope people remember about you honestly there are only a few people that i care to be remembered by………………if there is more fine……………..doesn’t matter those people know………………..because i tell them…………..i show them……………i spend time with them…………….i share with them and they share with me…………………… they will say,…

i tried to talk to you but you wouldn’t listen, so i thought i’d write you a song/maybe you’ll hear it and stop and ponder, what you’re doing and what went wrong i’m not sayin’ i was an angel/you made it clear you were going to do your own thing/ i packed my stuff and…

it’s not your thing………….it’s my thing you can’t do my thing and i can’t do your thing i won’t judge your thing and hope you won’t judge mine i can show interest and respect for your thing and hope you would consider the same for me………………..but if not that’s okay………….i will keep doing my thing…………….…