Sign Language for Dogs

i saw the video of your brother being murdered……………………no words…..horrible………and you have taken to the streets in droves………….many have decided that burning down their neighborhood……is a good response……..wondering…….how does that help…. the brother or sister who owns the store or shoe shop didn’t kill your brother……why should they pay…….how does…

the lies we tell ourselves are to weak to tell anyone else……………so we keep them under wraps….but they always become traps…………..and we only offer them up when they become our truth………. when we know they are lies and we keep trying to make them work because they seem like they…

it seems kinda funny but i still feel this way…………often before i do things,i ask myself ”what would Mother say”………………although she is miles away ……im my mind i see that look and that’s all it took to turn me a different way……. all your guys that didn’t have Mom’s you…

puzzling……and sad to say…….you wouldn’t treat your dog that way….. these people that you criticize and call names and despise………have profoundly opened up my eyes……………….i know you……..you wouldn’y treat your dog that way…….. these are Fathers,Mothers, daughters and sons…….you have never taken the time to know where they are coming…

what i like about you……..you don’t say much…………………but you do a lot you don’t talk a lot but your hands are always busy helping someone or assisting someone with their labors i find the only way to converse with you is help you with what you are doing…….i like that…

walk what you talk……..or your words mean little to me………they take flight and sound like crows in a tree……………you seem so convinced that what you say is true…………..but your feet and your mouth are traveling in different directions………………. hard for me to put much stock in a pile of words…

there is nothing i want for me that i wouldn’t want for you……………..because if it’s good for me it’s probably good for you….. when i keep the focus entirely on myself……..hard for me to identify with anyone else…..and living wrapped up in one’s self doesn’t take long to feel strangled………….…

‘Soul Soap’………………………………………………………………………………..prayer God thought of everything……………………………now go wash up……dinner’s almost ready ttucro

give all your attention to someone talking to you and when you speak they will listen pause after someone finishes speaking to let their words sink in and permeate your mind nothing shows more respect then attentive listening when you earnestly listen…….your words are met with the same respect if…

if you wanted to………you could become a new person overnite………….and start over again/i’ve seen it happen if you wanted to………. you could reject all the misguided family traditions of prejudice and bias opinions………..because they don’t work anymore……………you don’t have to make a big deal about just decide to let them…

your focus will determine your flight……… and where your mind dwells it will direct your steps…………towards those thoughts……… thoughts are the building blocks of reality and we manifest our world by the thoughts we think…….. one may not always control the thoughts that come into our mind…….but practice and determination…

i can give you the ”key” to a life that is joyous and free………..but nobody wants it i can show you a way……..to turn your problems into blessings…….but nobody wants it i can tell how to access the ”greatest power in the Universe”…………….and He is guaranteed to draft you on…

a family member is having a baby………and it will be born without political views……prejudices……..the desire to lie………and no status to uphold…….just a perfect baby….then the world will insist on instilling doubt…..hatred…..prejudices……..and deception because that’s the way the world has evolved……. it will struggle to find it’s own way, code of…

seems strange to consider but i have found a major hurdle in many peoples lives…..is accepting who they are and being comfortable with it……really i find so many people striving to be someone different……i’m not addressing improvement…i mean a total 360………and typically that ain’t happening……so they walk around frustrated and…

you can tell you’re old when you can’t remember what it was like climbing a tree, wading in a creek or sneaking a peek……..when the faces of youth have flown away…..tha’s the day you become old……. when you can no longer tolerate the kids next door……when they are too loud…

the shortcomings i have seen in me are instilled in the son sitting aceoss from me……some things i didn’t like about myself i struggled to change……..but not before infecting someone else……it hurts to see my son is just like me and there is little chance i can steer him away…

i better cut more  ”olive branches”…….i’m sure i’m going to need them…….when i have a choice between putting the brakes on my tongue or hitting the gas……more often then not….i floor it…..everyone has a ”pop off ” valve and they are going to vent…….best plan is to let them rant…

God gave me this moment……..to do as i please…….to profane His name or hit my knees……but i can easily reflect on how good He has been to me………..i gladly give it back….. i give it back so i can do what He needs me to do……..be a good Father, friend…

i know……i know ………this will be a new and challenging experience for you……. why don’t you consider telling the truth…………………………everyone that is still left is tired of making excuses for you………………hell do it for us and take us off the hook…………..it is so obvious it’s just become engrained in you………and…

if looks are all you have…………i’m probably not interested in being your friend……it doesn’t take long before that gets thin……..when physical attributes are used to get your way……that will work sometimes………but it won’t work with me……. not a pretender…….not into the look good game……if i call you a friend i…

i’ll let you go down that dark, hard road……we’ve talked about it and you are determined to go…….i’ve traveled that road so i already know………….but you’re like me, stubborn……..hurts to see you go……. i know it looks good……the road in front of you……but it doesn’t come cheap what was promised…

sure you have to respect yourself, respect others and expect them to respect you…… revere you, worship you………get real…………who needs that much attention……self-absorbed people that’s who……. all wrapped up in me, means i am blind and can’t see what happening around me……..constant focus on self-fulfillment is boring eventually……..because those people…

i’ll talk about me and maybe it will apply to you……i discovered that what i sought had already been purchased…..already bought………but because i was in a hurry to stake my claim…….i never noticed it was already here……. so an accident stopped me in my tracks……and i had plenty of time…

when you think about a statement like ”all or nothing”……….what does it mean to you sounds like gluttony to me…………we wouldn’t know what to do with ”all” anyway….. this notion leads me to think that while i am striving to grab everything i can….i maybe totally oblivious to the blessings…

nothing left to figure out……i placed my life in Gods’ Hands……….i can’t always see what He’s doing…..but it has taken me to where i am…….my life by no means is perfect….but it’s better then what i had planned and my issues are just opportunities to see what He’ll do next…..…

i would rather come to be a Messenger than a Master of Poetry……for as my time here is short….my goal is to try and help someone else……i believe the victory is not here but what lies ahead of me……. i have strggled to unwind the twisted thoughts of my mind……and…

laugh at yourself……it confirms you can see just how crazy your thoughts can be…….one criteria for remaining sane………you realize your mind plays games…….you get to pick the ones you explore…..more importantly you get to pick the ones you ignore…. sometimes it’s good to share with someone your thoughts give them…

when i’m not feeling that fond of myself……a friend suggested i should help someone else…that has proven to be the best medicine for me……gets me out of myself and puts the focus on someone else…….that little change lets me see……things are exactly like they are supposed to be…….. these daily…

you haven’t lived until you die……haven’t laughed until you’ve cried……haven’t felt the power of love until it’s flies away, like a dove……. you wouldn’t know how good it is unless you’ve been down to your last buck……..wouldn’t know the warmth of the sun………unless the darkness has been your home…….wouldn’t know…

the pardon happened long ago/Jesus knew what a mess we would be/so we are debtors to the cross and what he did to set us free…….so to show our appreciation we should share the word, better to walk in love and truth and leave our mouths closed…… powerful thing to…