Sign Language for Dogs

your reaction to my joy was an essay of a thousand words, the look on your face and your attitude spoke volumes…….i will leave it behind because it has no other redeeming qualities other than to remind me that although i would like to believe we have made progress it…

as we grow we begin to know, enough to get us into trouble………we place ourselves at the center of the universe and expect everything to revolve around us and when of course it doesn’t, there is trouble in Oz……after experience and many disappointments we come to a crossroads and the…

seems interesting to me that i am now able to see that there can be victory in failure…………..what i had in mind is often defined by unrealistic expectations………the process reveals where i failed to anticipate and what i was remiss to see……therein lies the victory i only fail when i…

i have come to appreciate the consistency of the same…..no longer do i find it boring but relaxing and mundane…….doesn’t take much for me to be enthused with life, i enjoy the simple elegance that the natural world provides………………… i can now appreciate the beginning and the end and things…

hey young fella, hear what i say, it isn’t tomorrow today’s the day, so use it wisely before it goes away, tomorrow may not come so today’s the day……..i see you looking down the street…… having an idea where you are headed is a good plan to seek, but all…

i understand why as you good older your beauty changed but it didn’t fade………because it radiates from a place deep within…….so i have come to see from the example you have set………so within then it will show without now i will never be a beauty but i can be beautiful…

i can see you would like a remedy, that would lend itself to butterflies and rainbows…………………but you won’t get that promise from me…..we can examine the best course of action and i will be there to to help anyway i can, but all i can in earnest offer is sweat…

one will never become, until one faces the unknown, for without that leap of faith we cannot seek or embrace that power that leads us home………walking and guiding us through the unknown…… the unknown can be a scary place, depending on our state of faith, but only there do we…

this body of mine has several parts… mental, physical and spiritual…..if i expect it to preform at maximum effectiveness, i have to do the required checks…. when one part is out of balance this machine doesn’t operate smoothly and it shows in my relationships and my interactions with others………………….so on…

now i was born with with a will and a whip and i can get going and things will flip, but time has mellowed me out, but i’ll never quit looking for another spool of thread to unwind…….about as curious as an old cat………i’ll scratch around and see where your…

at this stage in my life………nothing, turns out to be a lot….. not having to always be on the clock, taking time to to take stock of all the wonder around me, that’s what doing nothing affords nothing is clean and nothing is clear and i welcome nothing as something…

the best intentions in a well thought plan will not be received favorably if it’s bad timing/so the hardest part in life on this plane………is playing the game of waiting so you can get all fired up about a plan you’ve made but all that enthusiasm will have to be…

so i’m with a friend and we are watching the news and he makes a comment on what we just viewed and i start to smile and break into a laugh………….because i never saw any of that seems awful strange that two sane adults could interpret the same thing in…

u cannot live until u die, distort your face, but i will tell you why….until the sting of death is near your mind is congested and never clear…….but when death comes to visit the fog quickly fades and what is left is reality and that often is hard to see…

the longer you spoke it was easy to see you have made the event into a tragedy/and those it was a hardship and had a high cost, the situation wasn’t hopeless and all was not lost……. you have taken an unfortunate incident and used it for a platform to garner…

didn’t brush my hair today, so i went about in disarray, i suppose just to say…………..i didn’t feel like brushing my hair today i suppose in an offhand way that i wasn’t concerned what you would say and you can keep your opinion to yourself today………..didn’t feel like brushing my…

when you hurt you it hurts us too, we are part of the cord you are connected to/ when you came here we became part of you/so when you hurt you,it hurts us too…. so before you take that drink or drug, raise the bottle for one last slug, perhaps…

there is a beautiful spring inside of me, it’s source comes from my connection up above…….. it’s aquifers never run dry because i keep their channels clear…………… i receive their refreshing cool waters that keep my mind clean…………. for i must endeavor to scrub the thoughts i think because some…

i see your eyes cut when i suggest prayer, and it would bother me but i’ve been there and i have but one response to doubt………..contempt prior to investigation……. you can shake your head and walk away, i remember those times and i remember those days…………..and brother all i have…

somethings either you have or your don’t. there are no substitutions, no imitations……..patience……..honesty, respect………commitment………integrity………spirituality…the list is infinite, but either you have them or you don’t, period. now you can attain them, but as for where you are right now, either you have them or you don’t. you can pretend but…

i did not want to make the journey….. the terrain unfamiliar and the distance long…… but i gathered the bare essentials placed them in my backpack and tied a bedroll to the top…… a hat to keep the heat in and my walking stick and gloves…. as i walked the…

brother what can i give you……..can i give you freedom………………..no can i give you wealth………………………………………….no can i give you hope……………………no, just encouragement i pray for you to be at peace……peace is more valuable than freedom this phase will end soon…………….not soon enough if you are smart you will take what…

we all have dots……….things placed strategically in our paths that make us what we are, who we are and what we will be……………the shape takes form as we endeavor to connect those dots……………………recently i experienced a mental shift as a reaction to behavior that was unsettling to me……………the abundant need…

I drop the brick from my hand, deciding to change my plans, and after a God given reprieve, i drop to my knees why do i insist on doing this, trying to appease you when it is useless and i won’t accept the fact…………that you are this………..and i am that………….and…

the battle no longer is with you, the struggle is with me, and as i have a mind to ask, is this action right for me……..asking the question is noble indeed but far from following through………….for asking the questions is only as good as my willingness to do. so all…

i know there are things that are good for me, things my Lord likes me to do………….but lazy as i often am………..very little is all i do i know He watches over me and often shakes his head……..a defiant child still am i in spite of all He has done………

seems an unusual statement to make but i bet i’m not the only one who was afraid…………..to look below the surface and question what made me tick on a regular basis if you aren’t examining your action’s and motivations then what are you doing, perfect or just totally self-consumed.………..i have…

the longer i adventure i am clearly able to see……. the simpler i can keep things the better off i’ll be…… i am mesmerized by the simple working of a tool and how much can be accomplished, with a saw, hammer, nails and a rule….. while i can be impressed…

there will be no coup, no conflict, no more prolonged engagements, those battles are over and the fields are strewn with the remnants of those encounters. some wounds received as a consequence are still healing. there is an abundance of evidence that left to my own devices i am self-destructive…………………do…

now is the only place to be/ past is past/ the future i cannot see so i think the best place for me……..is now now doesn’t pretend or deceive my head, i do that playing make believe, what i would prefer is a waste of time, because now is all…