Sign Language for Dogs

”this too shall pass” i hear you say but not fast enough, make it go away your just fretting because you keep failing these tests your emotions keep you from doing your best and you are stuck having to clean up the mess, ”oh, yeah, this too shall pass”, i…

you got what you wanted, you got me to break, to you that’s like getting a chocolate cake…………………………………………………………the fact is everything has a price and now i choose to cut you out of my life…………………………past the point of forgive and forget we are getting closer to letting her rip that…

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh one of those early morning lectures, at the assembly square and plato was speaking, so it was going to be packed yeah, yeah everyone knew he was the ”snik”,hebrew term for dung, but he had something else going for him, he was humble and generally a quiet low key…

i had the pleasure of working with a friends’ grandfather for a few days, he needed help baling hay it was hard work and at the end of the day we sat on the porch drinking ice tea he said, ”there is a theory i hold near to my heart…

no more arrows in my quiver, i tied them in a tree now i watch them when the wind blows and they are a reminder to me i don’t need them, there’s no one left to shoot, everything i blamed on them turned out to be my fault get rid…

mention the word recovery and generally everyone thinks of drugs or alcohol……………………..laughable news for people in recovery[like me] and outside of recovery, if your are an adult you are in recovery from something otherwise you had the perfect childhood, the perfect parents and your life has been like riding and…

i knew when i first met you………………….you were on a mission and i admired your dedication………..i respect people that have a destination and don’t appear to be drifting to and fro wherever the wind blows so because of a similar affiliation we started a relation and i wonder if what…

hard to give from an empty cup not that hard to fill it up stop always putting yourself first then you will have more than enough the secret is to give of what you are given that is the formula for a life worth living no excuse it not hard…

don’t fix that crack i remember that,every time i see it i look back and revisit that time long ago and it brings back memories that i don’t want to let go that little crack in the window isn’t hurting a thing, cold air doesn’t get through it nor does…

sometimes we just have to look around and get ourselves found get back on track and get a reality check of all the things we tend to forget feet where hurting walking downtown and i saw a man that had no legs and i change my tune then on i…

the mystery i seek was always near, but i kept looking over there my journey has been greatly reduced when there is so much to see and feel in front of me i chuckle when i think about the countless hours i have spent researching how to get over there,…

paupers aren’t afraid to beg, that is their last thread of hope not ashamed to hit their knees and grovel in the dirt when there’s no apparent answer to meet calamity the best posture one could take is to be a pauper just like me when time and circumstance have…

i look at a photograph taken years ago my Father sits in my backyard holding a cat we loved i suppose he was in his seventies with only a few years left to live, what i would give to be there again listening to what he says there are no…

in the stillness of the morning, in quiet solitude, that’s where i find my Lord walking in the dew i catch up to walk beside him and my presence is acknowledged by the smile on his face sometime words are spoken and often just relayed the message is always the…

i have heard it described but was hard for me to believe that finding this space was an option to me but the space between thoughts is a place of ”no mind” and there is where the peace i was looking for can be found when the chatter and clutter…

must be a drag to b u that’s kind of obvious by the things you say and do which are attempts to make others are miserable as you the only way one can change is to admit there is something strange in their actions and attitude far as i can…

i hear a voice inside me call,”go on,go on,go on” ”continue on the path you trod and hear the victory song” ”every step takes you closer to the destiny you seek” ”to be in the presence of God each and every day” ”go on, go on, you Pilgrim the soles…

when i opened my eyes, knew i didn’t get enough sleep and i wasn’t that enthused at being awake so after years of making the same mistake, i said this day will go better if i reevaluate so i did a quick inventory of the facts, and i let that…

often amazed and still coming the gifts of the Father keep pouring in just a change in attitude and a change in gratitude and the next thing you know my cart went from empty to full why are these things so important after all, it’s like having a horse and…

i’m the man on the garbage truck, i have a degree but that life sucked, so now i’m just the man on the garbage truck i get up early and come to work the guys call me ”professor” because i read a lot, they ask me why i don’t do…

are those your shoes, they don’t seem to fit they seem to be taking you to places you regret when i mention it you start to sweat, are those your shoes are those your shoes under the bed, which wouldn’t be a big deal if you lived here, and your…

the economy of my soul is not driven by the stock market or prevailing trends it is measured and motivated by my continued adherence to a fundamental commitment, seeking Gods’ Will at this juncture in my life i have ceased to be a horn to inform others of the value…

hurt people hurt remember this fact when you come across them be ready for the attack they may not even know it, they knee-jerk react but hurt people hurt to spread their pain, try to listen, be ready to be drained because you are in for a litany of complaints…

knowing is information and that’s a good start, but acceptance keeps me from actions that end up hurting my heart the parameters i place on myself keep me in check and if i spend one minute out of sixty with my Lord, my life is changed because of it so…

you sounded like you’re headed straight for the ditch i know i can’t save you but perhaps you might rethink it i don’t have the answers but when i get in a pinch i talk it over with a friend………….. and God joins in i take a few breaths and…

i know enough now that it is plain to me that there is so much that i don’t know compared to what i do my way gets in the way, for it is derived from a position of desire, want or fear there they are the three legged stool that…

i don’t like to feel this way i know these thoughts aren’t good for me these walls seem like they are closing in on me maybe i should pray this world is getting the best of me i can’t see the forest from the trees the words i speak are…

what’s your definition of life ? because what you think affects what you see life is beautiful, challenging, mysterious, adventurous, unpredictable day to day i must deal with details………………..but what is my background what is the big picture on the screen, you put the slides in the projector if you…

the wise speak only when asked, and then relunctantly the wise listen with earnest ears to learn, because there is always more the wise walk in meter to the cadence of their own drum they are never in a hurry the wise may seem aloof and are often judged as…

we had been done this roads too many times to recall each time you were going to do better and pick up the phone and call i was just about to say quit wasting my time but there was something in your tone i heard it in my heart so…