everything important is happening…………….now

no matter how hard i tried and to any lengths i would go i can’t change yesterday or tomorrow…………..so with reluctance, but to my surprise i decided to give today a try……… the results weren’t hard to see…….today was where i was supposed to be…..and by focusing on what was…

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soi-disant

consider myself to be and outsider………going against the grain……..what i have managed to achieve so far……….is my particular brand of sin….. in an effort to distance myself from prevailing thoughts and trends……i took some time and too much thought……..to develope my special brand of sin…. my brand allows me to…

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barking up the wrong tree

not so easy to say or see that most of my life has been all about me, i have so many interests and that’s okay……….but the focus needs to change to God and not me…………. sure i give mention here and there……..because God is important and i want Him here…….but…

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i needed that affirmation/for the late Robert Palmer

something is prodding you and you try to ignore and it just continues to hound you and so you try and you feel life a bird on it’s first flight and you aren’t sure if your wings will lift you away from the ground………and you are falling……….falling……..but you keep flapping…

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garnish

save the garnish for the next one……..maybe they will appreciate your attempt to hide the truth……….a little diversion to keep them from finding the proof…… that’s what you want is for everyone to cater to you……… that would be a possible assertion if i had an inkling of trust that…

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find the word……an live it

there is a word that makes a small attempt to convey it’s power in our lives…… like trying to describe a rainbow with blindfolded eyes……. and it is tossed around like a ball in a backyard game……… but once you have experienced it……………………………..your life can never be the same…….. some…

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spoke

you are a spoke in my wheel………….there are a limited number of spokes that support this wheel………..so i chose them wisely…….. the stabilty and operation of this wheel is contingent on my ability to determine when the spokes need adjustment……. i have two good wheels……on an old worn bike………but they…

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God of ”Uncommon Sense”

why would i turn my life over to an entity that was operating with the same skills as me…………..why would i trust a God who was easily swayed by emotion…….fear and pain……………….i need an authority on any subject that confronts me…………Something that can untwist the mess i make of it……..…

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to look without thinking

to look without thiking should be the goal to me……….to see things as they are and not as we would have them to be…………..to form opinions and ideas after and not before……….would give one a better foundation before they add more……………………..to look without thinking should be the goal to me

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the title is ”possible”……..

it didn’t seem logical to me….as far as i could see…………sometimes best to go with ”possible” and let everything else go………it doesn’t really mater the arithmetic you use………the universe has it’s own set of rules……..it will do as it please……….some would say it is a ”pipedream”………you are holding on to…

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wistful mountain

i don’t come as much as i used to……….but i come as often as i can to gaze out and observe the valley and the river that runs through it…………..this mountain and this river have been major part of my life………where i learned to kiss the sky and bask in…

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Gods’ Washing Machine

during my meditation God came to me……. i felt as though i was looking up to Him and water was all around me……………..i gently started moving and i wondered what was going on and as i began to fill lighter……i realized i was in GODS’ WASHING MACHINE……….. it was on…

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the God of all Moments

my God isn’t the God of my best moments when His Light and Inspiration is upon me…………………………………………………………….. He is the God of all my moments………………………

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a stranger…….to himself

the longer we talked……….it became clear to me……..the person across from me had no idea who they were, what they were…….nor where they were in there life……………………….. a picture formed in my mind……………..a man sat adrift in a small boat………it had rudder, no mast, no oars………………………he was totally at the…

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Soloman Speeaks

sometimes in the morning at sometimes late at night Solaman calls to me to walk with him through the palace halls and sit in the gardens in the moonlight He tells me that the knowledge that many seek is but wasted information without the wisdom to practice it he said,”better…

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all things new

all things are new………depending on ones’ attitude for the same things i viewed yesterday may appear new to me depending on………..my attitude…… a story was conveyed to me concerning a pauper and a treasured wooden box……..and how he lived quite happily by spending hours investigating it’s hinges, dow rods and…

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Opsimath

i held the magnifying glass close to the leaf and as i adjusted the position the suns’ rays where concentrated and a flame was there to see……. perhaps that description could also be appropriate for me………i came to a place where i had the desire to know…….my focus was adjusted………and…

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the canvas awaits

each day a canvas comes and the colors are chosen for me how i use them to frame the day……is totally up to me i don’t always choose the subject, but how big a part they play lies in my disgression of what is important to me………….. what a wonderful…

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fardle

the burden you offered me is mine to refuse or accept and i would gladly carry it if it would help you through this mess but we’ve been friends for long enough that it is plain to me as long as other’s carry your crap………you will never change a wise…

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crisis du jour/for ttam

i know you will be disappointed…..it wasn’t what you wanted to hear…………but you will make it through this to survive another year…….and the calamity that you where looking for…… is beginning to disappear…….. i know it’s hard for you to accept it……..you were counting on it so much to justify…

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trust but a few

time isn’t always the kindest teacher………i could show you a bruise or two………..has taught me that being a gifted orator is not a sign that i should trust in you………..the slippery words that you have used left me puzzled and a bit confused…….. i was initially impressed by your following…

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can’t stop change

after today you will never be the same……..because we learn an that makes us change……..you don’t have to like it….no use to complain…..after today you will never be the same…….

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student

when i left school i thought i was through tired of you telling me what i needed to do what i needed to learn and what was important to you when i left school i thought i was through so i tried to function in your world with the tools…

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not cold…….busy

sorry if you feel i’m being rude…………but i really don’t have time to miss you………………….i’m sure i will see you again and if not i’m grateful for what we shared…….but i’m not the least inclined to sit and whine……….to me that would be a waste…….of the time it would take…………

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humility/ for Garner

there was a man……a learned man…….respected by his peers……both for the knowledge he had acquired and for the way he preservered……….for he was gifted in his ability to learn but not so with his sight and he struggled with the books he chooose until he got it right……..so his knowledge…

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steward

i am the steward for the gifts you give…… you have made it clear to me……….to share the blessings with others and in return Your Blessings……… continue give……… there is a path for these and i dare not stop the flow……. by keeping more than i need, won’t be many…

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essence

good to know the crux of me is beyond these old hands and toes…………you can read my mind by the signs i give in what i take and what i let go…………what beauty this weathered face my show comes from an understanding of the God i know and my connection…

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2 ply?

when i am concerned about the thickness of my toilet paper……perhaps that is an indication that i am concerned and focused on the wrong things……………………..i’m jus sayin’

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i didn’t fall……i jumped

i didn’t fall through the cracks…….i jumped into them the curious boy became a curious man……looked under rocks and around corners always felt like there was more ……..and it’s available…but you have to work for it and your efforts would be rewarded…..and they were and still are………….. you walk a…

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the next step/ for GILL

The next step for a Christian………..is to enter into Gods’ Arms some would call it death, for us it is to be reborn……… the challenges and turmoil this world has put us through……end in a celebration………we go to be with You…… of course our friends and family hate to see…

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