There are still times when I have to be hard….standing fast for what I believe…. but those times are fewer now …..a softer approach works better for me ….. I have no desire to argue with you about what you believe……I won’t try to change your mind and please do the same for me……… my…

There are times when apologies are appropriate…..make the amends promptly…… but becoming good at it isn’t the goal…… it gets old to the recipient and people begin to think it’s “it’s thin ice”….. the correct response is acceptance and change ”change” is the best apology ttucro/ realist

Sometimes words just get in the way and they lack the ability to convey……. I just hope you heard what I didn’t say…. Things get compressed throughout the day and when we talk they get misplaced…… I just hope you heard what I didn’t say….. I get enthused and often play and sometimes that puts…

I asked Alice what she kept in her bag that she haul’s around in a two wheel grocery cart and she said…” Well…. I have a few personal items that are none of your business…… couple of changes of clothes…… ball of stout string I sometimes use as a clothesline……my Bible….. few pictures of my…

Paul has a whimsical smile and for a homeless person… Paul has style……if you ask him why he’s homeless I’ve heard his reply….” Got tired of chasing rainbows and I fell from the sky “…… Losing his wife……to cancer….whom he adored….be quit his job…. sold his house and took up drinking and anything else that…

Funny where I have been and what I have seen…… I have dined in a palace and ate beans from a tree…. Rode on a camel’s back and had an elephant hug and kiss me….. I have had luxury suites and slept in the mud….. and wouldn’t trade where I am for all the money…

One would think there are words to express feelings, emotions, all sorts of occasions……. but there aren’t…. they may come close but never totally capture the event…. So we throw them out hoping that the impression we create will somewhat indicate our intent…..hopefully…… these descriptions get the ball 🏀 rolling but the feelings are best…

Today a mixed salad of sunshine and light winds with a sweet vinaigrette of appreciation….. the main entree will be a hope soufflé with spinach and mushrooms……. sides are scallions and onions in a hearty sauce of Love bon appetit ttucro/collector of smiles

The winter winds howl as the sun crawls to bed…. the trees are empty and the skies are clear….. There is a stillness that causes me to reflect….. I wonder how many winters I have left….. The cold seems to lock things in place and the night doesn’t fall…… it envelopes….. It is a sign…

When we plant the seeds of hope and prosperity……we water them with love and till the soil that they may grow and nourish those for whom we sow… Sharing what we grow….. giving as we go and never being without because we cared enough….to share… The field lies barren until we start planting the seeds…