”your in it now”/for ben.e.

i still can hear your booming voice and you laughed at my dismay………..you replied , ” you could have asked, but you had to have it your way”……………. ”your in it now………..so lets discuss a way, you can do what’s right for everyone………and maybe next time you will choose a different path”…………………… you would say,”…

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internal gps

i didn’t know, it didn’t occur to me…………how could i have known it would turnout this way…………..these are things you won’t hear me say…………we all have an internal compass…….. we all know the difference between right and wrong……..and if you ignore that feeling that you get in your gut………..then don’t bitch and complain when things…

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the edge: best place to fish

the most difficult part of fishing on the edge is having the courage to admit that you don’t always know where that is………first concern…….. you have to spend the appropriate time determining the line…………….and then the second concern………..respecting it…… your gear is a little different here……..your line has to be extremely long because you don’t…

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until further notice

until further notice i will continue on the path before me……………neither deviating left nor right…………..focused on each step…………..as it is measured and a slow cadence…….. the circumstances before me neither find me overwhelmed nor taxed…………the power that resides inside me is far greater than any situation that may confront…………..not free from life………..free from fear……………free from…

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full of joy

”happy” seems to indicate things are going my way……..whereas ”joyful” is bigger than circumstance or condition……it is an overwhelming feeling of gratitude and recognition of blessings bestowed…….. doesn’t matter what i may face……..a mere temporary situation…………………….what matters is there is a force in my life that encourages me to be of service and support to…

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beautiful confusion

beautiful confusion wouldn’t change a thing………….not even trying to sort it out……..watching the pieces as they land………. doesn’t seem out of order………. no sense of urgency……….like a boy standing by a stream tossing rocks at passing leaves………… so i believe there is a reason………..i have learned not to pursue answers that aren’t ready to be…

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gnome at heart

i suppose when something touches you to the bone…..you try to dismiss it but it won’t leave you alone………..it doesn’t offend you…….but it is kinda strange…………..perhaps in your DNA there is a mutant strain…………………. you have always loved the vastness of the ocean………but it never felt like home………..it’s in the woods among the trees that…

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fireworks

i thought they were so outdated they couldn’t be lit……settled into the assumption i was over it …….. the flame got close and damn if they didn’t catch………now all i see are fireworks……. the flowers, the trees, the earth and its’ smells have been turned up a notch and it’s like a spell…………. i keep…

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the monkey is gone……don’t use that excuse

the monkey is gone……you made him leave……but not before he brought you to your knees…….as he we tying the noose to put around your throat………….you stepped down from the platform………..you had enough……………although he pleaded to you to try dodging the hangman one more time…….in a moment of clarity……………..you had no idea where it came from………..you…

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exquisite pain

grateful it has come to this……hurtful things i no longer resist………for the deeper the arrow goes………..awakens me to the core……………..and i have the courage to ask for more………. i have traveled along this way and i have learned there is a blessing for me…………and i look back on the hurt and pain………………and i can see…

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