two of a kind

my favorite person i would like to kill, is so much like me it makes me ill it doesn’t flatter me that the person who can crawl under my skin is a carbon copy of the man I am so when i look at him with disgust, i’m looking at…

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my friend behind the fence

I have a friend behind the fence, it’s always the same reason why, he chose to go against the rules and society set him aside matters not the infraction, matters now what can be done to regain the joy of life and to embrace lessons that can be learned we…

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finding humility

thank-you for the sunshine and thank-you for the rain, thank-you for your patience in trying to teach me about the appropriate measure of a man you don’t know what you don’t know until you learn it……………..David Jenkins I am approaching the realization of the quiet power and strength of humility………………………….the…

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careful how you fill that hole/landfill

careful how you fill that hole, what you put in determines what comes out and you won’t know it right away……………….takes a while for things to settle out and decompose and you can’t see the effects right away……………………..but as you look back at what you put in you will see…

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what i’m supposed to do

what i’m supposed to do is not to depend on me ………………………………………but to depend on you some will call me weak, dependent and confused……………………………………..i need not defend You nor Your work, my own life is an example of what You can do why is that when i wake up, seems…

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wake up rip

grateful today I can appreciate my life as it is and not aware of this only after something has been taken away loss has been a primary motivator in my life and I am realizing it doesn’t have to be that way one can protect what is  valuable by not…

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w.u.g.u

whatever you choose as you direction in life be it vocation, focus, career………………… I believe paramount in this equation is the ability to ward off being under the direction and influence of our emotions…………………not to be ruled by your emotions the degree of success you will find will be directly…

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careful with that cross/ for all of us

careful how you carry that cross friend, don’t think Jesus used those words nobody expects you to be perfect, but you’re not trying very hard when you wave that banner make sure you have the right cause bringing attention to ourselves isn’t what we’re looking for, but to go about…

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keep it to yourself/Preparation H

unsolicited opinions are received about as well as hemorrhoids……………….keep it to yourself

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wise men/wise woman

slow to speak, because it takes several minutes for reason to catch up with mind no reason to seek attention still discovering new things all the time learning and searching are not worthy of status, rather respect i have found the wise to be humble in awe of the intricacies…

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compliance

sounds like he’s giving up, tired of the repercussions from doing things his way people tried to talk to him but their word fell on deaf ears but life is the best teacher and it favors those who learn, if something isn’t working perhaps it’s time to investigate what is…

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not there anymore

i’m not there anymore you know the place where you try to hide from everyone including yourself i’m not lost anymore, off track sometimes but not lost, and a hard turn brings me back to familiar roads i’m not as impulsive as I once was, sometimes, but not so much,…

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assisted living

words can have so many meanings…………………………………… I have been in assisted living since I was in my teens, although I didn’t know it then, I know it now had it not been so I wouldn’t be here I am grateful that the help was there however unappreciative and unaware I…

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tall not small

the mention of the word God makes me tall not small, for I am greeting and accepting a creative source that I am neither able to conceive or deny God is………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. tapping into that energized resource gives me strength and courage to live in a fallen world With His help…

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take this pain away………………no, don’t take this pain away

on any given day, I can reiterate the heading at the top of this page………….so much I don’t understand and I keep telling myself it’s part of His plan, but does that change…………………………. suffering animals struck by cars, humans stuffed in boxes, bombs tied on the backs of children take…

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broken wing/Jack

I know it’s bad, pretending otherwise would be a slap in your face and a denial of reality…………………………i’ll hang with you and when I can help, let me know………………otherwise i’ll stay out of the way………………………I know you well enough that someone hovering over you would give you the creeps,……..me too…

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one

there is someone I’m suppose to reach out to today, whose name and face I do not know but those are minor details, so I prefer to let them go I do not know what your needs are so I’ll pretend you are me, we’re probably not much different……….. in…

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keys to the kingdom

hey……………..I’ve got keys to kingdom, having lunch with the King I call Him ’bout everyday to hear what He’s got to say He tells me about what’s going on and what he needs me to do I do my best to help Him He’s been very good to me I…

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afternoon with God

some would laugh if you said you spent the afternoon with God but that’s to be expected from those who don’t believe in prayer and though you would like to convince them you stopped preaching some time ago a heart that is ready for planting is obvious you see the…

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Rip Van

I went to sleep in my world and woke up in yours took a bit to get use to, but what choice did I have so I will do the best I can, to follow the instructions I receive don’t expect miracles, after all you are dealing with me I’m…

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a meatloaf day

a meatloaf day is coming your way, a lot of stuff to put in mix it up good and don’t go crazy with the spice, you know what it does under the hood so don’t put everything in, think about the best way to begin, you know what happens when…

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it doesn’t have to feel good to be good

it doesn’t always have to feel good to be good…………………a lesson I’m trying to learn when I need correction I get it though it’s not always understood I’m not that good at self appraisal, so others help me see,  often I need feedback to get closer to where I want…

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try again/vulture

i feel short yesterday……………………letting you get under my skin……………………you needle and needle until i finally give in i let you have it both barrels dead aim, just what you were hoping for, to cause a little pain you look for ways to rob and steal, under the guise that it’s…

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”good morning” as you step in dog poo……………………………now what are you going to do

morning greets you as you step on top of a fresh pile of dog……………………… you hop around cursing and as you open the door to let them out………… you were too late you have a choice, you can continue to dance the dance of a crazy man or you can do…

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put the money in the bag

put the money in the bag and don’t look back no need for you to take a ride in a black Cadillac so do as your told and i will be on my way and you will survive another day …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….so i glanced in the mirror and i saw my…

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He Has Something In Mind

i know that you were placed in my path because i have have so much to learn from you sometimes G gives us examples of what He doesn’t want us to be and what makes the bitter easier to take while you are teaching me what not to be, the…

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today………………..i can do it this way /for HENRY

today i can for pray for you, tomorrow i cannot say i only have today in front of me and i can look at it one of two ways i can let the ass you are affect me or i can go a different way…………………………………………….. i can choose to pray…

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jess

my dog keeps getting older and i watch as she goes through the advanced stages of aging……………………………………………………..   you know many times i come into a situation blind and i think well why wasn’t i notified, given a heads-up and prepared for this and i stop and little by little…

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evil cannot come from good

if i don’t feel that good about me, it’s almost impossible for me to feel good about you i don’t have to think i’m the best thing since sliced bread, but i need to feel comfortable in my own skin love myself, i don’t know if i can wrap my…

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the deck…………is stacked

i thought so…………. the deck is stacked can’t you see, all this stuff continues to happen to me okay so i’ve made some bad decisions, cut some corners here and there, but this is ridiculous life just isn’t fair so i am stuck in this mindset for the majority of…

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