not afraid to dream

not afraid to dream, how about you? doesn’t concern me in the least bit if it will come true you see i look at it this way, i wouldn’t have had the thought if there wasn’t something that i couldn’t import…….so i will be open to see what part of the dream becomes a reality…………

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reminders/for C

You help me to remember what i forgot……what i thought was gone….is not….and as time goes on, much of what was presumed as lost has returned to both of us………as love we forgot to trust……………………..reminders

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xoctopus

i used to be an octopus……..grabbing all i could……one day i realized it wasn’t doing me any good……for all the things i gathered were serving no purpose for me and their intended use was being wasted on a hoarder like me…….so i put a sign in my yard and said come get ”free stuff” and…

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caretaker

these words, these poems, these songs, these drawings they do not belong to me……..they were sent from miles away to add to my joy today………to be shared with those who care about what others see……….together we piece together a magical tapestry….. so it is with some humility that i readily confess the little gifts i…

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panacea

turns out they weren’t kidding after all……there is a solution to all the things that cause me to stall………it is no illusion i have clear evidence it is true……..nothing that comes before me is as powerful as You…………..Faith

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fairy tale?

to live in that world that you know…….i would rather shoot bb’s at my toes………….ttucro one common mistake i see people make is not to burn some bridges…….if those bridges took you to places that weren’t good for you or others…………………burn them and never look back…… the distance between ”i’ll do it”……..and doing it is…

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a spiritual treat/watching my dogs sleep

similar to watching a roaring fire is the comfort and contentment i experience watching my dogs sleep we rob ourselves of so much pleasure by assigning certain conditions to spiritual experiences……….think about how invaluable they would be if they were random, occasional……few and far between………………what is lacking is the realization there are more spiritual experiences…

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the wealthiest man i know

the wealthiest man i know…….dumpster dives 3 days a week on a circuit he has traveled for years…………and has outfitted a second home with his eclectic finds……………he wears clothes others pass on to him and shares the ones he can’t use……he has garages full of every known building material and shares them readily…………………he doesn’t wash…

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bricks not marshmellows

a clarafication just to let you know those are bricks you are throwing……………not marshmellows the oddest thing…….is you don’t see how your behavior is derailing the train……. nerves are freyed and patience is strained and you’re hurling bricks wondering why people complain….. i took a chance………went to the warehouse to the back where i knew…

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the gypsy tree

i did not know 3 years ago that i planted a ”gypsy tree”…………that it would grow in strange ways and communicate with me…….it tells me about things i cannot see….the spirits that come and visit me……..she can dance in languid moves, point to stars and frame the moon………..whisper songs from her creaking boughs and laughs…

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