henri

i have a dog named henri, he’s a lot like me doesn’t like to get his feet wet, and he waits as long as he can before he takes a pee have to watch the gate because he likes to take a cruise, run around the neighborhood and see what…

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old friend

you never left though i was in outer space you said you still saw something that bad choices couldn’t erase when i was trying to find my way, you never gave advice and you didn’t stay away you where there a pillar i could hold on to   you never…

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keep your dreams

you are the caretaker of your dreams careful to whom you share them with, to most they won’t mean a thing if you are seeking approval, no one can truly understand them because they are your dreams continually bring them out and let them exercise, each time you play with…

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other side of the street

i crossed over and i never looked back disgusted with myself and the filth i would attract so a very long winter was replaced by spring never going back to that side of the street again ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..   it’s a gradual slide not all at once you start making excuses…

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what money can’t do

money can buy hands but it cannot buy respect money can buy people but it cannot buy their hearts money can patch holes but it cannot fill them money can entertain but it cannot enrich money can soften but it cannot soothe money can dictate but it cannot translate money…

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journey

over the ocean and across the sea can’t find me until i find You down in the valley and up in a tree can’t find me until i find you digging up bones and old memories but i can’t find me until i find you so i’ve been looking for…

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Gods’Math

need a blessing…………………………….be a blessing the words were strong from the man standing by the tree ”I need others to work with me………….and as you become my hands and feet, I will continue to fulfill your needs………………………when you are in a storm it is hard to see the path that…

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i’d love to but i can’t

engage in your mayhem i’d love to but i can’t participate in your gossip i’d love to but i can’t be caught up in your drama i’d love to but i can’t waste my time listening to your tirades i’d love to but i can’t ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. no need to quarrel,…

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what we are looking 4

i don’t have to explain it comes with your first breath before you can speak or take your first step a seed is planted in your heart and mind there is something, you are compelled to find ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… it never leaves you and it tangles up your mind you question…

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2 old dogs

i have an old dog  \ she’s just like me sometimes she forgets where she’s going / when to pee she can’t hear / she can’t see i have and old dog\ she’s just like me i have no desire to be young again, i have had too much fun…

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bilingual

i’ve learned a new language took a very long time to achieve there have been teachers but i just wasn’t ready to turn from old ways of thinking that required so many terms and verbage that always needed to be adjusted depending on where you were it is very simple…

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no one else should or will

don’t be thin-skinned and don’t take everything as an assault but if you throw hatchets i’m not gonna walk i’ll avoid confrontation until there isn’t ant reason to talk and then i’ll do a war dance on your head not looking for a fight, left that mindset awhile ago, but don’t…

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it never goes away

verse by david m. orcutt………………………take what you need, leave the rest   no matter how much i study, no matter how much i pray that tendency to react unkind never goes away yeah i know i’m only human, but that excuse does little for me i loathe saying i’m sorry…

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grand-kids n the snow

forget what you know let it all go go to a place you have never been to before you aren’t in charge, just along for the ride two little girls make you heart glow inside so i stop and take a minute to say”thank-you God it wasn’t going to be…

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the power of listening

there is no greater honor you can give a friend than your undivided attention even a fool is considered wise when he is silent……………Proverbs there is far more power in the ear than in the mouth to hear is to receive information which then can be directed to action, which…

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Renewel by Christ

it is an incredible experience to go to bed as one man and to awaken as a different one…………………….a better man…. renewed, restored and a better model this doesn’t have to be an experience for a few…………………somehow i think it is commonly held that life changing occurrences are for a…

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attitude

proverbs 16:3 commit thy works to the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established I claim this verse as my release from the bondage of self ————————————————————————————i’m not particularly fond of you…………….nor you of me but in this maze of life………………..damn if i don’t need you and you need me…

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now you know

the feeling one experiences when something is revealed is such a mixed bag of emotions………………………………excitement, confusion,humility, ignorance , foolish, gratitude…………………on and on especially if you felt it was something you knew learning takes on so many forms and i am only aware of these lessons sometimes……………………… i wish that wasn’t true…

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Again

I don’t spend much time looking back, but sometimes it is permissible when something you thought you experienced you realized you missed under the influence there are many things and places my body was and my mental faculties were somewhere else so it is with an acute understanding as i…

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ELOQUENT

If one is prone to incessant chatter, the consensus is that you become a pounding drum to be endured and not taken seriously of course there are indeed times when a few sentences won’t suffice and that is to be expected but if every avenue ventured down leads to a…

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a new year

grateful to be able to say that i’m not carrying over unfinished business into the new year it didn’t get the best of me as i might have hoped but i didn’t bring any excess baggage either this is the way it goes sometimes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… sometimes you tread water and you…

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PRUNING

When the urge to examine and correct ones’ life is driven by self motivation rather than necessity perhaps it could be uttered that person is in search of enlightenment………ttucro   so part of my tree often offends me, could it have that effect on you i pose this question while…

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job to do/window washer

when i was born, before i began to crawl, i was assigned a job to do the events in my life have molded me and lead me to where i am now along the way, i was confronted with decisions and many paths that i choose were not the best…

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coming down

so much stuff was spinning around, thought it might be a good time to come down from the tree i planted to get away from the responsibility of being me i would climb down, do what had to be done and scamper back to my perch from my vantage point…

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with different eyes

my eyesight has changed as the earth continues to spend in so many ways each day a new life begins i am so grateful i don’t feel like i am heading to the end,rather a new beginning we gather and keep bits and pieces along the way, often we have…

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you have money, money doesn’t have you

i’d like to think if i were wealthy, i would be like you quiet an unassuming trying to do the best you can do regular ”Joe” quietly making your way through this world i didn’t detect a certain air nor did i see judging stares, a pleasant demeanor as you…

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convinced

not waiting on tomorrow, might not come anyway look into the sunrise and say a prayer of thanks you said this day was coming but you couldn’t tell me when that i would believe God is everything or He didn’t exist …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. i listen to the argument that God doesn’t…

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someones’ hero

someone will cross your path in this life and only you can give them what they need be that person’s hero friendship encouragement patience protection listener confidant the list could go on forever there is someone only you can touch and open the lock on their heart and mind when…

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ONE God is enough

must take a lot of time if you believe in many God’s to get all your prayers prayed My God is very convenient one prayer gets the job done ,my God is so big, glad i only need one one God is enough see i believe this God created everything,…

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parole

i let myself out, i made parole forgave myself for the things i stole what a price to pay ,locking yourself away because i didn’t want to see, what had become of me so I made a decision to put on the brakes, owning my mistakes, something changed inside of me………………………for…

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