Trying to hold water……..#13

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…

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Tin Can Above the Fireplace

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…

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Postage

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…

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Coming into the Hyaline

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

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You Get Stronger as You Walk

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…

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A blade of grass

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…

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Epigraph

Perhaps I can live a life that some would say.. his epigraph should read this way: ā€œ 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.ā€…

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Deleting from Vocabulary

The three words that I have spoken over the years along my journey, that I have literally marginal concept of are, ā€œ I love you ā€œ 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…

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Two Paths to Freedom…..one good….one not

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

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Building bridges…where there are walls

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…

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Slippery When Wet

Duhhhh…really Good to know Ttucro

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Pelican Logic

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…

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Economy Air

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

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Dumb up

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

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Replace the hinges

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…

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Wish List

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

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Flipping Turtles

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…

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Learning another language

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…

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Blank

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…

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F.O.M.O.

The fear of missing out, aka ā€œfomoā€ 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 ā€œfear of missing outā€ is akin to lying on a tropical beach and wishing…

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Sharp edges

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…

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The difference between…..

The difference between you and me Is I believe what you cannot see I was like you I couldn’t see but when I stopped looking with my eyes and saw through my heart….then what I couldn’t see became the best part…of me So if the ā€œ gift of desperationā€ā€¦.has been…

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Merry go round

Up and down Round and round Better get used to the merry go round They call it life but I hear the carnival sounds and I go ride the merry go around and around I have to get off and settle down For a few moments the world stops spinning…

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Freedom

The prison walls may only exist in the corners of our mind Nevertheless they restrict us from living the life we crave If you are holding on to the belief that family, finances or friends are the gatekeepers to those prison doors… you think the wrong people have the keys…

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Skipping Stones

I just got off the phone Went to the River and practiced Skipping Stones You pissed me off I guess you thought I would be pleased that you are doing something now that I begged you to do a long time ago Skipping Stones Why did it take all this…

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Funeral / Eulogy

I heard you passed but it didn’t blow me away because I know how you lived. Not many people can squeeze all the nectar from the moment without leaving bruises, but you could . I watch you berate someone in a manner so smooth you had them rolling in laughter,…

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Thick as Thieves……for v.h.

You….and me…..we’re thick as thieves Didn’t take long for us to see that life is for living and that’s you and me I like your wit and I treasure your smile and your friendship has helped me through many trials No question it was meant to be you and I…

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Dr. Futz

Dr. Futz is futzing around having the time of his life Unbeknownst to most people around he has virtually no plans for his life This vague philosophy allows to go with the flow The stream of life is filled with many wonderful things that few people will ever know This…

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Booby Trap

There are things I try to regret but part of me refuses to be upset Because I wasn’t the only one involved..but that doesn’t absolve me But it does mean I played a part The martyr in me wants to assume all the blame but it wasn’t that way at…

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Daffodils

I am constantly amazed at where daffodils grow In some of the unlikely places their faces steal the show Walking down a busy street my thoughts lost in the day and in a crevice by a wall a daffodil stops me to say: ā€œ Your life is busy and there…

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