3 H Club

health……………..head…………………heart the 3h club is a simple group that anyone can join, the membership requirements are having a goal as to where you are going and where you have been eat well, that being contingent on your predispositions, your genetics and appropriate portions a moral and mental compass formed with…

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jacob’s ladder

much easier to jump on another’s bandwagon then to get on your own finding and following ones’ purpose, we all have one, is both challenging and painful, but following the lead of another for your life’s direction is to being a caddie…………………………..you carry the clubs but someone else has the…

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catch and release

i used to think it strange but now i see the way things seem to come to me now i know it’s just the way God chooses to speak to me so it has come apparent the things that stay, are ones i get and then giveaway i only have…

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the story you tell/for Angela

it helps to have someone to point things out and tonight you did that for me i hope to offer the same concern for others as the concern you showed for me not in the tone or fashion that would lend itself to critique…..but far from that, to a simple…

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Revenant

occasionally i recall the steps that have led me to this day troubled and confused they were and long i do not stay but a revenant life that did little to help or care has been revived, and energized and i cannot begin to address the gratitude i now have…

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transitioning to light

i now see, the man like a saint was led to me i listened intently as he spoke and was amazed to see he honestly illuminated the room and smiled as he spoke to me ” not everyone can see, the light that shines through me, but you choose this…

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duhhhhhhhhhhh…

”the world seems so crazy today, i don’t understand what’s going on” conversations overheard in the streets here’s your answer, you don’t want to hear it, much less believe it but that’s the thing about the truth,nothing can stop it from being the truth when as a family, a community,…

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comeuppance

when i get old i will choose to be young a natural progression as one follows the sun for as the day proceeds through each hour it moves to the beginning again so after a life has ran it’s course, with all it’s up and downs and in’s and out’s…

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old friend

old friend i see your messages and eventually return your calls i make myself go see you occasionally to keep the thread intact, if in name only i have to admit it’s me not you…………………………you are the same….but i’m not life takes us different places and the places life has…

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the sermon of the bald head

my wife was leaving town and i was up so i decided to visit a church around the block a new congregation has bought the building as the previous church had failed to attract new members and the fellowship had gotten older and lost many members due to age so…

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white flag

took just a few more contradictions, for me to admit things weren’t going right so i took the intended suggestion and reluctantly raised the white flag now i’m not opposed to engaging in actions that oppose or resist but to continue fighting a war i cannot win….. in my mind…

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rubber band

i suppose many would think me an odd little man, that i should find reason to pause and comprehend, the beauty and function of a rubber band for i offer no reason nor excuse that i should be amazed and moved by ordinary things when i reflect an inspect the…

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”what took you so long”

i acknowledge the light that shines in me, i did not have it, it was given to me…….and i now live a life that is rich and free the voice says ” what took you so long ” it was not so much that i needed to do certain things,…

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He’s not going anywhere

shout and holler, scream and swear run around the house in your underwear say you don’t believe and you don’t care He’s not going anywhere try His patience again and again say He doesn’t care and He’s not your friend wear yourself out and then fall down but He’s not…

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God told me to

wasn’t to keen on befriending you, didn’t care for how you acted and the things you did…………………but it wasn’t my choice…………….. but God told me to you have changed so much and now you are one of my confidants and closest friends i didn’t think it was fair you took…

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praying in the rain

distraught i continued on my way, seeking shelter from the rain soaked to the bone an abandoned shed gave a reprieve from the storm my pack was soaked but buried within were matches, tobacco and a pipe and i gathered wood from a corner and was able to start a…

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ineffable/find out for yourself

there just aren’t words to describe or convey the magic and mystery of living Gods’ Way and i struggle at times but i’m learning each day how to listen to God and get out of the way my first thoughts upon arising are what wonders await me that God has…

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happy, just to be

not tall, definitely not thin……………happy just to be like i am don’t want to be you, don’t want to be him…………happy just to be like i am not in a hurry to go here or there, i’m right where i am and i am glad to be here…………………….happy to be…

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anomaly…….your’re happy

imagine that all it would take to stand out from the crowd wouldn’t be a beautiful face or a body lean and strong but a welcoming face adorned with a smile and a spring in every step sets you apart from 99%……………….. of the human race forget degrees, large bank…

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Clay……changed the world

who would have ever believed that a little boy who lived but one day could change the world…………………………but he did for that day prayers were prayed by many who hadn’t prayed in a while people with no more in common then a professional connection united around a co-worker to support…

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have a good time

have a good time, you might as well this moment is the only one you can feel the next one may not be part of the deal go on……………have a good time take what you are given and accept it was supposed to be and laugh as loud as you…

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self fish

i don’t write for you i write for me throw out a line and catch part of me examine what is inside and retrieve because i want to affect the world in a positive way i don’t think this selfish but rather ”self fish”, taking the time to see who…

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sit down

sit down for a spell and ease your mind i can see you are dissatisfied with what is going down sometimes just to acknowledge a change is coming is enough to get off balance i don’t do change for the sake of change anymore there has to be a reason…

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easy prey

i have told you before i will tell you again that tiger is not your friend i know you have had him for a long time and you think you can read his mind but one day you’re going to want him to do something and he isn’t going to…

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walking on ice

long time ago i was able to see this life was running away with me so i made a decision and stuck to this plan and i pretend i’m walking on ice wherever i am it’s not out of fear that i might slip, but slows me down so i…

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power outage

i was feeling kinda shaky and i wasn’t to stable on my feet now i’m not a spring chicken but that isn’t me so i sat for a moment and i began to see i had placed God behind, instead of in front of me thinking i had this covered,…

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never opened his mouth

oh that it could be said, he was a force to be reckoned with changing opinions and opening minds, leading others to the truth in hope they would find…………………….. a power so great that it changed their lives and he never opened his mouth and he never raised his hand…

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just passin’ thru

no need for me to get hung out on you bout’ the things you say and the things you do don’t need to have an effect on me, because i’m just passin’ thru when i start to tense and ball my fists, i laugh because i was buying into this…

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leaving the fair

here you can have my tickets i’m leaving the fair ridden the ferris wheel too many times and the bright lights and noise are torturing my mind i did this before,the last time it was in town and i swore i wouldn’t let this happen again but the initial excitement…

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you owe her

normally would not take this stance but i know you won’t disagree for everything you have put her through………………..you owe her a debt that should be happily paid to the best of your ability and the blessings that you give to her will come back to you again and again…

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