Meekness

Finding that meekness isn’t weakness……. try going a day to be kind in word, thought and deed to everyone you encounter….. nothing weak about that to be kind is to be amazingly strong much strength in kindness I have stopped looking for happiness…… happiness is found in blessing others ttucro

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Best Way Out

Life has let no doubt….. the best way out Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Is to get in You will get no peace, no rest until you accept thatĀ  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā …

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Always at Home

I will never be homeless because I have you…. the world may kick me and push me around , but I’ll get up and try again I will face struggles but I won’t wear a frown the winds will blow and turn my world upside down but through the storms…

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The Burden of Knowledge

When you know……you know whether you adhere and use that knowledge is up to you All of us go through times in our lives that we ignore or resist the ā€œburden of knowledgeā€ and we pay for it we carry it with us when we gain it …..actually it is…

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Putting it in reverseā€¦ā€slow to hear, quick to speakā€

The wise are not wordy they’re careful with their words…. like a mason building a wall…..they place their words carefully the wise never assume…… they ask the wise consider the implications of their actions before doing them the wise strive to go undetected and shy away from banners that announce…

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Are you listening?

I know you hear me. Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā But are you listening? much of what I’m saying is in the little things I do that could easily go unnoticed…. I know I’m guilty of missing the ā€œlittleā€ things….. that add up its not uncommon for people to be…

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Some say selfish……. I say ā€œhonestā€

ā€œ you should have hung in there, you made a commitmentā€ā€¦ā€¦. yes I sure did until the other half was skating along doing what was required when the tension got to great. and I got rigorously honest and said can I do this for the rest of my life …………

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Gemini Man….. working around ourselves

We all have tendencies that are part of who and what we are some are good and kind and some of them leave scars But a sincere and honest appraisal of the person that we are will help us uncover the things that keep us from being the people we…

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Glimpses

Every now and then I get glimpses of heaven but most of the time it’s a feeling a feeling of peace and tranquillity……of hopefulness and serenity Actually I think they happen more frequently than I am aware of the problem is my dial isn’t always set on the right channel…

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Your Dog Loves Me……4Scout

Funny little dog…….funny owner….so whadaya expect Demandingly charming he doesn’t actually run…..more like a grey tumbleweed rolling along the thing about animals…..they know…and they know sooner than most humans that you’re basically good or not….easy going or not……self consumed or not……..and last but not least loving or not He made…

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Good ones……and bad ones

I have never met anyone who wasn’t addicted to something …….call them habits if you prefer it The trick is to be addicted to good things…and good behaviors ttucro

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Touching the wall

When you get older one thing you realize if you’re honest with yourself…. Is when you getting close to the ā€œwallā€ it isn’t necessary to slam into it….. you get close enough to touch it and you stop….. sit down and regroup you have had the experience of not heeding…

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Apparently the fruit…….for Vincent

Apparently it isn’t hard to see the fruit doesn’t fall that far from the tree and by getting to know you I’m pretty sure I can see the bits and pieces of that tree those people that got you here are in embedded in the way that you live it’s…

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What do you think you need……but you don’t

We all go through it……. times when we reach for something to try in dissuade a feeling or a confusion that we seek an immediate resolution for…..and we aren’t particularly fond of the dreaded ā€œwaitingā€ maybe halfway through the quart of ice cream or the fifth of vodka or the…

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Closing the Gate

When we find what we’re looking for careful…. Not to want more so in respect and reverence we close that gate that gate is put there to keep things in and there is no need for a lock….. time has taught that the best gifts in life are given willingly…

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Reckoning

Mother, time has shaped and scraped us Your experiences were different than mine Often we neither understood nor accepted each other and that created tension that could have been avoided but we both were stubborn I was a challenge to parent…. And the defiant attitude challenged direction and I paid…

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Neutral

I try not to have an opinion…..on things I don’t understand Neutral Ttucro

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You Need to Know

Sometimes in life our paths cross and strangers become friends we interact in different ways and share experiences that help us grow the amazing thing about having faith we are drawn and connected to other believers Sometimes Ā it is important to take the time to say ā€œ in many ways…

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Better than you think….

Rarely do we appreciate the many blessings we receive The usual ā€œthanksā€ and the frequent ā€œpleaseā€ but we’re hesitant to stop and absorb the sweetness of the fruits of life we receive……..something all of us are guilty of so I thought it appropriate to pause and reflect what a blessing…

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We flow….

What I have come to know I love the way we learn to flow…..and take turns steering because maturity has made it obvious to me that sometimes it’s hard for us to see…..what we want, and what we need so another’s eyes help me to understand things that are a…

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Only if you believe ……….xImai

Only if you believe can you manifest your dreams and if your thoughts are focused and clear….. those dreams will actually appear I have had this happen a few times and from poor decisions my life was in a bind so I cleared a path from the rumble I had…

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That Song šŸŽµ You Sing

You looked at me strange when I proclaimed ā€œI love that song you singā€ā€¦ā€¦so I thought it best to explain what I meant about the song you sing We all have a special gift and only a few tune into it But every time you’re near I hear it soft…

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Things that remain

Sometimes it’s hard to explain those things that remain Sometimes misplaced or seemingly lost only to reappear…….. those things that remain We may go weeks or years before they catch our eye or fall into our hands šŸ™Œā€¦. Ā Bringing back a moment or events that shaped our life those things…

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Socrates Cried

After addressing the assembly he walked in the Olive Grove and sat under a tree overlooking the valley below contemplating the wisdom acquired by listening to mentors and research He realized that only the surface of many things of interest had been explored His eyes weld up and tears streaming…

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Waiting for Columbus

If you’re waiting for Columbus to help you discover life you might as well find a comfortable seat and watch your life pass by no one is going to take you by the hand and promptly guide you to the ā€œPromise Land ā€œ so the last time I checked my…

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VanMan…..#.349

I suppose your a little different when your favorite hotel is Walmart Van Man   ttucro

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Getting Over Me

Much as I would like to think I could be……everything to everybody I am limited to what I can do by time and space my ego wants to expand my sphere of influence…. My reality is my span of influence is about an arms length around me so instead of…

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The Logistics of Love

The quickest way to someone’s heart Is to give them yours Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  Ttucro

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You don’t have to..

I have walked these streets alone despondent…..no direction….no home without a purpose and the willingness to go on Until a voice said ā€œyou don’t have toā€ so I prayed to the God I had made and He said ā€œ we’ll get to that later ā€œ I started taking advice and…

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The Past….not a lock, but a key

The past is a part of me but it no longer owns me because if I look closely it holds the key to the things that hinder me so no longer is it a foe, teaching me many lessons I need to know So making friends with my past gives…

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