Sign Language for Dogs

Birth drops our pebble into the pool of Life Our life is formed and shaped by the ripples we are propelled by and those we let pass… The most important ones are the ones we let Pass Ride the waves of life like you your life depends on it…because it…

As humans the problem isn’t our failures, the problem is an unwillingness to try. So in essence one can lead a productive and successful life failing but never giving up trying…. Second place isn’t a bad place to be, hence…”successfully failing to reach the top by society’s standards but realizing…

Typically when people think of doing without they assume it to be a hardship to be endured. Doing without by choice can actually be a freeing experience that refocuses our attention to what is needed and necessary and what is frivolous. The choice of realignment with the enhancing things in…

Infatuation is blind…giggly oblivious,not real love. Real love sees and feels all the lumps and bruises…the imperfections and the misconceptions and accepts them. Love doesn’t pretend they aren’t there….and doesn’t ignore them but compares them to their own experiences and imperfections and concludes they are on their own path and…

The day has given its notice to me it’s tired and ready to sleep….I agree to follow and crawl under the sheets…. It isn’t long before the carriage stops and I am on the docks.. The boardwalk creaks as I make my way to board the Ferry Queen… the crew…

Life is often messy and difficult but we do the best we can, clean up our mishaps and missteps and know that the stains from the incidents will require several treatments before they are removed…..closer inspection reveals they are never completely gone, not recognized to most.. but we know they…

No doors….no windows….no yard to be mowed Just a place where I keep the knowledge I’ve learned Safely tucked in the bosom of my chest My Heart Church is where I come for healing and rest My church isn’t a building of mortar or stone, never needs painting and isn’t…

My Higher Education…reading books in a tree TTucro

Another request rolls in for a community service accommodation for a ride to the Methadone Clinic. There are only 2 types of patients…. a few tapering down to kick and the majority just want to keep the Monkey from Clawing. For William. Kicking It “ I could go on how…

All artists …. Whatever their medium….if their intention is to be competent…. Must be critical of their creations, or the work just becomes manufactured cookies. A little different icing and a few sprinkles here and there. If you don’t feel it, if it doesn’t make you comfortable or uncomfortable…..something, don’t…

I think of you when you are far away, I pray for your safety and that you’re doing okay I am grateful for this time apart….gives me pause to reflect…. Upon the many things we have shared and what’s ahead for us… Please be aware of your surroundings as you…

Often the best way to say what you think, contrary to popular belief…isn’t with your mouth….rather with your feet Trying to influence someone who has built a wall….isn’t by trying to climb it…..you are better of waiting until it falls Take away your opinion, what you were taught both big…

Logic seemed to fail me and just couldn’t understand… these people I admired were from another land.. so I was tired of being baffled and I plied them with a test…. I ask how you came to a place where you seldom get upset….. Smiling they told me that when…

One thing about being responsible… either you are or you aren’t… Responsible people respect others…regardless whether they are keen on them or not… Responsible people don’t expect others to do for them what they can do for themselves… Responsible people respect themselves with is a prerequisite in respecting everyone else….…

I see my reflection and it is distorted as the wind moves over the surface It reminds me that circumstances change and I have to adapt before returning to my center.. The water can only show what I present, much like the water my life is a reflection of me…

The language of love can best be expressed through the efforts we make to show respect Odd as it made seem, are words that often cling to feelings they cannot express…, but only hint at The language of love is the eyes that send the words that only the heart…

You opened the window and I climbed in…. Sat quietly and you began… to describe what you remembered from a time long ago…. It was fascinating and entertaining and I hung on your words. I watched your hands and I watched you eyes as you revisited those memories in your…

Some people are like mosquitoes, they fly around you and when you get tired of watching their antics…. they drain life out of you So diplomacy is honorable if it works….if it doesn’t get them out of your life…. Or the next round of bloodletting is on you….. The best…

Can’t do but so much about it and everyone has their bumps….. You can get wrapped up in what is wrong and be oblivious to what is right…. So I try to modify my thoughts into some kind of harmony… because I don’t have copious amounts of time to waste…

Poets and Politics…. Not a good mix Can’t live without writing….. So politics I’ll ditch….. Always choose the lesser of two evils. Ttucro

The wishing well never got filled and now it is dry…..and all those dreams are long, long gone but there are no tears to cry. For I stopped wishing long ago and this is the reason why…. I have found my time better spent working for what I desire, I…

When things get a bit crazy I think about you, what your day consists of as the “Keeper of the Zoo.” Then I start laughing and think what you would do. My chaos seems manageable compared to what faces you on an ongoing basis as the “Keeper of the Zoo.”…

Sometimes things happen and they are difficult to explain…. Nevertheless I’ll give it a shot and I hope you get the gist. Events happen and they can have a profound effect, occasionally if seems there has been an internal shift of the shelf. Not exactly like an earthquake but an…

Now let’s be clear no illusions here, but I see you registered a complaint…. I accept that is was out of concern and seriously that I appreciate and accept. One thing I have uncovered and I think it’s important to note that even on their best days….. Even saints make…

I see you testify with your actions and they match what you say. The kind of testimony any lawyer would love to have for their case. So there is no need to cross examine the jury has been released….. So we have reached a settlement and now the case is…

Follow the flow….when you get there you’ll know…..when everything seems in the right place So get in the mix and don’t fight just relax and the next right thing will be easy Don’t try to resist, argue or fix just because you’re used to doing things your way..just go with…

The day expands me The night surrounds The stillness says this day is coming to a close Get it wrapped up and send it on its way This day is tired and the eyes of the night are heavy Shadows stroll the streets and cars creep the Avenue seemingly constrained…

You never hurt someone….without hurting yourself…. You may not be aware of it….but eventually it comes out…. More times than not the greatest damage is to yourself No one is immune to the circle of pain…..what you give out comes back again. So it’s a good idea to be careful…

No more monkeys on my back…… put them on notice and told them to pack….. Feel so much better with no more monkeys on my back. Always felt like I was under attack… those monkeys threw things and never cut me any slack, life is so much easier with no…

when you can no longer see the world through the eyes of a child…….. then you have become old…… Ttucro