Sign Language for Dogs

the information you need, according to what you said, can probably best be found by hitting your knees when you get out of bed. i never for moment want you to entertain or think that i have the answers to the problems in a day. i have learned my best…

that man who use to make a stand against all who followed another path, that man was me that man who was so confused he couldn’t sit still long enough to see, that man was me that man’s first response was how is this going to affect me, that man…

i can help you weather the storm………………….so i will i can relate to what’s going on ……………………..so i will i can help untangle the knots that seem to have you bound………..so i will i can be a friend without judgment or opinion………………….so i will these things that i offer you…

i know you desperately what it to be a certain way and i acknowledge your sincerity, but the best intentions in the world won’t make a lie a reality. you dream in ideologies that time does not support and the greater good is an admirable thought but the structure has…

take stock of what you carry along this road of life, one can only carry so much/what we wish to add is contingent on what we are presently carrying/choose your load carefully/your life and the quality of it lies therein careful what you ask the mule to carry

when my brother is distraught, i dare not turn away, for it is my duty as a friend to suffer through the pain with him. it is not in my power to take his suffering away, but i care help him carry the load until he finds his way. i…

these words i throw around with such ease, always seem to return to me. those that were unkind or harsh often seem to return as darts. what they help me see is most of what i say is only important to me. if i place a filter between my tongue…

there is a thread that stretches further than my mind can see. connects me to a power source that never loses conductivity. through all the storms i’ve faced and all the calamities, one thing has never wavered and that’s the connection that thread has with me. some say it’s just…

i watched my grandchild climb the steps to take her to the top. looking down, just like the rest of us, her fear makes her want to stop. witnessing those who have gone before with apparent joy and no injury, after a few words of encouragement that fear is history.…

i have to remind myself constantly, change is happening, i just can’t see. those leaves on the tree don’t look any different to me, but in a few weeks their colors will change. most of the time change is slow, and we aren’t aware there is change going on, just…

the fish aren’t biting, we aren’t taking the bait, so i hope you will stop fishing and try to relate. sit down and eye to eye, let’s decide on ”how”and ”why” and perhaps in a open conversation we can uncover the reason you are looking for someone to slaughter. You…

there are many things i don’t understand, and in the past i would throw up my hands………….but i have found a better way to push through, ask a friend. there are certain things i have to do and other things i just don’t have a clue, so after i have…

what will you do ? something moved uncovered a thing that was causing problems but had been out of view. what will you do when you find something new that needs attention. now it isn’t always possible to drop everything and focus your attention on that single thing…………. but it’s…

on your way up to the mountaintop, don’t forget to look down for things you may have dropped. it would be good to pay attention to the different things you pass, some things only grow in the valley and you might not see them again. just a suggestion, you seem…

so you feel you have found the fountain, the diamonds and goal of life well if you believe that, then why isn’t everything right the reason i am challenging you, is that i believe what you say is true you have been so self-assured, i got on board with you…

was with God and was sent to this place to cavort and interact with the human race given a choice to see if i would seek a path back to the center the beginning of me the newness, the excitement, the challenges, the thrills easily convinced me that all was…

it was there, but it slipped away where it went i cannot say does no good to sit and complain perhaps my carelessness is to blame it may be found, it might come back these are things i cannot project so rather than anticipate, i will go on through this…

wait a minute just to see, if what you were thinking is reality you know how we get when things are in a spin ,we twist and turn and what we think is real is not i’m not saying that you are wrong……….but few bad things have happened because i…

you arrogance reminds me of the person i can be initially it made me bitter against you, but that has turned to pity the need to be the center and command the conversation and the show, disparately wanting to be notice and liked, those are feelings i have known noticing…

draw the line just don’t make it straight, leave a little room for give and take, but if you don’t establish boundaries then when you need them, it’s too late………… so if certain things are unacceptable to you and you don’t reiterate them, then the fault lies with you people…

these last few days are easier to accept, when i realize it took that experience to get what i got a new perspective of what is happening to me, i am getting older and younger each day so the setting of each sun has become an organon, to learn from…

capable now of being willing to see, not what’s in my head but reality i get along much better and feel free, once i do what is necessary to get by me i wasn’t elated when i happened to see that most of my problems begin and end with me…

old friend, i know it’s not you, it’s definitely me i have changed so much and your the same old guy you use to be but i couldn’t stay in that frame of mind…………..too much to learn and such a short time i wouldn’t trade places and neither would you,…

you shared with me about a position, where i would serve a King of course my initial response was that i wanted no part of this thing but i watched you as you lived your life ad you didn’t seem enslaved to me but just the opposite, vibrant, alive and…

kinda makes me laugh at this reality i don’t need to worry about you…………….my hands are full watching out for me i am forever digging holes hoping to trap others only to stumble into them myself sometimes people are a nuisance……………..but me on other hand left unattended becomes a problem…

it’s not your job, to see that i’m intact happy and comfortable in the setting at hand but sometimes i hate to admit, i expect you to perform miracles and that’s not part of your gig when i come together, with spouse, family or friends i have to remember that…

extremely happy to say that after the drugs and alcohol where put away what remained was the wild and crazy s.o.b. that i always was the fear of losing my identity was an excuse i used to keep from pursuing sobriety so a challenge was offered to me, find that…

the inner struggles of a man need not be manifested externally, but generally they are…………..due to lack of self control i am not suggesting to cover or bury underlying issues……..of course they need to be addressed and discussed with an appropriate person but a well regulated and conscious adult can…

i will save You a seat next to me, because i hold on to Your promise You made to me when i made a decision to get on this bus, You said You would never leave me and You i could trust there have been times when i wasn’t sure…

the equation says if i add these two, willingness and wisdom there is an unlimited amount of information and experience that i can encounter the teacher has cautioned me to be careful to understand the steps i am taking and to comprehend the logic therein knowing about………. pales compared to…