silence: the barometer of spiritual fitness

i can quickly access my spiritual fitness when i am in silence and still the ease or dis…ease i feel is an appropriate gauge of the state of peace that exists within and with my surroundings to feel anxious or uneasy is a sure sign that there is some tension or turmoil that is keeping…

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sniper/ for westover tony

on a lark, i dialed your number while scrolling through my phone/your girlfriend and co-junkie answered and i asked if you were home. i knew that when i called you it would be doubtful you could be found and sure enough she slowly said 6 months ago ”i put Tony in the ground.” that was…

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my dog talks

my dogs talks in a different way/and we have been together long enough that i hear what he says/and he lets me know when i need to pay attention/ and when it was just a ”noise” my dog knows things that i don’t know and he can do things that i cannot do/when i started…

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nix the silk flowers

there is only one thing i trust or accept that doesn’t change……God i see the beauty of a flower or tree and know it has but a season, as we ourselves…….that realization coaxes me to take time to look, see and appreciate just like plants, people change and if not, they are stuck…………..change doesn’t necessarily…

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almost……..a Christian

i read the Bible and i feel it’s strength and the good thoughts it gives, wash over me and i feel refreshed and complete and then i leave home and walk in the streets. the streets and the people who tread them, often don’t care what you believe or what you have to share, they…

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like is deceptive

”like” isn’t always your friend……………..and sometimes it can do you in, keep you from moving on to ”better” many of the things that call me to a higher thought process and influence my actions, initially i find myself recoiling from…….because i don’t like the effort required to achieve them…………..often i do them anyway and sometimes………….i…

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blame game

you had your part as well as i, but that only isolates and divides, and if we want to move forward……………..we have to move past blame blame can be associated with ”flame” because it torches wherever it goes and the scorched remains of those involved are unlikely to be productive from that point on if…

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wait until you can see

stop walking in the dark, wait until you can see/ the scars on your arms and legs are a good indicator to me i know it not easy to be patient for the light, but is apparent to me that’s the only way it will work out right/doesn’t mean you just have to sit there,…

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the ”present”

the ”present” greets me as i awaken from my sleep gives me the opportunity to see and witness things i have never seen i use to spend a fair amount of time looking for adventure and new experiences……………..walking by treasures that went unnoticed because i was searching for them this is the place that i…

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You know what to do with me

sometimes it’s humbling but plain to see, i don’t know what to do with me. that used to be a big problem with consequences to exhaustive to recant, so let’s just say left to my own devices things didn’t always go well. so a friend suggested when uncertain he had a mantra for me, ”…

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