where are you going to put that

you may want to give it some thought…….. to where you put that thought……………..is it going to be and asset or make you sound like an ass………if it doesn’t help anyone, or if it isn’t kind and considerate…………..do yourself and everyone else a favor and put it in the trash……..travel light

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God of New Beginnings

God picked me up this morning after a phone call from His assistant, Berna……… saying pickup would occur around 8am…………..this old green truck pulled up and honked the horn…………i walked out an a guy that looked like W.C. Fields smoking a cigar , motioned for me to get in……………..He said…………”what do ya think, you know…

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black dogs matter

when we can get to a place where the color of our skin……………..is far less important then what we believe in………………………….we will be free………………….and live in harmony………………….ttucro black dogs matter, white dogs matter, red dogs matter and blue dogs matter……………..all are dogs of color and all are different breeds………………..but one thing they have in common……………………..when…

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onehastobesomewhere……………………togetsomewhere

you have to start somewhere………………..and we don’t pick the spot…………………..we get to the realization there are many things we have dropped………………………….so we can’t go back and get them………………………but we can pause……………..and stop…………………inventory whom we are………………..and whom we are not……………so rather then condemn myself for not being all i should………………….you have to start somewhere………………………….today would be…

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the mirror doesn’t lie………….but i do/PINOCCHIO

the mirror doesn’t lie, when i look me in the eye…………………..but i do…………locked in this distorted head are misconceptions i have fed…………………….that nibble on me constantly…………………….these intricate structures i have built will take years of intense scrutiny to demolish and deconstruct …………….and my goal at present is to build no more………..the games i have played…

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derivative

looking back i think i can see……………..i have been formed and shaped by things that have confronted me…………………and as i take stock of what i am…………..and what i am not…………..my experiences are revisited like a leopard inspects his spots………….i have given up the descriptions of good and bad……………..happy, challenging, troubling or sad……………for they were all…

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vocabulary

i have determined it is better to have command of a smaller vocabulary, then to let my vocabulary control me………………..better to be simple and clear than to offer colorful words that merely fill the air……….have never heard a complaint from a straightforward message conveyed…………………………….but after a wordy, detailed oration was relayed …………………have heard people ask…

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seated are the wise

i look into your faces and i see a slow turning reel………………reflecting on the day in progress and what it has in store……………………neither hesitating or pressing to enter in……………….taking the time to reflect on where, you have already been…………..i see the wisdom in taking time as opposed to time taking you…………… as i grow closer…

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Squirrel……………….for VickyH

I have a friend that is anomaly because she is a surprise to me……………..i know of but a few that approach life with near the same enthusiasm or irreverence…………engaging, playful, attentive…………….ready to pounce on any kernel of information that peaks her interest……………………….a walking pinata that if you tap will explode with wonder and joyful living………………………i…

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limited/ for Gary P.

i would like to comfort you and fill that space you lost………………but i am just an old friend and i’m not capable of that……………………i know you have a faith, and i know you question the point…………………..of losing that one person who got who you are………….a few words of sympathy and feeble attempts to show i…

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