Sign Language for Dogs

I will not be ignored nor taken for granted ……I am a poet what did you expect I will stay as long as the gate is open……but never think you have me boxed in……remember I’m a poet what did you expect You dribble out affection like you were baking a…

I enjoyed the song that ran behind you as you strolled……..the wind coerced the trees into following the sway and everything else seemed suspended in time …….. the thing about the moment…….you have to be there….. or it is gone before you can focus around doesn’t qualify as “in it”…

The larger we make God…… the smaller becomes our problems…….magnify God…….not your issues…. ttucro

The little man approached the fork in the road carrying everything he owned in a sack….. the sign on the left said “this way to everything you want, but it will cost you your self”…….. the sign on the right said “ this way is lonely and hard and the…

Occasionally is a word that tells on itself…..it really means more than I am willing to admit…..see its a lie……….. just know that when a person uses the word….. not always but often they are lying… ….. the truth behind occasionally is……….sometimes And the truth behind “sometimes” is often people…

They will be coming for you…….and you’re gonna want to play the field…….. and you probably should…..but let them down easy and be kind about it ……it will go well for you….. there is an art studio…..and we call it life……some artists are minor players and some are the draw……you…

Hate to tell you this but life doesn’t give anything away…….you have to earn it…….whatever it is…… the is a price to pay……one must decide if they can afford it…….financially……physically and emotionally…… it is all their for the taking…….but you’re going to work for it……… Whistle while you work keeping…

When you take the time and have the awareness to notice small changes in your behavior they are indicators…… for instance: try letting a mint dissolve in your mouth without taking a chomp on it. ………. instant gratification ………..savoring the moment small things tell a lot ttucro

I would offer that I can be reborn…..rebranded…..renovated any time I am willing to access where I am in my life and to tweak and fine tune areas that are out of sync…….everyday is a birthday if I am willing to shake off the remnants of yesterday…..ttucro

The answer to dismiss waiting is using the time productively………read……write……think……do something…. whatever and whoever will show or won’t show…..either way ……it is time you cannot retrieve…… use it wisely…… you have no control over people and places….. but you do have control of your use of this time…   ttucro

A sure fire way to position yourself towards a good life is by getting good at giving……sometimes money……..sometimes time…….and always an attitude of concern and compassion…….. under these circumstances you can’t miss……. get good at giving…….   ttucro

Sorting through memorabilia aka junk…….one stares in the face of what ares are prospering and what areas are stagnant……..progress is fulfilling and painful……… ttucro

The love of a friend is void of motive or expectation…..it is the purest and most authentic because it is of choice and not obligation…..when the bottom falls out and your reserves have been exhausted…….. the enduring friendship will revitalize and reinvigorate prodding us to go on and move on…..…

Learning to speak deliberately forgoing the added dimension of opinion……. if you didn’t ask for it……whom am I to give it….. make easy of your obstacles on your path…….deal with them and not create them…….. they are many things to know as there are different types seeking similar answers…….. dangerous…

The best thing about being a hired driver is the people you come in contact with that otherwise you would never interact…. the worst thing is all the things you have tried to avoid are right in your face….. you waltz out of a nice neighborhood with your “John” standing…

Your boat has a hole in it…..better row to the shore I’ve told you several times but I seem to be ignored —————————————————————————— Now you are frantic…….I suppose you finally got the clue I thought you could swim but you’re pretty far away I’ll give you a lift but I…

Until you break you heart 100 times……(we break our hearts by not paying attention) until you have cried to you’ve run out of tears until a word pushes a thousand pictures and a thousand thoughts through your mind until you have held a star in your hand until the wind…

The old man sits by the window and stares……the fields are overgrown and the barn is leaning and empty…… He remembers a time when life ricocheted from one end of the farm to the next but that was when the kids were here and the menagerie of animals seemed to…

Through the trials of this world…… much of which I caused by listening to the fears within myself….. l have been scarred and tested to the breaking point and crawled but to my faith…… the storms will continue and the winds and waves of change will come against the foundations…

In the rainstorms of life……..count your blessings In the valley……count your blessings trudging through the darkness and walking in the mire…….count your blessings because a grateful heart can endure the storm ttucro  

Funny as I rummage through the collection of odds and ends accumulated over the years…….I am amazed at how consumed I was over hanging on to the most trivial things…..justifying that I might’ve need them one day or someone else might……. they never came….I never used them and I have…

Comes a time when we are called to define what value we place on ourselves…… we reluctantly do an inventory of how true we are being to our core beliefs…….. going against those is like sanding against the grain….hard going….. we make hard decisions that turn our world 🌎 upside…

The battery is dead…..you can lament about the expense but you still need a new one…. reality sucks sometimes……but it doesn’t change the facts……you don’t have to pretend to like it…..but you better accept it disconnect the cables and face it……the battery is dead……..and it won’t accept a charge ttucro

The little darling that stabbed you in the back….have never put away the daggers and look for opportunities to attack…… You cannot believe that they would wish you harm…..but you broke up the club and they had already ordered the gowns Now half smiles camouflage clinched teeth and words are…

Beware of the Purveyors of Pain……who come to you with lightning and rain……..with weeping eyes and haggard speech the will heap coals of fire on your head and when you aren’t looking blow hoping it will spread in the name of love and compassion they come….all the while enjoying the…

Nobody breaks your heart…….we break our own not paying attention….trusting when the ice is thin believing tales that the Grim Brothers couldn’t write when the wheel of truth runs over us……we gasp saying, “how did this happen” We break our own heats when we learn to live with lies.. ttucro…

In the process of being “blown away”…….the pains of loss prick my soul like falling into a thorn bush……  but an important part is the gratitude of being separated from some of the source of turmoil….. in relationships there are going to be issues…..count on it……they will do one of…

I know better than to dismiss this day……because it didn’t go my way……. instead I’ll see what’s in store for me and perhaps it will produce more than my previous plans….. the only thing that can spoil this day is my attitude in the way it unfolds……. In the wrinkles…

Walking through the field the grass sways with the breeze…. I lean against a tree to watch the choreography…….raptured by the scene i was just about to leave my post and my eyes spotted you on the ground….almost hidden by a leaf It seemed you glowed as if smiling at…

Rarely do we have a true appraisal of ourselves….we learn who we are and who we aren’t by dealing with life and the people placed in our path.How often have we been presented with circumstances that previously we thought wouldn’t be that big of a deal….only to be completely overwhelmed……..…