Look…… but don’t touch (temptress lament)

I need you to look…… but don’t touch you see I was hurt once and I don’t want to let go of that precious pain you see it keeps me a victim and I feel safe in my sorrow so I want you to want me ….to obsess over me…

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Knowing and Doing…..

Painful to admit you have the knowledge to alter feelings you would like dismiss but the application of that knowledge has been a stumbling block what is the logic behind hanging on to a resentment towards anyone or anything that is in one’s past? okay it a process….given…… but only…

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Just…..checking

You think you’re tough……. go jump out of an airplane when you’re scared of heights break a hip in a third world country…….ride 30 miles through the jungle in the back of a truck, get carried up a spiral staircase 3 feet above the railing catch a blood disease that…

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One Oar……

A life without a faith…….. like trying to row a boat with one oar….. just keep going around in circles……. One oar ?

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What do you want…..

What do you want……. now what’s realistic……. because seeking things that are beyond your capacity to acquire them… like trying to fill a bucket with a thimble….. it can be done…..but you will grow weary from the process and quit….. that’s reality having to stretch your abilities to achieve is…

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You think you’re ready?

So now you have come to a place where you are in the last quarter……maybe you reason it’s past time to shed the baggage of the past and move forward but you can’t do it …… until you review it there are conditions that must be met to achieve freedom…

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Happenstance…….

I don’t believe in random occurrences I have sewn the remnants together to form a tapestry……that is still be added to what is the next thing….I don’t know that lack of information would have bothered me to no end ……at one time now it is a curiosity……but not a demand…

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Naked….

Some…….. get to a point where all the information and influences….are questioned deciding to strip down to the bare essentials to reconnect with who we are….. what we are…..and our feelings about life in general we can’t start over….. but we can determine what to continue to carry in our…

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In…..and out……. Lost in thought

I have to reel myself in after taking the bait of ruminating and it isn’t long before I’m in the throng of determining what was right….and what was wrong I never realized that right and wrong change as life unfolds what was right for me at one point isn’t right…

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Glad to be sad….

Sometimes I wish I could forget the things that make me sad but it isn’t long before I dismiss those thoughts It should hurt to be vulnerable and be disappointed It should ruffle your feathers if your actions are harmful to others It is appropriate to feel uncomfortable with yourself…

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Looking for David…..

Sometimes we don’t get the verbiage for our thoughts right away…. i think I have them now before the curtain closes think it’s about time to shed the things we bought into the things that make us sad to give up everything that was cluttering my life And uncover the…

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Leave the crying for Angels ….for C

Let’s leave the crying to Angels they are better at it anyway their tears have power yours just wash you makeup away it is what it is there are things we can’t change and the rest of our lives we will always remember the pain… but let’s leave the crying…

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My heart…is my safe

My heart is my safe it’s were I place the things I cannot replace or wish to lose so my treasures are safe and their in the right place where no one can take them from me ttucro

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Still searching…..

I suppose in reality we all are trying to determine What is Love…..how do I get it….how do I give it because it is not a blanket policy Every person…….every thing is different and we are faced with how to go about it – when you think you have figured…

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Chewing barbed wire…..

Speaking words of condemnation…..hatred or malice Is very much like chewing barbed wire the words don’t feel comfortable in your mouth and they explode……trying to escape the carrier’s confines they want to get away from the poison they are now part of hurts your mouth…..hurts your soul here’s a napkin……your…

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Similar

I see the similarities between people and things and it makes me wonder how we label them “strange “ when everything is subject to change some are ahead of the curve and some could care less about catching up applaud people who have the courage to be authentic we have…

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Commercial Free….

I’m not interested into making you see my perspective or what things mean to me I am here to observe and collect the wisdom that others have treasured and kept so far what this mindset has afforded me is seeing and understanding things that were previously foreign to me I…

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Add and subtract…..

Don’t know how well you did in Math class….. but you will learn the arithmetic of life the easy way……foreign to most of us or the hard way……familiar territory learning when to let go …..when to embrace takes a lifetime of practice but it changes in content…..but not in reality…

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I forgot to tell you…..but I remember now

I forgot to tell you how much you meant to me I forgot that you tried but I didn’t I forgot to say thank you for all the kindness you showed m I forgot to tell you that I wasn’t capable of loving you….because I didn’t love myself I forgot…

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Adversity is often misunderstood

What I have often perceived as a situation I would rather not face time when on and I began to see it was meant for my good so initially when I am confronted with things that seem challenging to me I remember something is to be learned….a gift of adversity…

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Out of your way?

When you think you have gone out of your way for someone consider how Jesus went out of His way for us ttucro

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Sight unseen……?

Sight unseen…..what do you mean He’s everywhere I go In the trees, in the breeze….in the rain and snow the gentle winds sing me hymns to glorify His name and I hum along…..He’s everywhere I go – the missteps I take He usually waits…… until I see my directions were…

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In case I wasn’t clear…..

I do believe in God I do believe in good I believe what holds me back are things I misunderstood I have been hurt by giving the benefit of a doubt those wounds have taught me …it often hurts to do what is right I believe everyone is capable of…

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Sculptor

I was given this mound of clay….didn’t realize it at first then over time I realized I could make it whatever I want so I started chiseling away the parts that keep me separated from others …..and the person I claimed to be began to take shape so pleased with…

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I know you’re a wise God…..

I know you’re a wise God… because rarely you do what I ask thank you ttucro

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Someone stole my heart….

Someone stole my heart….. have you seen a suspicious person at my door? thank God for nosy neighbors someone saw a 🚗 so I gathered all the evidence and narrowed down my search dialed in to the suspect I made a guarded approach cornering the perpetrator….I approached with cautious steps…

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Makes you wonder…..

I use to be so sure and confident when I was younger age has afforded me the opportunity to resurrect parts of the past I question what I was trying to prove and who I was trying to be do most people have that figured out by now? Or do…

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Different paths…same destination

I see you walk a different path then me I have been trying to get you to follow mine tripping over a root …..I got a perspective I had never entertained I was chuckling to myself clumsy to say the least I saw a beautiful cloud overhead and damn if…

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Can’t change that….

I can’t change the way you feel I can’t determine when you heal or the things that make you mad or glad I can’t change that……. I can’t change your past or mine the things we’ve lost…the things we’ve found the people we have used and the people that have…

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Inner cleaning 🧹

Wash your heart when you wash your hands those old hurts are keeping you from the love you seek and. From loving others there are reasons why you are so concerned with cleanliness what really needs cleaning is our hearts Only God can do that we should keep washing our…

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