It shouldn’t be a surprise but everything in life is a compromise Perfect doesn’t happen….that thought is absurd we accept and settle for what is the best we can do or the effort we are willing to exert……. sometimes “good enough” is acceptable and depending on our desire we put forth the effort to secure…

I asked myself every day…….would you be alright if you had nothing of relevance to say….. if there were no recognition….. no one interested in your words….. would that stifle your happiness or give you concern ? This life is but a fleeting moment to be cherish not endured… so acclaim is in itself a…

I have neither sought , nor received any exemptions from the trials of life….. and I have the scars mentally and physically to prove it. I will not pretend that a happy face and a pleasant demeanor greeted those encumbrances….. but having weathered them and the lessons about life they offered, they have become valuable…

A wealthy king from far away…… called upon a trusted servant one day …… and asked for his complete presence and attention to the request he was about to present…..Artemis  listened intently…. “As you can see my kingdom grows and there is nothing more I could seek. The Treasury is full with all the gold…

Sometimes you can do everything right….. and you still get overdosed from life…… seems strange at first and then you reflect the streams of life occasionally intercept and the flood walls break and you’re set adrift….. but you are tethered to the challenges of the past and you not only survived….. you thrived so that…

I am glad to have a “Chaperone” although haven’t always felt this way…. the arrogance of youth has almost faded and it is good to have a trusted confidant to travel 🧳 the roads ahead. The admittance that everything isn’t always clear is a wonderful revelation in the maturation in one’s journey. I am able…

Theses trappings and adornments you place around the frame , formed from the coming and going to this place you have often been, give you some sense of connection and anchor to who you are and what might have been. But the discerning eye and an open mind reveal that this “ home” predominantly exists…

Just in case you’re daydreaming as often you could find me…… don’t be alarmed but I have something to say…… difficult, often as it may be hard to see …. We are all alike in that we are perched in a falling tree.🌳 our perception is such that at times it is barely detectable and…

When the pen drops and no more dots I wonder when the second hand stops if I will be able to connect them….. if they will be sporadically displayed like flash cards or a woven tapestry suspended in space the bits, pieces and fragments of material that make up my kaleidoscope are fun to uncover…

When you’re swimming 🏊 with crocodiles 🐊 better make friends….. because at any moment they may decide to do you in….. so be selective and pray you can count on them….. but when you’re swimming with crocodiles 🐊 you better make friends ok so the word got out ….. no use to pretend…….everyone can be…