Sign Language for Dogs

one oar will get you there but it isn’t a pleasant trip. meandering from shore to shore is about the gist of it. for all your efforts pull your boat off course, and by the time it is corrected you repeat the process over again. the whole experience is frustrating…

how many times have i been blind to the good work people where doing because i couldn’t, or rather wouldn’t, get past my own personal quirks the larger picture went unnoticed by me because i got hung up on something that was different then my usual methods or inclinations……….people are…

God, i know You know best and i’m sure it wasn’t an oversight/ it would have been nice if we came with some warning lights/when we get overheated and our brakes are starting to slip, a light on our head would have helped quite a bit/ my motor seems like…

seems almost comical to me, that one could take oneself so flippantly, but i was doing things that weren’t good for me and did not lead to longevity so it would make sense that life and how it is lived has consequences and if you want them to be good…

some will say wishful thinking, from a thought of immortality, a fairy tale that never ends………………………………i will defer to the scientific thinkers, a group i do not call my own, that would suggest energy that is created continues in whatever manner……….either way if you don’t believe in heaven or afterlife logically…

the fire knows when you sleep, where you walk and what you eat…..the best time to creep into the crevice where you think you hide…..in the still dark hours of the night it licks your face and you sit upright, gazing at you at the foot of your bed, professing…

the best advice i ever got i did not want to hear, but the ring of truth was just to strong and it wouldn’t disappear. so i pull my pants up and swallowed my pride and faced the feelings that refused to hide. you stood by me and held my…

i wear a cross around my neck to acknowledge my beliefs, but respect comes from how i live my life. these words i recant from daily readings are they spent by investing in the well being of others…………………do my hands and feet speak the same verbiage as my mouth. smart,…

every once in a while it’s good to look back with a smile, check your tracks see the imprints you’ve made/can’t change what you have done but from your trials you can learn what to keep and what to let slip away. it’s easy to get lost, turned and tossed…

i find this life delicious in the many flavors it presents, the smells and the aromas make it impossible to resist/ the fragrance and the colors offer a rainbow of delights and i can always try new things to add new dimensions to my life/something for every palette and the…

if it won’t make a difference and it’s not going to help, do everyone a favor and keep it to yourself/ you may be right and everyone seems to be deaf, but if they don’t want to listen…………….keep it to yourself not suggesting to cower or run from a fight…

you criticize my faith and call it make believe / you talk about your struggles and it seems absurd to me/ you have known me for some time but you just refuse to see/ that God continues to do things i cannot do for me what are you afraid of…

be still …………………..my friend…………………………..lets us begin…………………to come back to center………………………the power i seek…………………….also seeks me………to share in this communion………………………..so i quiet my mind……… giving the ”source” time to transmit the message……..i will be receiving …..                           …..     …

you got my vote early on, when i heard your reasons for your song that encourages others to carry on…………..a walking candle is how you seem to me light of the soul that cannot be dimmed, even your hardship has been given a spin, that it had a purpose and…

i had no idea until today how much can be accomplished by walking away when there just doesn’t seem to be the right words at hand, to merely walk away without taking a stand i could see no use in going on when it was apparent all objectivity was gone,…

i am a Christian just like you, but bro don’t try and tell me you know what God would do/He doesn’t consult me and He doesn’t consult you so to even to suggest we know how God does the things He needs to do is like walking through a swamp…

not very pleasant, but ignoring it won’t make it go away so we can describe those issues as ”preparation h” and we will keep our minds open to find a way out of this grave……. you continue to dig that was the plan but their was one little hitch, you…

it would be easier for me to believe what you say, but i have to tell you your feet give you away/ for the things you say are going a different way so i will be frank and up front with you/ i think what you say just isn’t true/…

age has given me the opportunity to see that sometimes discernment means putting my ideas aside in favor of more suitable plans/ i appreciate you honesty and your ”no” was sufficient to me /because your perspective was different than mine/ so i took up the role as a support soldier…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

”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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

what do you do with your light…………………do you acknowledge it’s presence and use it guide………so you and others may see more clearly where to trod do you deny its’ existence and check it off as fantasy……………..if that’s the case you are probably miserable we be little Gods with things we…