one more run before i’m done…..can feel it in my bones….this time i’m not calling the shots and the destination is unknown…………that wind that stirs my soul and keeps the internal embers aglow…..blows through these sails in my head and beckons my heart to go……….this sailor has no map nor compass so his destination is…

i miss me most when i attempt to be something i’m not……………i have found people to respond better to less than……………then to pretend………………………. the real deal is authenticity

the most beautiful example of compassion i have ever witnessed was watching a big man step between a person being attacked and taking blows intended for another……the aggressor realized he could not hurt the man and walked away………..the man who stepped between made no attempt to hurt the attacker….he merely put his huge arm to…

the God i worship is a chip off the block…….He will give me a hug or swat me on the butt…….He can be kind and He can be tough…..i don’t need a mamby pamby God…….. i need a God who loves to drive……………goes to the movies and like a massage…….likes to laugh and stands up…

just a miracle was our request…………….followed by labored prayer……………and the hours that followed passed like climbing over barbed wire…………….but we held our ground and held our tongue and let You do Your work………………what ensued was a series of events that returned something we love……we acknowledge it was amazing………….we marveled how everything worked in Your Plan…………….and…

i turned around and you were gone…………we reported you as missing…………they took the report with little concern and less hope for your return………into the night we continued to search………….we had to find you………..you wouldn’t have found us and prayers were prayed and we called for you even though you hearing was poor at best……….virtually blind…

when you hurt you it hurts us too……………….because we have been there before………when you shut your door, you shut ours too………..because helping you helps us too………………..when you don’t pick up the phone and say your alone……..frazzled and don’t know what to do……..you cut us off from doing our part…..to help you like we were taught…

shallow breaths and then no more…………..my soul was heading towards a door……..a voice engulfed me, ”sit . i would like a word with thee………” i was taken to a room where i could plainly see the sun and the moon………….the voice continued on……..”like two bookends that mark each day……the sun wakes you up and the…

well it wasn’t a terrible day, every tenth thing went my way………and i sat on the patio and looked at the trees and a crow not to far away had his eyes on me…………. we sat for awhile taking each others stock and he flew closer to get a better look and while he sat…

i love my clown he knows when i’m down and is always quick with a trick………he looks at me with his wrinkled nose and bats his eyes at me……he pulls a rag from his pants as if to blow his nose and then a shower of flowers erupts and he smiles and bows…………there has never…