Sign Language for Dogs

I laugh when I hear the expression “buying time”……when most of the time the person speaking can’t afford it………. ttucro

Lined on the ledge overlooking the parade….the steel pigeons have long lost their ability to listen….the constant barrage of broken promises and empty rhetoric have left them deaf and done……something is happening…. one is beginning to sway….and soon the momentum carries them over the edge and seconds later a loud…

Gifts from God often come in ugly packages…..ttucro

Little people sit uncomfortably on their problems…..mature ones talk about them seeking resolution….ttucro what did you say?

Bothers me when people complain how early it  is…… never a bad time to be grateful…..should be glad for another day……drink some coffee and get over yourself….. ttucro

Many people make the foolish mistake of not accepting things they don’t like…..what is…is …..like has nothing to do with it….ttucro

Afternoon squib….3/6…21. the right action ….the right response doesn’t elude us…we elude them……ttucro

Anger is one letter…….away from danger….. ttucro

Looking in retrospect…..anger has played a larger part in my life than love…..therefore the results…..today I choose not to live that way…..and it shows……ttucro

“ letting go “ is an indispensable part of life….but it is only as valuable as the clarity of what you are letting go of……ttucro

Nothing more alarming then seeing your behavior in someone else and finding it appalling…..seeing is believing…but only if you can be honest with yourself….. ttucro

When you think about it the idea seems preposterous…….yet we expect it all the time…..get real ……nothing in….nothing out. ttucro

New age thinking would have us look inward for answers…….duhhhh isn’t our thinking what got us in trouble ? in the first place …..look to God…… ttucro

We can lament about our pain or we can rejoice that we are alive to feel it…..friends help us take the edge off……..this too shall pass ttucro  

The “key” to maneuvering through life with as few mountains as possible….is acceptance of what is before you…..ttucro

Many people would love to be in your shoes….so be careful where you take them off…. ttucro

Don’t wait…..to the end of your life to assess what you have done with it…….ask yourself everyday…… ttucro

Life is an endless series of negotiations with ourselves…… ttucro

Generally it is better to stay in the present but occasionally due to the challenge at hand…..it isn’t a bad idea to picture a happy outcome… ttucro

Using “perfection” as an excuse not to do your best…….pretty lame………ttucro

Wounded people wound…..heal ttucro

Apologies for all the trash ? I left……so many pieces of paper to sort through……each was inscribed with a memory…..they were hard to let go of…..ttucro

When a woman says “from a man’s perspective” or a man says “from a woman’s perspective” …..stop listening and walk away because they are just guessing……ttucro

I wall outside in the night to feel the breathe of darkness against my skin…..here surrounded by the cloak of darkness……I am not my songs……I am not my poems……I am not my drawings……I am a man looking for that hidden piece that eludes me……that piece that makes me harder than…

We honor the truth….we demand the truth……we barter for the truth…….and when we get it….it can be cold as steel…… hard as the ore that makes it…….and we are devastated because we had the illusion it would be warms and comforting…..you want it….be ready because it is rarely like you…

It is a farce to believe one can alleviate pain without experiencing more pain……the price we pay…….ttucro

Stop ? trying to collect from people that don’t owe you   ttucro

When I take responsibility for my life I can no longer be a victim…..just a believer who faces challenges that he works through with God’s help…??.        Ttucro

Not to concerned with the weather outside….very concerned with the weather inside…. ttucro

Works well with others…..team player….communicates well…….makes good choices……adaptive ……loyal and committed……..aka….my dog ?