one

one you should get to know has sent a friend request to you, this isn’t the first time and they are getting frustrated and confused wouldn’t it be simpler if there were only one of you, seems it would be so much easier than pretending, that you can be everything…

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Lords’ Prayer/Revised

Our Father which art in heaven, and everywhere else, although sometimes it doesn’t feel like that, but that’s on me Hallowed be thy Name, You are so worthy of praise the mere thought of You, GIVES ME STRENGTH AND HOPE Thy Kingdom come, Thy kingdom, not mine, You are righteous,…

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personal wealth/ for my friend in Chicago

ones’ personal wealth isn’t locked in a safe, or behind steel doors deep in a vault, in stocks and bonds and municipal notes ones’ personal wealth resides in ones’ heart so, to get it right and stay in tune you have to be grateful for what you have, not be…

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you would do better to listen

you would do better to listen and perhaps you could hear what they are trying to say when you are so concerned on how to answer, their words sorta drift off into space it isn’t important that others think you are smart, far more important that you don’t try to…

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what did you bring?

hey, your guardian angel is tapping you on the shoulder just checking in wanted to hear what you have to say, what did you bring to the table today? did you bring your list of needs in areas where you think you might be a little short?, or might you…

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more than words

change the method, to keep the message fresh, walk the walk you talk and give your words wings they aren’t here for a recital they did not come to hear you spew, they were sent your way on purpose, so you could share the truth so you don’t need to…

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discovery

if you seek you will find, things that will open and change your mind, but if you are focused on one certain thing, you probably will miss the lesson for that day life takes on a different look, when you think of it as a book, which we write in…

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hands off……………….aka/trip advisor

you say you are a believer, well okay………………….do us both a favor, sit over there and try to behave now i know it’s not your nature, but try to wait your turn, everyone gets a chance to shoot holes in their balloon you humans are a curious lot, you take…

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chicago

sometimes a change of pace helps to clear the air, let’s us step back a bit and take stock of where we are to stop and let our minds slow down so we can see the forest from the trees, and remember our feelings can be fragile and they may…

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last call?

you’re not drunk but you never know, maybe you’ve had just enough to make you a little slow, the mom in the van who pulls out to soon, left you just enough room to slow down………………………………. if you hadn’t been drinking so it was actually her fault i guess you…

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INSIDE JOB

A fable: i came upon a friend, whom i was happy to see and i ask him why he seemed excited to me he said,”old friend i have wasted so much time, looking for something that was already mine” as he was leaving he smiled and said to me, keep…

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shut your mouth,sit on your hands

not sure what to do our say, shut your mouth, sit on your hands your tendency has been to say the wrong thing at the very worst time, shut your mouth, sit on your hands i am aware i have a hard time,letting the world turn without a push, shut…

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free?/no

”ain’t nothin’ free sept the air we breathe, the land the Lord give us, and the deep blue sea, He gave it all to us and the responsibility, cause ain’t nothin’, ain’t nothin’ free”…………………………….Earl on the docks when someone mentions the word ”free”, i laugh…………………………i cannot remember the last time…

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crack in the ice/ for osd

a lie is like a crack in the ice, once it is there it always spreads you may not notice that it is opening, until one day you fall into it and you wonder how did that happen and why didn’t i see it coming the thing about a lie…

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friends are hard to find

friends are people who take you for what you are, they don’t judge you, your words don’t leave scars, they don’t keep their feelings tucked away in a jar, friends are hard to find friends are the ones who stick around after you’ve lost everything you have found, friends take…

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safety net

wherever i go whatever i do i am protected as long as i ‘m working for you i have to work, most us do if we want to eat, but my real employer is God………………………….now my boss signs the paycheck, but everything he has and everything i have belongs to…

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the problem with ”hurry”

i was getting gas this morning and an elderly lady came into the store asking for directions to an assisted living center………… if was too difficult to explain so i said i would put it in my gps and she could follow me, well that was all well and good…

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the bridge

a brother told me one day,” man , why do you keep going around this wisdom tree, while you are trying to get smart, there is a bridge right here that will set you free, and while getting smarter is a noble cause, often the answer is right under our…

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maybe just one

it helps if you never lose touch with reality and i have tried to be realistic with my expectations of how this blog is received………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..   maybe just one will need to read something i have endured or that happened to me…………………..and from a few words perhaps they will find…

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whom will you serve

you are going to serve something or someone or more often, yourself the issue i have, i said,”i have” with serving something, it becomes like a graven image, or an idol if you will……….just not me the issue i have with serving someone is not to make that person a…

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restoring furniture aka ”the riddle of life”

life can mirror the process of working on piece of furniture…………………the results are contingent on how well you prepare the piece you are working on…………………how well you prepare…………………..how much time are you willing to devote to get the results you want………………………that is a very concise description of life i have…

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medicine

i take my medicine when i arise look to the heaven and close my eyes i do not deserve the life that i have,but for Gods’ grace i would be dead it took many years for me to understand, you can’t live like a child and expect to be treated…

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still the best deal

the best deal in town is right out your window, in your back yard…………………………in the woods across the street a walk down a path by the river, ushers forth a plethora of more amusement then one could find at the fair the best things in life for me are free, and…

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could have been me/ for d.w.

brother, it could have been me, but God chose you to be somewhere and do the things that we don’t want to do i hesitate to think of the deeds that i did, could have easily landed me where you are, or more likely dead so don’t think you alone…

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maybe one day

maybe one day we can agree to accept people as they are, and not as we expect them to be maybe one day your opinion will be as valuable as mine and i can respect that maybe one day the earth will again be our precious mother and we will…

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for you/victims of Las Vegas Massacre

for you who cannot speak, may i say a word for you to shine a light were darkness tried to overshadow your life that others remember you for your living and that you didn’t die in vain  that such a sacrifice perhaps will open many closed doors and minds as…

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torpedo/ for j, part man, part fish

you came into the pool area tapping your cane very softly and carefully, i watched you place your towel and goggles on the bench,this action obviously have been repeated many times…………… you said ”hi” to the lifeguard as she greeted you inquiring about the temperature of the water, to which…

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las vegas

some of us have a grudge, and we’ll get over…………talk about it………..blow off some steam………..and move on one of us will start a grudge, feed it, nurture it and turn it into a vendetta against society sometimes there is someone who has knowledge of this ” out of control behavior,”…

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hand writer

”we do what we do, might be different from you, makes me no better, no worse,be grateful we have a choice.”……..ttucro i make marks on my left hand for reminders……………………….i have a laptop, i have an i-phone, i have sticky notes, if it is something i cannot forget to do…

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hmtl

a hard man to love took the trash out and sat down at his desk and put a snob-nose 45, by his lamp started to write a note and couldn’t decide where to start much less where to end he heard his grand-kids playing in the yard and that made…

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