Sign Language for Dogs

those men who walked along the shore mending nets and building ships followed a man who taught them how to fish for men to show them a better way to live this life and spend their days in the presence of the King, the maker and builder of everything they…

ALL PROPER AND PURPOSEFUL VOCABULARY MUST INCLUDE THESE WORDS ATTENTION, BEAUTY, CARE, DIVINE, EXCITEMENT, FAITH, GIVE, HELP, INTEREST, JUSTICE, KINDNESS, LOVE, MERCY, NICE, OPEN, POSITIVE, QUESTION, REASON, SERVICE, TRUTH, UNDERSTANDING, VERSATILE, WISDOM, XANADU /”YEAH I KNOW LAME” AND ZEAL KEEP IT SIMPLE, LESS SAYS MORE AND MORE IS LESS MORE…

WATER CASCADES SIDE TO SIDE, FRONT TO REAR THE CANOE MEANDERS DOWN A LAZY RIVER ON A MAIL ORDER DAY OLD BOATS FLOAT DESPITE UNDETECTED LEAKS THAT CHALLENGE BALANCE AND LEAD ONE TO ACCEPT A DRY REAR IS NOT AN OPTION NIRVANA ISN’T HAVING EVERYTHING YOU WANT AFTER ALL, RATHER…

Vanity, vanity, i suppose got the best of me traded my soul cause i wanted to be a celebrity lived hard, but not long and you can hear it in my song know’d the price was to high but the deal was done, nothing to do but carry on trying…

sometimes i wonder how it would be without something i treasure family, friends, health, possessions, travel, love, laughter and faith i am convinced my greatest loss would be to lose my faith faith allows me to experience everything else that matters loss of family…..devastating loss of close friends………regretful loss of…

would rather hurt than be oblivious would rather lose than to never give would rather be heckled by those professing to love me, than pretend would rather be alone than settle for adequate would rather take chances and fail then to fear failure would rather accept that pain will accompany…

i couldn’t help but notice, in an effort to go unnoticed, you are quite noticeable no trappings, no wrappings, no facade, beautiful in your simplicity your speech, easy to understand…………..measured, as you choose your words wisely………..careful to respond in a non-threatening tone you seem to glide as though there is…

you can get into a jam when you try to expand what you think the doctrine says you better be right we are talking about your life, and you only get one to live so simplistic me will try to avoid a tragedy, by thinking i have the wisdom to…

i fall and look around and see from another point of view gives me insight into things that i never knew pick myself up and continue on careful where i step but i trip upon a hidden root and the process begins again i use to be annoyed that this…

security begins with me and what i feed my soul guns and wire can keep me safe, but i might as well be living in a hole i believe my body is a case that carries the real me so you could harm my body but the rest of me…

SILENCE IS THE STRONGEST RESPONSE TO SOMEONE SEEKING A FIGHT CROSSES THEM UP WHEN YOU SEE THE BAIT AND REFRAIN FROM TAKING A BITE HARD TO ARGUE WITH A SMILE AND THEY KNOW YOU HAVE ALREADY WON THE BEST DEFENSE IS SILENCE AS THEIR WORDS WRAP AROUND THEIR THROAT STRANGLED…

along the way everyone will come to their fork in the road the sign is very clear and marked as follows: #1 this way continues on the path you have been traveling, you know what to expect and you can almost walk it in your sleep, it is more of…

I SUPPOSE I WILL CALL THEM SPLINTERS THAT LODGE AND PIERCE MY SOUL REMINDERS OF THINGS THAT DON’T SEEM RIGHT AND MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE I OFTEN TRY TO IGNORE THEM THINKING THEY WILL GO AWAY BUT CERTAIN THOUGHTS AND WORDS REMIND ME OF THEM AND I HAVE A CHOICE TO…

BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU KEEP THEY BETTER BE THINGS YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT WITHOUT THEM LIFE WOULD NOT BE WORTH LIVING FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, HONESTY, COMMITMENT SACRIFICE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE NAME OF SERVICE LIFE IN IT’S SIMPLEST FORM IS STILL THE BEST WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS WE CAN ASPIRE TO…

the great dilemma for every man as he turns the pages in life is that his head is rarely in line with his heart aka as a young man trapped in a old man’s body i don’t think the spirit ages because it is infinite but the body is finite…

i have a tendency to place priorities on things that really don’t merit it -i have a lawnmower that needs repair, not a big deal or i could buy a new one………….either way the old one still works but i would rather fork out the money for a new one…

when this walk on this plane is over contrary to how i use to live, i want there to be plenty of evidence that i was grateful for what God did to sacrifice a beloved Son so that i could escape poverty of the soul and the freedom that it…

I have a friend that is bursting at the seams more life in her little finger than most people could ever dream she is nothing short of /atomic the neutrons and protons whirl around and you better pay attention because she covers a lot of ground your best bet is…

i don’t like you but that doesn’t keep you from being right i suppose that’s a wee bit of progress in the attainment of humilty like matters when i pick out a shirt, friend or dinner but concerning the proper assessment of a situation or behavior it is of little…

oh it doesn’t have to be this way, we can sit and talk, shoot the breeze my mind sees me underneath the trees you see, i know me i know me for a long time not always flattering what i find but i don’t have to act on every thought…

this painting is under restoration, to see what is was supposed to be parents, friends and teachers have added layers thinking they know what you should be no need to blame them they were just trying to do their jobs, sometimes they helped you sometimes they robbed now you are…

to be under the spell of what others say, is the fashion of the day makes me laugh and loudly say, i have no intention of letting you say what is right for me i see people in all sorts of costumes and hear people gasp when they enter the…

human nature isn’t always my better side yes, it protects me and keep me safe ………as long as i keep it in check it also tells i am smarter than i am, more valuable then i am and deserve more than i do so you can see it can also…

often i find myself in situations that merit a ”time out” but often is always often the world seems like a ball spinning out of control and no one has a hand on the brake but often isn’t always often my communication skills are about as advanced as a toddler…

i just don’t understand it i put the target in my sight allow for the distance and think i have it right i slowly pull the trigger and feel the recoil from the shot and the bullet somehow ends up hitting me ,directly in the heart i feel the pain…

The sad thing is you’ve been here before 16 years would have kept most from reopening that door but i know the deal i’ve heard it before once you’ve been in, they save you a spot the system doesn’t care what you need or what you want remember it’s all…

wasn’t trying to offend or confront you but you posed the question politically correct at the expense of my core beliefs ain’t happening One God bubba and His Son was Jesus i don’t go around handing out flyers or pushing my beliefs but if you ask i will tell you…

my attitude pays me well, compound interest and dividends a decision i make everyday is to accept life as it is because invariably i am not able to see entirely what’s in front of me until it unfolds rarely is it as i imagined and i am constantly surprised i…

Initially what seemed to be a problem…………………………..as i took time to see actually from a different view became a possibility as my perception did not impede my mind i came upon an an awesome gift, had followed my initial thought, i would have missed entirely slow to judgement, taking ones’…

i awoke one day and decided i would be the luckiest person in the world i realized i had the power and authority to make that decision it came with the realization that if i accept things as they are, without adding labels then all things, not some things were…