how to spot a friend
a friend will know you are way off base, that you are not close to the beam, that your EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING THE SHOW, that your tongue has more venom than a cobra, your ability to make sound judgments is impaired, your perspective is jaded to say the least, the…
Read Moreyour way/for Parker
you were the most consistent person, i have ever known we met in high school and became fast friends in a hurry because we couldn’t find anyone as crazy and wild as we were………we fit the bill perfectly for each other…………………….you told me that you were going to live this…
Read Morethe guest at my table
there is always a guest at my table and He has provided the food……………… sometimes we talk, often we enjoy His company without uttering a word we make sure He knows we  are grateful by offering a prayer before we eat and often inviting others to share the bounty of…
Read Morecaution: DEAF CHILD PLAYING
i’m sure as my parents watched me grow, they wondered if i was able to hear their words, because i wasn’t good about following directions…………………………………….that continued through my teens and adulthood it was only after a series of events, any of which was capable of ending my life, over a twenty…
Read Morea movable feast
i couldn’t imagine being any more free then the life of a turtle consider that a turtle has everything in its world with him at all times no clothes, no possessions, no constraints………………ready to go anywhere, at any time, in a moments notice i believe this lifestyle is attainable…………….but one…
Read Morei’ll pray for you/for t.s.r.
seems trite when someone says that, but actually you need to take into consideration if you think they mean what they say how many times have we heard. ” the only people who scoff at prayer are those who never tried it”…………………and that is where i will leave it i…
Read Moresometimes all you have, is the best you can have
best we can figure it’s been a week since our boat took on water and sank…………..we were anchored near a small island we intended to explore the next day…………………….in the middle of the night we rammed into something and it wasn’t long before we knew we were taking on water………………………we…
Read Morejust might work
let me see…………………..perhaps i should change my trajectory perhaps some of the things that i place in my way and many of the things that rot my brain………………………….would change…. if i consider and change one thing……………………………………….o………………….n………………e if it causes discomfort or pain, if it turns your sunshine into rain, leaves…
Read Moreyou didn’t have to/ but you did/for Susan M.
you didn’t have to take time to help me, but you did and you did so with the grace of someone who cares and not like you were doing me a favor some people are good at doing certain things and some are good teachers, rarely is someone good at…
Read Morestill have to answer to me
so i can push people out when they are getting to close, in hopes they don’t see the real me or shuffle the deck and start over again, but the person dealing me or go off in a different tangent and change people , places and things but no matter…
Read Morenest/ for C.C.
my grand-daughter placed a tiny nest in my hand and explained it fell from a tree i said the nest had been used by a family of birds and they needed more space for their young she pointed out what great care had gone into the construction and how each tiny…
Read Moreglimpses of you/ for n.b.
it’s hard for me to watch a friend lose control of their life funny you said the same thing about me when i was fighting my demons you always had a plan and now the plan has you you knew what you wanted, now i suppose you might say to…
Read Morea difficult man
a difficult man will take his stand and fight to the very end and over time perhaps………………………………………………….he will find he could have accomplished more if he had put more effort into making his adversary his friend but stubborn as we sometimes are we think there should be pain and though…
Read Moremore than words
these words i read in my little ”red book” some i don’t always understand and your ways are often so much different from how we act as men but what i lack in understanding is replaced by a sense of calm for as my world seems to be falling apart,…
Read Moreacceptance of the message/ ”bending prevents breaking”
u think you got and it and it looks pretty good and a breeze comes up and the leaves are all over the yard not a big deal and you start over again and you’re just about finished and here comes the wind so now you’re determined to see this…
Read Morefriend
tell me what you see………………………………………..not what i want you to see tell me what you think…………………………………….not what i want you to think show me where i err…………………………………………… and when i get it right talk to me plainly……………………………………leave the colored words for your prose ask me why i responded that way……………………………………hold…
Read Moretaking out the trash
much as i would like to say, ”i practice staying spiritually fit everyday”………………….i don’t some of that i blame on being human, and the majority is because i’m lazy i let things affect me and only after they intrude upon my relationships, including myself do i make a conscious effort…
Read MoreMR. B/teacher
inquisitive student with a passion for learning: seeing mankind slip on the ever-present banana peel, watching the efforts of those fallen to rise again, you recorded as many of these instances as you could…………………..remembering the thoughts you hid in your heart, always wondering what had and had not been learned…
Read Morekeep a part for yourself/ my private space
when i am alone i laugh about life and my relationship with reality, which has been somewhat touch and go if i stayed here all the time i would be as difficult to deal with as the rest of them so pardon me while i journey through this…
Read Morea little piece of me
hey brother, i’m sending you a little piece of me you may not be able to see it, but you will feel it as you read i wish i could do more…………………………… please know it bothers me to picture you in prison and me walking around free there were so…
Read Moredaydream
sometimes i wonder what all this means………………………so many people preying on others and seemingly without any remorse when i hurt someone, i hurt as well……………………..it is not natural or normal to cause pain and suffering and blow it off like hey they were just in the way, luck wasn’t with…
Read Morewhere did we put that?
i know it’s here somewhere, i remember how it helped us overcome the ”great depression” you know the spirit that we are in this thing together so many factions……………………everybody is screaming ” Â see me, hear me and do it my way” isn’t the sum supposed to be greater than it’s…
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