As humans the problem isn’t our failures, the problem is an unwillingness to try. So in essence one can lead a productive and successful life failing but never giving up trying…. Second place isn’t a bad place to be, hence…”successfully failing to reach the top by society’s standards but realizing our personal potential. Ttucro

Typically when people think of doing without they assume it to be a hardship to be endured. Doing without by choice can actually be a freeing experience that refocuses our attention to what is needed and necessary and what is frivolous. The choice of realignment with the enhancing things in life as opposed to supposed…

Infatuation is blind…giggly oblivious,not real love. Real love sees and feels all the lumps and bruises…the imperfections and the misconceptions and accepts them. Love doesn’t pretend they aren’t there….and doesn’t ignore them but compares them to their own experiences and imperfections and concludes they are on their own path and sometimes we walk the same…

The day has given its notice to me it’s tired and ready to sleep….I agree to follow and crawl under the sheets…. It isn’t long before the carriage stops and I am on the docks.. The boardwalk creaks as I make my way to board the Ferry Queen… the crew retrieves the anchors and unties…

Life is often messy and difficult but we do the best we can, clean up our mishaps and missteps and know that the stains from the incidents will require several treatments before they are removed…..closer inspection reveals they are never completely gone, not recognized to most.. but we know they are there….and learn to live…

No doors….no windows….no yard to be mowed Just a place where I keep the knowledge I’ve learned Safely tucked in the bosom of my chest My Heart Church is where I come for healing and rest My church isn’t a building of mortar or stone, never needs painting and isn’t adorned But it has provided…

My Higher Education…reading books in a tree TTucro

Another request rolls in for a community service accommodation for a ride to the Methadone Clinic. There are only 2 types of patients…. a few tapering down to kick and the majority just want to keep the Monkey from Clawing. For William. Kicking It “ I could go on how the needle got stuck in…

All artists …. Whatever their medium….if their intention is to be competent…. Must be critical of their creations, or the work just becomes manufactured cookies. A little different icing and a few sprinkles here and there. If you don’t feel it, if it doesn’t make you comfortable or uncomfortable…..something, don’t put it out there. No…

I think of you when you are far away, I pray for your safety and that you’re doing okay I am grateful for this time apart….gives me pause to reflect…. Upon the many things we have shared and what’s ahead for us… Please be aware of your surroundings as you transverse these roads and come…