journey: learn and turn

the stages in one’s life are a direct result of what we experience, understand, what we learn and what direction our mind is headed in fact: YOU WILL FIND WHATEVER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR your focus determines the direction life is a continual process of learning and turning we learn…

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Pierre

i happen to meet a brute of a man and his swagger made people move off the sidewalk and walk in the street a jaw like an anvil that looked like it was forged from steel eyes that pierced and always looked past and not at i am a bit…

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doing the right thing doesn’t always feel good

i had a tough decision i didn’t want to make, but something had to be done so i stepped up to the plate when life comes barreling at you, you don’t want to make a mistake so you size up all your options and swing when it comes across the…

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see what you got

when the ball has dropped and your butt is on the spot c’mon bro lets see what you got you talk about your faith how it has helped you a lot proof is in the pudding, c’mon bro lets see what you got it ain’t looking good, the boat is starting…

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the path is marked

it is easy when i let you lead, the path is laid out in front of me there are things that come my way, but they don’t bother me they are there to teach and reach areas that need a another look so the goal for me is always to…

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come down ”candy man”

the past can’t be new, even if it’s retold to you………………………… you might have missed some spots and surely there are things you forgot but it didn’t go down yesterday……………it was years so what is it you are trying to recreate a reason why you made your mistakes, something that…

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can’t get what you can’t give

struggling in relationships, turmoil stirring from within a friend was kind enough to stop me and in His own way intervened his simple explanation has played an important part of my life ‘‘the reason you are unsettled and your life is in a spin, you are asking something from others…

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what the mirror says

the eyes see what’s inside of me and the mirror echoes whats in my head it may or may not be true, depending on how i accept the truth and how honest i am willing to be if i seek a change, i have to embrace where i am or…

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culmination

things are starting to add up and the arithmetic of life has compounded a shift of the sail headed this boat in a different direction and the results are plain to see everything is better: relationships self esteem mind set perspective character spirituality peace and serenity it has taken a…

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hand in hand

a drop of rain, a ray of sun got to have both to make things grow so when i complain as the raindrops fall, i try to remember they go hand and hand a blessing that lands at my feet, and a hardship that surprises me, both are part of…

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listen

a little voice called my name because they were afraid because i was listening i took that fear away by offering my hand they felt protected and secure because i was listening a child felt they were loved the things i remember most, from my childhood days are almost all…

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sticky notes

it still amazes me how often i neglect to see all the ways God orchestrates, the things in life that makes me think i am not in charge and the God i serve is very large He will do whatever it takes to make me see that the best course…

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my back pages

looking back through my back pages, i can see i lived my life in stages from beginner to dissenter, dissenter to disruptor, disruptor to repented, repented to believer not the easiest mode of travel, but eventually all previous attempts to thwart my downward spiral were presented enough times to allow…

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when you can’t say ”I was wrong”

when you can’t say,” i was wrong” it doesn’t take very long before you find yourself running out of ears because nobody cares to hear what someone has to say when they are never wrong when you are never wrong that would mean one thinks they are always right and…

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the big picture

you have to live everyday, but you can’t get to caught up in it do the best you can, help where you can, avoid hurting when you can and that’s about it a day is like a thread in a tapestry just one small part of a piece, one small…

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a little bit…………….can be a lot

a little bit of sunshine that interrupts the rain a little bit of peace after  days of pain a little bit of passion when you thought the well was dry a little bit of emotion and a tear in the eye a little bit of wisdom that turned you away…

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stop pedaling and listen

hope you got the telegram, telling you where i am why i have no interest in prolonging this pain to much evidence, keeps climbing over the fence and i can’t deny it anymore we can call it an experiment of how this much time was spent trying to explain how…

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anything but Jesus

everyone is looking, searching, reading, to find the guru that will take them to the next level of fulfillment self help guides, motivational speakers with a new twist on the same old dialogue, seek and you will find the guru came, the guru taught, the guru lived a spotless, selfless…

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just a crackhead……………….for d.m.

i like you, you remind me of me you are very talented and gifted i think you have a good heart, mostly but you’re just a crackhead i want so much to believe in you give you the benefit of my doubts, and everyone’s doubts hoping that you will hit…

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the depth of faith

i have seen a man live out his faith dealing with death and the pain and suffering that accompanies cancer i have seen a man with unshakable faith never waver in his belief in God and his allegiance no matter how bad it got so i know it can be…

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alpha and omega, beginning and end

it’s a little chilly sitting on the beach this morning, but the sunrise was worth it i watch the waves and think it is good to be able to count on such constants, the movement of the waves, the sunrise and sunset, the change of seasons……………. i draw in the…

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didn’t cross the line

i walked it and was careful with my words i knew it was there and used it for my guide i said what i wanted to say and there was no aftermath because my message was clear and not cluttered with ”perhaps” a man can say what he needs to…

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1st world problems

it is always good to remember where you are, who you are and the blessings you have received………ttucro my car won’t start……………..lucky to be able to afford a car the grass didn’t come in well………………….nice to have a yard my work drains me…………………grateful to have a job medicine is expensive…………….fortunate…

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that little voice

that little voice can be foe or friend depending on which way it wants me to go i have no illusions about its source comes from the evil and good that lives in my heart so i dare not say ” can’t imagine where that came from” there are still…

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accountant

i watch the day and log the receipts look over the merchandise what to sell and what to keep and i want to make sure i have been fair and did as i said balancing the books and assessing my share i do not speak of monetary things, but of…

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step up

the steps are there when you arise picture them inside your mind and every chance you get have the desire and courage to step up oh of course you could say what a silly game, and brush it off and continue on your way but a heart and soul that…

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you ain’t going no where

i did the math and i guess it’s so, in a few months i will be 64 and the things i would like to share with you, you don’t want to know you ain’t going no where i watch these thirty somethings rushing to and fro because they are so…

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open or closed

look down this list and identify which term best describes: YOUR MIND YOUR HEART YOUR HANDS YOUR EYES YOUR SPIRIT YOUR BELIEFS YOUR WALLET YOUR HOME YOUR TRUST Which term best describes, open or closed

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broken headed

should one surmise that the mind is a reflection of the heart or the heart is a reflection of the mind…….ttucro i have allowed myself the pollution of my mind, reckoning that it was better to think bad things as long as one didn’t act on them i liken that…

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the other side of the fence

brother, the other side of the fence was waiting for me and i was doing my best to earn me a spot but the Lord intervened and i had to stop it wasn’t hard for me to see that what i was doing wasn’t working for me at that point…

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