all i can do is pray /for Mayday

don’t get me wrong…………………i  believe strongly in the power of prayer that means I put it in Gods’ hands, which means it now is on His terms and His timing i’m human and i want results now……………………just doesn’t work that way the patience to let God do His work on…

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respect

the fear of the lord is the beginning of understanding……………..but fools despise wisdom and instruction.                           prov. 1 v. 7 i am going to replace the word fear with respect i am well aware of the unbelievable power and resolve…

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what i do is more important than what i know

sometimes what we think gets in the way of what we should do let’s look at the list: opinions, generally formed with very little evidence judgment, it is so much less effort involved to judge than to understand we know what’s best…………………really look back at your track record and say…

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little dog

the puppy reminds me that sometimes i am like a little dog into everything that moves and running from one thing to the next expending so much energy to go no where sniffing and looking at things so fast i couldn’t possibly”see” what i am looking at the exuberance for…

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the destination

there is a special place…………………………………took some time to find i had to rid myself of all the clutter i had stuffed inside my mind clearing out and cleaning up allowed me to see………………..once i placed so much value to things that now mean little to me part of that comes…

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picture not a puzzle

quietly we go about His work, with gladness in our heart there are no words to say, the work will do it’s part professing what the lord has done, for each of us…………quietly ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………i was under the impression that my mission was to find the pieces to the ”puzzle” of…

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the ”Quad”

the Holy Trinity came to me and I asked if this group was just about three and they said it was open to all, but few ever had the nerve or ventured to call so I said, ”my credentials aren’t that good as you well know, and on many of…

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if you say so

it’s not my problem, it’s not my fault, they made a choice and that’s just tough, not everyone is going to get what they want if you say so this shouldn’t have happened, they were told to watch out, i don’t care if they bitch or shout, if they were…

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leaving the game

I’m leaving the game after all  this time, I had a good run and my legacy is fine I tried to help younger players to see we were just passing through and that’ s all it would ever be you make the rules up as you go and they change…

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rules of engagement

your path in life will be determined by what you want and what you are willing to do to get there………………………………………ttucro that’s it, it is that simple i have a lot of interests, verse, art, music………………………….but if you want to excel to the highest level……………………….you have to pick one and…

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the little part i need

far from being an accomplished writer, a journeyman at best…………..even if i were graced with extraordinary vocabulary and wisdom there is that bit of distance between what is written and what is conveyed and only the reader can add that part in other words………………………i can’t do this by myself…………………communicate i…

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the shortest story you will ever read

he lived………………he laughed……………………he cried ……………………he died. those eight words could be said of every man or woman who has every breathed on this planet i can hear it already, takes a certain ass determined to disrupt the flow and idea of the conversation to interject something like what about a…

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nothing to say

you ask me to come, so here I am I will walk by your side talk if you like if there is something you need to say I will listen you got my message without my vocalization, I know because you nodded so we walked in the park amongst the…

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from me to you/gift

i have heard people share that they do their art, cooking, writing, hand-works for others not really for themselves…………………to which i would respond, i might eat your cookin’, only because I’m a confessed glutton, but I probably wouldn’t be interested in owning or displaying work that was intended for someone…

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my room

my room came about in my head…………….took a screened in porch that was almost dead and was reclaimed and reinvented to something unique………………i will let you take a peak into my room lots of light but not too much, because i value shadows, they add a nice touch, have always…

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lucky man

hey here comes ‘lucky man’ don’t know what happened but he’s a different dude some say he won the lottery and that changed his tune, but whatever it was, he’s not the same man doesn’t say much now, before you couldn’t shut him up, he was so full of himself,…

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I am that man

act 1 I am that man who was a confused, mischievous kid who was into everything and had a hard time fitting in that got into trouble and was often over His head and weathered the repercussions of acting on a whim fires and broken windows and even a stolen…

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why plant/ if you aren’t going to Harvest

you took the time to prepare your mind, by clearing off the spot taking all the sticks and rocks and smoothing out the bumps turned the land gently to expose the dark rich soil and put in the fertilizer just as you had been schooled now the seeds go in…

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you not over there anymore

Your not over there anymore, across the street or next door i’m not looking around to see where You are because Your right here I’m not praying to a God out there, on top of a mountain or the bottom of the sea I’m talking to you just like I…

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don’t forget to say your prayers

especially if you don’t believe, take a chance it’s absolutely free and it comes with an iron-clad guarantee………………….if you aren’t satisfied you can stop at anytime with no cancellation fee make this offer to anyone, struggling with life, ready to come undone, and if they will try for a few…

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Ringling Brothers/bumbling idiots

the circus is in town, look at all the clowns are they prance around the problems is they are making our laws, and putting lots of money in old mason jars so that when they finish this charade they will be sippin’ martini’s in Jamaica in the shade so my…

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run to Me

okay big boy, now let’s see, things aren’t going your way, you have made a mess of things I suggest you run to Me I warned you but you tend to disagree, after you have exhausted all your options run to Me it would go easier if you would just…

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abide in Me

if you try……………………………you will see…………………………..it isn’t that hard to abide in Me I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end…………….I created everything and My Children are My Crown I cannot say how much it means when a decision has been made to come into my Holiness with…

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don’t mail it

I will write this note so I can see the words in my head in front of me I see your memory is starting to slip…………….I suppose if I were kind i would just let it go, but it pisses me off what you think you know and what really…

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no waiting………….you can have it now

I’m not talking about material things they get old and break what I am addressing is something that money cannot buy, not available in stores or online it is called ”peace” and having had a taste of it at 63 I would like to keep it and share how others…

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what will you leave behind

when we are young, defiant and blind……we are unaware that we walk this Earth……..a very short while as the days pass we come to find, that we have no control over the hands of time we wrestle and struggle until we finally admit, we aren’t in charge, and come to…

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love dresses funny sometimes

we get these notions in our head about how things should look and feel problem is we are forgetting that we base these beliefs on our experience and lets face it, no matter how well read we are or traveled…………………we only know a little ””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” this weathered woman approached me…

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usher

this way please i can hear you say, because i know this to be a better way………………..that you may learn to let slip away those things that keep you from me this way please for you aren’t able to see that this path you have chosen doesn’t agree with me….…

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my America

my America isn’t the Kardashian’s, isn’t Hollywood and rarely makes the news my America is Jeff who works on my cars, David who maintains my heating system Jack who is a genius with glass, Danny who can repair anything and my go to guy for everything real people living the…

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JUANITA/” please forgive me”

our paths crossed at our favorite restaurant on the trip back and forth to the cabin in Buckingham , Va. you where a piece of work and you took my jousting pretty well, and i didn’t even know your name you ran a tight ship and we enjoyed watching you…

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