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The revolving door of uninvited intruders.When one door closes, does another door open?If we knew the answer, we would all, and I do mean all, would be“Sitting pretty”.That darn game of musical chairs though………..What happened?The inability to say “No”, or think you could not say “Yes”, got so, killed. Dead upon arrival.Some repeatedly made and make the “Final Cut” while many, many of the rest were destined to sit around (would there to ...
Please.Please don’t.Please don’t do.Please don’t do it.There is so much work to do.So much good work to do.And we need ya’.The Life of Hard Knocks.The Life of Hard Knocks is pounding.LOUD.On your head.In your head.Over your head🤨.Sometimes learning and education can be a pain in the a**. Painful.We all succumb to the tendencies to block it all out. To pretend it does not exist. To ignore the face staring reali...
Difficult paths.Inaccessible slopes.Summit too high.Path too steep.(pf)When the road ahead is only uphill.When the chasm becomes much too wide to cross, to climb.Who do you call on ?The Expert Wise Guy.The Son of the Living God.He reminds us who we are.Where we came from.Why we are here.What to do about it.He is the God of the present.When we know what the right thing to do is, but are deathly afraid.Of...
Marriage or Mirage.Pools of water seen over hot desert sand.Illusions and hallucinations are products of the mind.What we see is not always what we see.What we hear is not always what we hear.What happens when happiness is unattainable.What happens next.In a life of vow and service?When the burden to bear becomes too much to bear?Keeping the pressure of unimaginable dread and fear. On the mind. On the body. On the heart.Where does one go...
”It all comes down to money.”Nothing could be truer.It= AI.Paper.Pencil.Digital.Buttons.Requires none, if any human touch on the part of the recipient.Really.Tik Tok made certain of that.Tick Tock made certain of this.Survival of the fittest.Father time is not, nor is never defeated.Or. Not so fit.However it is you choose to roll.Along with, alongside the the stringy, virus of “surprise”, surprises.Or in op...
I smell a rat.🐀Suspiciously, surreptitiously ratty.The never-break-the-chain-kind-of-stink-a-link.That never ends.Never goes away.Destined to continue to take up residence in the nooks and crannies of existence.Never ending ly sends my stomach into a free fall of barf and gag.It starts slow, nagging, never really goes away.Some days, it comes on full force, in full force and effect.Exhausting.Literally.Figuratively.And all the empty s...
Seeing the big picture takes time.Takes your time.Takes my time.Insistence is the key to a successful path of crossed and crossing boundaries. Inclusively. Exclusively.Gotta follow the rules and the laws, yes. A no brainer.When deep down we become possessed with our protective capabilities at the helm. We run.We run to the Father.Ask.Seek.Knock.And. Keep on knocking until we prove to Him we are a bonafide follower. Of His. Not...
Where has the time gone?A kid I grew up with has a birthday today.🙂Only with God’s grace and a willingness to learn the ropes.Are we still smiling. And still talking to each other.Headstrong persons butt heads from time to time.Wait. You wonder. That’s the bar? The bar you set for a successful existence?No. Not at all. But to say I have learned all the answers would be trite and stupid.I remember with great clarity and vividness when we first met.It w...
Lots of things and persons being transported from here to there lately.Who decides which ones should be the recipient of the “Handle with Care” label. Scary times call for scary measures of poundage and time.Or. So I thought.But. Then again.Trust is something that can be chewed up and spit out.It was all so surreal.So.Violating.Did you know?It is illegal.Illegal to tamper with another person’s package.☺️When the rules a...
My head is pounding.My heart is pounding.My head is aching.My heart is aching.Like a bad, bad case of poison ivy.🌿🪴🌱🌾Sticky….. sticks around long enough toAnnoy.Tickles.But.Doesn’t tickle a person pink though.Tickles just enough to tick a person off, and out of bed.Leaves a scar, too.Just enough of a reminder to “take you back” to the insidious ways it introduced itself into your world “way back when”. Or maybe not so way b...
Bring it on.The things we do for love🫨Ready, willing and able?Yes.Willing to do what it takes.Yes.Willing to punch back.Yes.Willing to not accept.Yes.Willing to stand, really stand.Yes.Willing to live with a good disposition.Yes.Willing to live with a good disposition toward fellowship and sharing.Yes.Willing to resist benevolence at all costs.Yes.Willing to live in supportive companionship in...
Persons really need to stay out of other person’s bedrooms.Adversity insidiously strikes while the iron is hot.Most often when we are calm, cool and collected.Adversity practices its many forms, shapes and sizes in the corners of our minds.Etched there for reference and recompense. No one is ever owed anything good or bad.It does beg a question, though….What is the meaning?The meaning of the signs.The signs that our Lord is near.When...
Complete truncation?Rectification?We will all be waiting. A very long time for that to occur.On the regular octagon, there are eleven distinct symmetries.Who likes “regular” anyway.I am old enough to remember when Rubik and his cube came on the scene and indeed did “piss” a lot of people off-with the colored sides, fine motor skill requirements and critical thinking tests too.Me. I just threw it against the wall in a frus...
He hangs out with me.He’s a “hanger- on- er”, if you willHe hangs on my every word.And I do all of the talking☺️He and I have some awesome debates.He rides along with me in the best of times, the worst of times.Oh!! the debates about life that we have.He takes me seriously, for my own sake.He takes my perspective and sees only the moral paradigm of my perspective. (wjb)It doesn’t make me feel creepy, nervous or worried that he is alw...
About anything?Serious about good.Serious about bad.Serious about this.Serious about that.Let me give you a hand.To feel as if you have a hand in “it”.The cookie jar?No.Something even better.The rock bottom way of escalating the one self back to the top.In the most miserably possibly honest way.Alone.On the island of I can do this. With guidance from my “peeps”.The ones I welcome ...
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