Take the Off Ramps of Life…..

So you don’t know where you are going don’t worry…. Your not alone take the off ramps of life and leave normal at home because some of life’s blessings come when you’re All alone just a straggler in a strange land trying to find your way home but you will…

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Paradise lost… Paradise found

It seemed for a stint that I had found it Paradise I was encircled with love and marveled at its gifts but over time everything seemed to slip….hard as I tried… I lost my grip I was puzzled as to what had transpired and I started looking at my behavior…

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Places you have never been……

My daily playlist…… includes places I have never been bored?……. What is that? – it is an unwillingness to seek….. to be stuck in routine a good routine is to seek the unknown….the unexpected that journey begins the moment you move forward the direction is not important…..revisiting past destinations is…

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Turtles Dance…..

No I’m not crazy….. not in a trance my attitude changed ….. when I saw a turtle dance – the world šŸŒŽ is an amazing place…. Just give it a chance you will be surprised….. you might even see a turtle 🐢 dance I often forget how I am blessed…

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Everyone and everything…. Has a price

If you want total freedom…. there is only one situation that allows that….. being alone if you are under the illusion that you can do and say whatever you feel in a relationship you are delusional I am not advocating against unions or relationships…what I am saying is those arrangements…

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Proxy…..Wars

You cannot help anyone… any people…. Any country …… when your own country is in disarray that ā€œhelpā€ is tainted…. When the needs of your own people aren’t being met When the ā€œ appearance….and opinionsā€ of other nations are of greater importance then our own needs…… that is both problematic…

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Tug of War…..for Scott …..and I

I see you got some new grips…. A little better equipped to wrestle with one as stubborn as you I survey the scrapes and the scars and I acknowledge this match has been a long contest just when I consider giving in….,I remember a childhood friend…… dying from issues he…

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The Silent Scream……Mars

We often hide our woes and dreams behind a silent scream and the past we thought was neatly tucked has risen it’s ugly head again and in it’s detailed account prods us to relive a sordid past….. some of our missteps and failures and some of the lashes that were…

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Stranger to myself…….

I suppose there are numerous reasons I chose to withdraw from a good life ….. I neither understood nor appreciated I see no point in discussing those……I am where I am there is no debate about that getting to know yourself does require time alone but that perspective has its…

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There are no spiritual giants…… for j x2

Wear the air and talk the talk learn the verbiage and walk the walk but that human thing still pulls the strings and we practice what we preach…… when it’s convenient but let that heart feel a twinge and those rules we quote begin to bend……. But no one dares…

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Victory in defeat…..

Well I was never sure where this was going to go after I let the drugs and alcohol go Just have to adjust to where the rivers of life flow but don’t get too comfortable because you just don’t know – the marriage that I entered after making the change…

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I just don’t know……

I don’t know about many things….. I trust and deal with the fallout….. sometimes I am disappointed in myself sometimes I am delighted…. More often the latter but I can’t base my willingness to help on past experiences it’s not my call…. My task is to try there are those…

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Some never have those……..

I remember the passion on those occasions when two did everything possible to be one I remember the uncomfortable and awkward moments when the words describing what you felt were on vacation sometimes I think about once in a lifetime experiencesĀ that were shared with someone else I remember the times…

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Thoughtless intentions…..

Attaching the word ā€œgoodā€ in front of intent is pretty lame if little thought was given to what the possible repercussions might be that’s not projection….. it’s consideration emotions running wild are as apt to trample as they are to entice intentions are inspiration….. that is a motivator…..a driver but…

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The Lessons of a broken heart šŸ’”

Be grateful for every tribulation and every relationship that ended in being heartbroken they were placed there to teach us …., what love isn’t šŸ¦almost DavidšŸ¦

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I listen to the brook…..

I listen to the brook as it tumbles on its way ā€œ I have no power to determine my path….. the wind and the rain are in charge of that…. But I savor my surroundings as I pass along this way …. for the water I carry cannot stay…. But…

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Ohhhhhhh…….i see

Well i suppose it is apparent to me that Cupid has put me on waivers and I can’t find a team that is interested in me I still run a pattern pretty well and my hands are good but they all seem to be concerned how much longer I can…

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Grateful is………from Asheville N.C.

Grateful is…….. looking through the fog at the beautiful landscape of the mountains and feasting on pork n’ beans and thinking you are highly favored Grateful is listening to someone stumble into recovery and remembering what those early days were like…..and acknowledging you aren’t that person anymore Grateful is being…

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Sometimes you have to settle……Simia

Sometimes you don’t get what you want for whatever reasons you can fret …….circumvent reality and continue torturing yourself……or accept what is obtainable and be grateful for that I acknowledge you intellect and the conversations that we share perhaps a younger would plow on full steam but pushing the boundaries…

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Walking…… with only one crutch 🩼

One will never walk together until one walks alone not leaning on family not Ā supported by a relationship away from friends not drowning in alcohol or drugs accepting each day an moment as exactly as is stripped down like a car undergoing a new paint job Ā But I keep one…

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Sit over there….. I’ll tell you when I’m ready…..Stu’s reply to The Grim Reaper and

I hear you knocking……but you can’t come in i know you’re not leaving…. But I will decide when You think you’re tough ….. well I’m tough too The nomad who raised me prepared me for you all the hard tests and the struggles we’ve been through was for me to…

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What’s is it going to take……

Example after example and still you persist doesn’t matter that your attempts are somewhat innocent its still interference…….you were asked and you agreed to stay out of the game …. When it’s time to go in Coach will let you know go sit in the dugout and prayer for the…

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Maturity has its chains…

You can ignore them if you like the chains of maturity time and experience place them there When your walk has taught you what is realistic and what is mental folly go against those restrictions with previous misadventures to refer to and you can expect the same results …… time…

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Should have been different…..

I was an afterthought…… says volumes to me you had that information however you thought it best to keep it from me But I don’t hold grudges….. I just move on perhaps this was a blessing I’ll let God finish this song when those that choose to hang me and…

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Love…..impossible to articulate but we try

Love is…… the first time you remember opening a Christmas gift and it was exactly what you hoped for love is challenging yourself to believe in someone you trust with your heart love is paradoxical…because the more you give the more you receive love is the ability to control your…

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Successful

One is successful……when .. you work hard at your position……makes no difference what that position is you meet your obligations you are a contributor to life…..and take sparingly you are helpful and seek opportunities to do so you treat others as you wish to be treated you are grateful for…

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Cemetery…..

I don’t know why you come Im not here your memories are better spent sitting in your chair I miss you and you miss me I never wanted to be stuck in this hole Ive Crossed over …. Me and my soul I told you it was a waste of…

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Alexis….. the kind heart will take you there

High school grad working at the Maine Street Laundromat….. the future looks good for you your kindness will take you to wherever you choose careful some will try to take advantage of your tenderness….. but you will learn… who to trust and who wants to take this world likes šŸ‘šŸ¼…

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The ā€œgoodā€ opportunist

Hell yeah….. I’m an opportunist I look for every opportunity to enjoy life…. Help others…..invite strangers to become friends we attach so many negatives that shadow the truth being an opportunistic person is the only to live but use those opportunities to help….. not to hurt šŸ¦šŸšalmost davidšŸššŸ¦

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The Good Samaritan lives….. 4 Ottawa Phil

Labrador earlier today….. in the middle of nowhere I stopped to get gas….. after driving 500 miles on dirt and gravel roads….. potholes everywhere my tires were low from the constant jarring…..I needed air and happened to mention it to the gentleman pumping fuel on another pump to which he…

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