Sign Language for Dogs

see i’m on this journey and some people just call it life but then again some people take the trash out, breathe and go to work…………they call that life to me life is embracing what comes before you and doing your best to dig in as far as you can…

i think it’s kinda cool when emotions don’t rule take the time to sort things out running off half-cocked has produced baleful results, not much to laugh about but the process has in fact showed that a careful approach with the awareness of seeing, as opposed to what you prefer…

old town with your mills shut down, i knew you wouldn’t die your love to deep and your arms to strong you carved your home from the rock i suppose that’s why your people are friendly, loyal and committed the challenge was to re-invent yourself and that’s exactly what you…

the bird outside my window surveys the world below leaves periodically to do errands and go places i’ll never know i know he sees me watching and i am careful not to intrude he allows me to observe him as he lives his life on the roof sometimes he sits…

the longer i live the more i accept the laurels i once thought i saw, no longer adorn my neck the experiences of life shows me, what true genius is i amuse myself to have ever considered that these traits i could possess but one of the greatest blessings, at…

i take you with me wherever i go because we are friends, we have shared many loads at times i was lost but i knew where to go and, i have done the same for you far away doesn’t matter, because thoughts of times together and shared struggles unites us…

long. long, time ago………………. i was picking up my son from daycare kids were coming in from the playground and chanting “Phillip, [MY SON’S NAME], got hurt, Phillip got hurt “ i was waiting for my son to come in missing a leg or arm, you know how parent’s do,…

{smiling profusely, like i would know} in ways i neither understand nor comprehend full-time, no off days, no holidays, 24/7 gentle, soft, dramatic, hard quiet,loud, inaudible, audible always for good……always would you or could you worship, follow, trust a God you could understand ? I WOULDN’T, because that would me…

honest appraisal is a trait unnatural to me, but with Gods’ help i am learning to see God presence : nonjudgmental, comforting, strong but gentle, meek, understanding, humble attentive, thoughtful, patient, unassuming, respectful, interested, lifting, compassionate……… as i examine the aforementioned list, i am immediately aware………………….it is one thing to…

the addictions i adopted and the years they ruled my life can be brought back vividly, with the slightest effort of thought though it has been some time, i spent more years under their control then the years i have enjoyed clean i have developed a habit, one that i…

observing successful people………………………….{well-rounded and happy} i have noticed a characteristic………………..not being in a hurry personally i have found that i have caused many missteps and mishaps by being in a hurry but none from being patient methodical, purposeful, thoughtful action is powerful requiring correct information that often takes time to…

above: to tower over, to look down upon, higher than descriptions of God, trees, mountains, the clouds…………………but not me i neither prefer nor claim any advantage over other men save they have no faith that doesn’t make me better or above them, nay, just blessed the voice has said: “the…

my God is bigggggggggggggg, my God is talllllllllllllllllll but He can be little and He can be small He can fill a canyon or sit by my side get into places where i try to hide that’s my God my God is gentle, loving and kind but He will kick…

the energy i once put forth to hide my frailty now can better be spent correcting what bothers me usually not getting or having my way, only to find what i so desperately sought wasn’t good for me anyway my first reaction as a child was to proclaim my innocence…

inspiration is like a bowel movement when it time to go you better go doesn’t take much to start a spark to light a fire in my head sometimes i fan it and sometimes i let it smolder instead can’t let it get to hot or it will burn out…

”your life is too good to be wasted” is there anyone you couldn’t say that to if so, recognize there is a problem you are it

once was a farmer who had a pet bull he loved him and took great care of him as the bull grew he would break through the fence and wander around the farm at first the owner would try to lasso the bull or drive the bull back to the…

If you are using God shouldn’t He be using you we ask for this power to help us with our lives straighten out the messes we make and lead us through the maze then we take offense when we are asked to assist it’s only fair if we ask of…

remember where you came from, have it factual and clear so that when you judge others be considerate and fair better yet leave those calculations to those better equipped but we as humans love retaliation and we love the whip but everyone has their hurdles, the lessons that life has…

i should have told you i was crazy but you needed a place to go i thought i was doing you a favor, little did i know that at the most difficult times in these last few years you never shied away from me and you let me know you…

my success is much easier to determine i changed the criteria back to the basics how good is my relationship with God

i became a digger when i made a commitment to find how life and my issues have influenced my mind how intense and how deep i go depends on what’s going on and what i need to know we are intact when we enter this world and between our parents…

i see you have baggage, i’m not surprised, just a reminder we are afraid of God for if we didn’t carry it what would we be, because it’s become such a large part of our identity the recollections and the pain have come so ingrained what would happen if we…

and through it all i heard a call resonate from within look, go and see take interest in this world but the most interesting finds, i must admit ,are deep within my soul the best part of me can be seen when i am serving someone in need quite often…

a good man died but not soon forgot he will be remembered more for the things he was not and in the end perhaps that’s the way it’s supposed to be just regular people who do regular things are becoming a novelty he wasn’t loud, wasn’t pushy with his views,…

question my guardian angel posed: ”there is something to be clear about and positively know, if you intend to stick and stay and follow the path you are on, does this God you say that you trust and revere call your heart His Home?” ”all the service that you do…

my best friend isn’t black or white He is a ”peacenik” but isn’t afraid to fight will always answer the door even late at night doesn’t mind telling me when my thinking isn’t right i listen because i know He’s my friend i know He’s my friend because He doesn’t…

hey hey hey we made it through another day there were times when that was great to say kiss me baby the dog on the leash slowed his pace now neither feel they are in a race kiss me baby now tomorrow may come and run over us both steal…

the tide has come and extracted its toll the addition and subtraction comes and goes what is given is valued to the extent it is respected and used what has been taken is akin to paying our dues ceased considering good or fair, time uncovers things as we become prepared…

a good man died he was 94, he had a family and lived next door,he wasn’t a talker just went about his day, trying to be a Christian, stay out of Gods’ way he worked everyday and drove an old car, painted houses on the side and went to the…