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Julie Ainger

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Rattle, Tattle and the Battle of all Battles.

Ouch.That hurts.What?What you see is what you get.And what you may get is a konk on the head of endless and epic reminders. Over and over and over and over. Round and round and round. And it ain’t a ring of bonafide commitment. But a ring around your collar and neck slowly closing in on your ability to breathe.Ouch.That hurts.A second time.What you see is what you get.Again.Good thing we never played together well the first time. Otherwise we would know one another’s “playbook”. Your plan of attack. My plan of attack. Whatever happened to yo...

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Speculation Replication

To be or not to be?That is the question.Or is that the question?Can you have one without the other?Is it a less than perfect day if you have thePeanut butter without the jelly.Soap without the water.Food without soil.Cornelia sat under a tree while contemplating whether or not total happiness exists. Complete perfection exists. Can perfection be replicated? Or is it mere desire that drives and pulls the wagon?The perfect apple.The perfect sunny day.The perfect rainy day.Similarities exist for a reason. Memories come, memories go. Recollectio...

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You do You. Be You. Stand tall.

Size doesn’t matter.There are no short cuts in life.If you retain any lessons of a lifelong learner. This is one of the most important. It is vital and important if you care or want to measure up to being a man. Counterintuitive. Perhaps. A man measures small, measures often.To ensure you are not on the path to leading a “less than” life. This concept is both important on the table or off the table, or no table. Most importantly,Under the table.Note: The table. This is where the wheeling and dealing occurs. Wish I knew. Am God-gratefully gla...

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Finding our Way

Day by Day Three Things to Pray. See thee more clearly Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly Daily challenges may be big or small. We become tired and hungry and misguided by weakness. Pick a fight, perhaps. Put the boxing gloves on and take a swipe. Sometimes we are just attempting to unleash to hurt from deep down inside in an attempt to share the pain, lighten our load. Words are hard to find. We just don’t know how sometimes. And are afraid to ask for help, So we punch. When what we really need is A Time out😏. Even grown ...

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Opposites attract. Opposites attack. Earn your stripes.

I love dogs.Pretty much describes the tone of today’s message, huh.The barriers.Barriers to the unification message.Sorry.Cats run wild for a reason.Even the Cowardly Lion was required to show, to prove his “stripes”.Of courage. As a valiant fighter for the least of these. As a valiant fighter of self doubt. As a valiant fighter of self-fear that made him feel inadequate.To reveal one’s beliefs, sentiments, or character, especially through one’s behavior. Without hiding the struggle. Sharing the struggle. Owning the struggle. Admitting the s...

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Slow to Anger

Mean him good, or mean him harm.Anger in its time and placeMay assume a kind of grace.It must have some reason in it,And not last beyond a minute.If to further lengths it go,It does into malice grow.’Tis the difference that we see’Twixt the serpent and the bee.If the latter you provoke,It inflicts a hasty stroke,Puts you to some little pain,But it never stings again.Close in tufted bush or brakeLurks the poison-swelled snakeNursing up his cherished wrath;In the purlieus of his path,In the cold, or in the warm,Mean him good, or mean him harm,...

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The run on sentence😏

The beautiful and beauty-filled run on sentence.Happy Hump Day. Happy Wednesday. For those who observe, “Happy Ash Wednesday”.”Happy Leadership Day”. If you observe Choose to observe While you still have the freedom to do so will you do so Will you stop to take a breath and stop and smell the roses along the way or will you choose to stop look and listen to that which is all around you and before you after you behind you in front of you and still find the sanity to sanely touch the life of another with the sole express intent of being and br...

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Protecting Privacy. My Mind Map. NOT Yours.

Message from a self-described privacy” freak”:Nice try.Props for the idea.Keep tell in’ ya, it is dangerous to eek, squeak, sneek reparations into every day, daily living.I do not admire your effort. I am constantly amazed by your continual and blatant disregard for the truth.Whew.A lot on the plate. (GB)A lot to swallow.Going down in lumps.Maybe coming up that way too😳.Yuck. Ick.Can you say riding a bicycle backwards?😵Good luck.My suspicious side “goes to a place” ponders, thinks even that you are randomly checking my mind map, mindfulness ...

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1+1=2

Walking the balance beam of life🤸🏻‍♀️🤸🏼👨‍🦽🧑‍🦽🧑🏼‍🦯👩🏼‍🦯If life were only that simple.Sometimes life can feel counterintuitive.Persons, places, things can feel quite paradoxical, confusing.Enigmatic even.Absurd.Odd.Mysterious.Catch-22Or they can sometimes feel perfectly:Normal.Standard.Accurate.Certain.Truthful.Understanding usual ness regularity.Sometimes worry, fret and nervousness replace calm, order and peace.Reparations or Recompense? For some high and mighty thinking individuals it takes over and becomes the sole focus. And then:All hell ...

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Please and Thank You are the magic words😃🧩🙂🧩??

Ask permission.Gain a morsel of respect.Ask permission.Show a morsel of respect.Ask permission.Gain a lesson in respect.Ask permission.Show a habit of respect.Ask permission.Gain awareness of another.Ask permission.Show awareness of another.Ask permission.Learn lessons about another.Ask permission.Share lessons about another.Ask permission.Sharing may just become caring.Ask permission.Caring may just become sharing.Ask permission.Avoid stalking.Ask permission.Promote relationship building.Ask permission.Nurture the good.Ask permission.Avoid ...

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Romance + Intangible = Grateful Heart

Phew.Whew.We all survived the day devoted to “Love”.It was.The day before yesterday.In case you forgot.For some it is a day of dread—the expectations, the opportunities, the gains, the losses.For others it is a day to begin to strengthen, repair, renew.How ever one approaches the sentiment, the day is devoted to something we know and feel but oftentimes cannot describe adequately.Love.What the heck is it anyway?A feeling?A state of mind?A yearning?An aversion?I wish I knew so I can tell you.What it is.The best I can do is provide you with ex...

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Tug-o-War

Dump and Go?Not quite. That simple.Baggage has a way of ball and chaining you to the past.A result of your own “doing”. Or not doing.Sorry.Even if an when you hide behind cousin A, B, or C.That is a fantasy land may be best for you to reject, to awaken from.Have an awakening of sorts.It may be too late for you.Thank goodness you connect via Facebook, huh.?Your life blood.Good for you.And all the best, too.Enter the tug.Enter the war.Enter the tug,of,all wars.Just when you assumed we were not looking.You assumed incorrectly.My apologies.For y...

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Stuff

Want Ad:Wanted: The very best friend in the world.Requirements: Able to handle a multitude of your “stuff”, without batting an eye. Without turning away. Able to leap tall buildings of the chip on your shoulder in a single bound.And then does it.Able to read your cues without question/questions.And then does it.Able to share your sad feelings with you.And then does it.Able to radiate smelly and stinky, hairy and grungy, unjudge-ey non words, deeds, actionsAnd then share it with you.The sentiment. Of taking on with you the “stuff” that is you...

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Do not be stubborn

Like a small child.Who will not take “No” for an answer.Grimaced face, crossed arms in front, stomped foot on the ground.”I want more.”The child knows, as a child of God that the Master knows. Best.More of the good stuff is always worth the stomp fight. A small child simply doesn’t know how to properly pray and ask just yet.Good stuff:KindnessHelperListenerServantBad stuff:IgnoranceIgnoreGreedTaker”He was faithful to God, who chose him to do this work, just as Moses was faithful in his work in God’s whole house.God’s whole house.A man who bu...

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I scream. You scream. We all scream for more scream? Or Space?

Attachment theory.De-tachment theory.Have you checked the corners of your own closet lately😳? Might be a good time to take stock of your stuff. Before you scream out loud.What is so important today.May be forgotten tomorrow.Sad.The effort.The memories.The momento of a moment in time.Collections collected in a moment in time.Memories retrieved along the way.Of a full life, a life well lived.What’s the “diff” you ask?About possessing possessions?The insidious desire to possess another person and their possession? Their possessions?Scarey stuff...

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