Sign Language for Dogs

I had to look several times, until I made myself accept it was you. I was walking to an AA meeting downtown and saw you in the alley going through a dumpster. Your face was dirty but that effervescent smile was still there and it sealed the realization it was…

I would like to say I resemble the lead actor in this play…but I have forgotten the script The lines don’t seem like mine and he seems lost a great deal of the time and that makes me uncomfortable But I’ll let it go on until it moves in directions…

Sorry it wasn’t a pleasant way to end But the alternative was looking thin I blame myself because it should have never began Determine to make it work, but square pegs belong in square holes and doing otherwise doesn’t go well..does it? If I had been more mature and honest…

Grateful to have a breakable heart to feel the pains of life To have offered and received love and to have it fall apart There is a price for everything and it must be paid in full The cost of happiness is sharing others pain and rejoicing in their successes…

I would like to introduce my old friend, I met him long ago. He has become my constant companion and he accompanies me everywhere where I go. He doesn’t like people and he would rather we be alone.. so he can have me to himself and dominate my thoughts. He…

The gist of a happy life is appreciating and enjoying what you find. It’s fine to have things you would like to discover… and you may find some of them. Enjoying what you come across is the key….in reality you very well may find things you never considered and be…

Most of our problems are a result of the “disease of self” Our fears our unrealistic desires and demands bleed over into our emotions and on everyone else When we get to the point where our relationship’s and our interactions with others are consistently problematic we have a choice, take…

Perhaps the arrows in your quiver need to be thrown away The feathers are worn and missing and you would never hit anything anyway So why do you continue to carry them, your bow is warped and frayed And the people you wanted to shoot no longer seem to be…

Labels have connotations that often precondition our appraisal of things… For instance for all intents and purposes the dandelion is a dreaded weed, and it does seem out of place in the midst of a beautiful lawn. However in many other situations it shines bright as a little star… determine…

I’m sitting in a restaurant eating salad for my weekly commitment to eat all the colors in the rainbow once a week I reflect about you and liken it to trying to hold water…the more you resisted the tighter I held you….for awhile Until I realized it wasn’t what you…

Just so you don’t get to high an mighty, no matter what you have or what you do or your degrees or your possessions… You will either end up in a box in the ground or in a tin can on the fireplace Get over yourself and treat everyone with…

I hope I have accumulated enough postage to send myself into higher realms Some of it is by a determined effort to better oneself…. And some is by the efforts of others to carry you along There are no limitations other than my degree of willingness and determination to not…

Oh my…it took some time But I think I made it to the Hyaline Feels like I left a lot behind which allowed me to climb out of the clouds to the hyaline Traveling lighter and freeing my mind things are looking clearer In the hyaline Climbing Ttucro

I went to the beach we favored when we were together…..it has undergone quite a cleaning The debris and wood from the various storms over the years has been removed and it reminded me that this change has been cleansing to me as well and from your comments seems you…

Not to think less of myself But in reality I’m like a blade of grass We enter into this life and we try to find what is right and what works for us If we are smart we accept the fact that the other blades are just doing that, trying…

Perhaps I can live a life that some would say.. his epigraph should read this way: “ tho’ challenged by the conditions of life, dealing with himself and the consequences of bad decisions..ultimately his journey was in search of the God of his understanding and by all appearances…he found Him.”…

The three words that I have spoken over the years along my journey, that I have literally marginal concept of are, “ I love you “ I am striking them out of my mind and vocabulary….. It I mean…. I will exhibit it If I exhibit it… it doesn’t need…

Freedom and happiness aren’t necessarily congruent…… One Path…..stop doing the things that you lie to cover up….preferred, typically leads to happiness Second Path….start living your secrets….less desired but freeing… doesn’t guarantee happiness TTucru

We will come to circumstances where there seem to be insurmountable walls in our path Gives us the opportunity to determine if they were placed there for our defense or a challenge So we ask for the wisdom to know the difference If it be a challenge worthy of surmounting…

Duhhhh…really Good to know Ttucro

You come to sit with me as I fish, but I’m no match for you You fly off and return with your fish, I think you are you’re taunting me So I give you a nod and you spread your wings and walk a circle around the pier Once again…

Excuse me…..2 words that will take you anywhere Thank you.. 2 words that will bring you home Ttucro

As far as spiritual matters are concerned, your intellect is your nemesis… Ttucro

The door to your heart is broken The hinges are rusted solid because they haven’t been open for so long You’ve gotten used to the door being closed, you feel safe and less vulnerable But your missing something and you know it This is working for now but you can’t…

If your moral code changes with your situation or needs…it is neither moral nor a code It is a wish list Ttucro

If you have ever come upon a turtle turned on their back unable to right itself… that is helplessness Everyone will have that experience at some time in their lives You never know how a smile, a gesture an attentive ear can change the trajectory of someone’s life… And yours…

I’m learning a new language because the one I’ve been speaking seems foreign to some people They receive messages I never intended and for awhile I thought it was just me… but a succession of distorted conversations made me think otherwise. Seems odd at this age to be learning a…

Been here before……..blank Absence of material….. no inscription, minus images…. If has been an infrequent occurrence but it has happened before and I realize it for what it is, A pause……a break Blank periods are less threatening and provide a safety net when things are piling up and need filing…

The fear of missing out, aka “fomo” is just that…we miss out what and where we are,pining for something we aren’t even sure about. Tremendous waste of time but everyone is infected to some degree. The “fear of missing out” is akin to lying on a tropical beach and wishing…

Well did you think about the sharp edges as you put together the box……apparently not Having marked the project with blood harvested by those edges….what exactly were you thinking? I see a pattern here and it is quite evident that habit of plowing forward with great intensity and marginal thought…