the mango queen

long live the mango queen she brings me mangoes in my dreams, i sit beneath her limbs to my heart’s content, enjoying her gifts, in sweet silence perfect moments every time, she rouses me from my sleep her gifts to find, and oh how she loves to see that smile on…

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turtle

i admire the humble turtle, everything it needs is on its back not a bad position to be in, cuts down on a lot of crap strange how we fill our lives with things that end up being stored some never leave their boxes and end up being tossed a…

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slowly down, moving faster

i’m slowing down as i grow older but i’m moving faster to the truth so much time was spent searching and the lessons that needed learning were right in front of me tried to share what life has taught me about being present wherever you are but so much of…

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rah, rah,rah

you better be able to get up and scream, show your appreciation for your home town team because there will be days when there is no one in the stands and you better be your best cheer-leader or you don’t stand a chance this world doesn’t owe you nothing, just…

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missile toes

my wife has missile toes………………………..when she goes to sleep they go where they want to go up my crouch or into my shin, i wake up bleeding from toes that kill she says she doesn’t know what happens and i show her the results my legs look like they have…

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grandma knew

there comes a time in everyone’s life where you question what you know a few moments to reflect on what to keep and where to let go ”a culling of the mind she would say, to round those buggers up, brand the ones that make life sweet and send the…

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miss you

my Father was from a different lot, he made His way from the ghetto to a better spot in the climb he took his lumps, such is the nature of escape his role models drank a lot, fought and scraped their way through life and he wanted a better way…

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judge

it is a spiritual axiom: those who are quick to judge are also slow to forgive……..ttucro so once the judge has made up his mind, the door is closed on what is left behind He may have all the info he needs to make his final decree, but if he…

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the hands and feet speak

the language of the hands and feet speak clearly and quite distinct they aren’t confusing and people easily see, what they wish to say they never struggle with choice of words, their message is clear and need not be loud they quietly effect the haughty and proud and rarely cause…

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feeling down>compare

when i compare my issues with the trials of others my perspective changes i am relatively healthy, many are not i have enough to share, so many don’t i have a place i call home, many crawl into a cardboard box to sleep my cupboards are stocked with food, a dumpster…

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get out of the way

i would love to help you, i can hear the angels sing if you would only get your big ass out of the way sometimes they keep getting louder as if to say just pay attention and get out of the way the reason you were put here is you…

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as they are

funny how one ascertains how things are supposed to be,coupled with our fears and wants when end up with a distorted reality looking from the outside is the only place we can start but if your don’t turn the corner you will never see their heart if you go by…

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get past the surface

you have to get past the surface if you want to have a clue want to get to know someone and you have to be willing to lose all your preconceived perceptions based on our prejudices and fears be ever willing to accept he fact that you could be way…

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no more lumpy rugs

no more lumpy rugs nothing to sweep under them anymore nothing to hide and no lingering parasites eating away at my serenity finding a spot to call my own and inviting people to share it with me not trying to possess, the emphasis has changed to being pert of and…

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return on investment

dear God, what a glorious day indeed, when i get to give back part of the blessings You have given me strengthen and guide my words and let them give Glory to my Savior and Lord Thanks Pop

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i’ll try it

i’ll try giving to you what i would like you to give to me compassion for the mess we are and trying to break free so in the interim we throw daggers and step on toes oblivious to the damage we cause others because the focus is on ”me” so perhaps…

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wouldn’t mean anything

i sometimes think i would like to be able to bless people with sobriety but i’m definitely not God, and they wouldn’t appreciate it anyway, because they didn’t work for it you must have skin, vomit, blood, snot and spit in the mix or you won’t know what it’s like…

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the longest journey

the longest journey sometimes turns out to be from what’s in my head to what’s inside of me so it’s not surprising that it takes me time to sort out what inside my heart and what’s inside my mind they both need to intersect and keep the other in check…

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if you want

i could be your friend, if you let me in and this is what i have to share i have a passion for clear communication, ideas and thoughts and i am old enough and seasoned to accept your beliefs as i expect you to do with mine we start off…

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the only one to blame

seems a tab bit strange that it has taken this long to admit there is no one else to blame there have been occasions that others have made things more complicated and difficult but i provoked and fostered those emotions………………it was still me the freedom associated from taking people off…

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in times of trouble

in times of trouble people want answers  and compassion, unfortunately they are ready for neither time takes time things do not make our problems, it is what we do with those things and who is the doer

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it’s better when you share

it doesn’t really matter what are how much you have it’s just better when you share doesn’t matter about value or worth it let’s  someone know you care things don’t seem the same when they are spread around they take on different hues and tones , changes sight and sound…

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pay ayttention

funny little creatures as we approach faith and spiritual stuff we get all inspired when we feel like we are on a roll and our feet are barely touching the ground but let a little pebble trip us up and we look around for sirens and fire trucks while i’m…

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i guess i will pray

i know something that was shared with me about someone who is a ”junkie” now everyone has a right to live or die their own life, where is my culpability do i question a prescription, for a 180 pills a month, i’m not a doctor but that seems like a…

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maybe it will mean something to you

i was just taking this opportunity to share with you a few things that i see and to be perfectly honest the only reason i know is because the same thing has happened to me something happens and it gets us off-balance and we struggle to regain it, then it…

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fun being nice

i enjoy being nice……………probably be good to make it a larger part of my life but little by little i’m giving in and can admit i’m still learning how to give naw, it’s not the big things that make people think, it’s the small reminders that make people blink and…

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tripping over yestrerday

kept tripping over yesterdays just wasn’t ready to let go you know all those people who had done me wrong, had to let them know then a voice whispered to me ” they have forgotten that a long time ago, you are the only one holding on to it, get…

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okay

today doesn’t have to be a special day for me but it will be you see everyday is a special day for me because i want it to be that involves nothing more than the awareness of what a gift it is to have this life and to be given…

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today would be a good time

today would be a good time to unlock the box you know the place where you keep all your treasure and stuff i’m pretty sure that if it’s been some time the value of some,has changed in your mind i refer to it as a culling, separating the silver from…

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only some will get it…………………..that’s the way it is

only some will get it………………………………where you are coming from and if you worry about who gets it…………………….you are ruining half the fun people are on different wavelengths………………..doesn’t make them right or wrong just allows for some to get you, and others won’t know where your coming from spend your time…

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