we’ve been circling this target for years….. waiting for orders to drop our load……. we constantly are refueling to return to the same old thing…… round and round we continue waiting for a sign…………only to hear a muffled voice ………….”the treaty is being negotiated continue holding………………we appreciate your patience”…………………..as we head into the night……….. we…

one thousand lies started out as one………………then another followed to cover the first one…………….and that went on and on, ten years later………………………….. the thousandth one hard to imagine someone looking you in the face and swearing it was you who had make a big mistake………………….the nerve of you to say they were a fake……………………add one…

my dear old sponsor………….my dear old friend……………….i know one day i will see you again………………..it will be good to hear you call my name………………………you won’t have to worry………about hearing my complaints…………… Old God surely knew where i was headed and you had already been through…………you helped me so much…………and you said i helped you…………………..to know…

i look at my old gloves as they hang on the wall……. since i stopped fighting i don’t need them anymore…. when i realize the battle was within……………my opponents disappeared……… and i was the only one in the ring…… since i took my gloves off…………….i have had a change of heart……i realized…….. all the contenders…

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…