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Drama Friendship Teens & Young Adult

A force to be reckoned with.

A gale-force of innuendo, nuances and lies.


Dig deeper.

Dig deeper.


The answer lies within.


The Soul.


Have you checked yours lately?

Checked on yours lately?


How’s it pumping?

Is it palpating appropriately?


Like a good neighbor?

Is it there.

When you need it.


Your Soul.

Not theirs,

their soul.


You can’f fix what someone refuses to admit is broken.

Admit it. Running from it only exacerbates the problem—the situations, motivations, the circumstances.


Denial.

Denial.

Denial.


Asking for help is strength.

Being heard is the gift.


That keeps on giving😃.


Two fold.

Ten fold.

Eleven fold.


Doing it first, only means,

You did it first.




Pause.

Let that simmer, for a moment………..

Deep and cleansing breaths.

Only if and when the cleansing of the mucky atmospheric denial of all things opportunistic actually occurs.

Until then,

Carry on.


The game has changed.

A lot.

”Swamp everyone in the courts.” (gb)

Tennis,

Pickleball,

Basketball,


Hallowed halls of justice, too.


Delay.

Delay.

Delay.


It is systemic.

Some win.

Some lose.


Some take an oath.

Some forget about that,

Oath.

Of the office.


Prefer to blow around like an aimless weight of nonsense placed on the back of another. Take their life away from them.


In the meantime, small and tiny 🌪️ tornadoes pop up in the unlikeliest of places and spaces, bases and vases.☺️


In the meantime, small and tiny beings fly and float around in an attempt to bring tiny bits of encouragement and joy.


Would like to introduce you to real power.

Power packed into a tiny and powerful being.


The Hummingbird.


Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound🙏🏻

Float freely in space and time, too.


Hurray.


The tiny beings, by God’s grace, follow the light. All the way up! Following the beautiful and sturdy light. Until relief and bonafide support is found.


The beautiful and sturdy lighthouse. The beautiful and sturdy lighthouse welcomes those who bring the light.


Not turn the light off.


In the interest of self-interest of selfishness.

Shortsightedness.

Forgetfulness.

Self-righteousness.


There is much to be said about humility.

Quite a different beast than that of humiliation.


And. Believe it. Humiliation is a beast.


A fickle one at that.


Remember this nuanced and important point.


As you look across the waters and hope to make it into the beautiful lighthouse. Where shelter provides the comfort amongst the gale-force winds of destructions.


Man-made.

Nature-made.


Just, made.

Seldom-made.

Always-made.

Seldom matters how, oftentimes, when not tended to carefully, properly, the reaction dictates the outcome.


Mess.

Messed up.

Messing up.

Messing with the head -kinda- messes. 💨


Harm.

Do No Harm.


Admitting there is a problem is the battle.

Some fight it until their last breath, spend their last minutes on planet earth,


Passing the buck.

Kidding the kidder.

Smirking, bobbing and weaving around the life of another.


Satisfaction guaranteed?


Not so fast, bucko.


Gobbildigook.

Balderdash.

Nope.


Not on this lighthouse light watch anyway. We, turn the lights ON!!

We welcome the down trodden, the broken, the most messed up.

To follow🙏🏻 in the ultimate coverage of all things, bad.


Why else does botox exist if not for the cover “it ” all up?

Of all cover ups.

Our faults, our failings, our mad and angry eye brows that cause us to look evil-ly at the failings of another.


And smile a smile of smugness and satisfaction under our own breath.


Our bad, bad breath. Choking on the bad smell.


Hey.

Oftentimes, we do it to ourselves.


We do it to ourselves.

Our lifetimes spent passing the buck of accountability to that of someone who says someone else is

less than,


Says who?

Great question.

Great, great question.


Will we know it when we see it?

Doubtful.

The most important assurance of our soulfulness is in that which we cannot see, touch, taste, hear or smell (including our own badness)


The sandwich?

You? Hopefully not. My hope for you is a life of your choosing.

That you are not the meat in the sandwich upon which others, “feast.”

Your choices.

Your voices.


Heard.

Loudly.

Clearly.

Succinctly.


And. When someone says to you, turn the volume down, I cannot hear you.


Perhaps, it is time to,

”Turn it up.”☺️


Just sayin’…….


Unless, of course, the doomsday of routine likens the repetition of mistakes, errors, and intentional nuances of wreckage.


Into the wreckage of all wreckages.


Time will tell.

It usually does.

Who calls the shots when your life is at stake?


You?

Try again.

Your enemy?

Try again.


(Remember, the goal is to make it up to and into the lighthouse of all lighthouses😃)


God does.

God does.

God did.

God did.

He will, again and again and again.


For the right reasons.🙂

The opportunities of a lifetime present themselves in the most precarious ways.


The opportunities of a lifetime present themselves in the most precious ways.


Precariousness is a fickle beast, too.

Precious is not. A fickle beast. Ever.

Remember this on the road to nowhere, animosity will take you where you think you want to go, if you continue to undermine. Fake it til ya’ make it kind of animosity.


No fault. There is always plenty, PLENTY, of it, to go around. The shifting winds blow……Harsh, Soft, Loudly, Whippingly.


Of your neighbor.

Of yourself.

On your neighbor.

On yourself.


Be careful.

Very, very

When the winds shift, and they will, shift, who is zooming right through?


The hummingbird.

Yep.


Using its strength and its able and capable wings—the hummingbird—who will smile kindly in your direction as they fly up to seek shelter in the light, in the house, where God warmly welcomes you and all your,


”stuff.”


Once in the shelter of the arms of the warmth.


You will never have to worry about “hot” again.🤮

Detractors will be there today, yesterday, tomorrow.


And so thankfully will Botox.😳


Never say never.

Tats, those too,🎨


Your choice.

Your choosing.

Still your choice.

Your life.

Your body.

Treat it with care.🫵🏻


In the meantime.

It will be ok.

No matter who you are.


Most people are good.

Most people are good.


Repetition.

Good.

When the nuanced messages saying you do not matter float into the palms of your precious hands.


Permission to ignore granted!!


Turn it off.

You do not need it.

What you offer is a life of goodness, graciousness.


Truth.


What you see is what you get!😉

That is good.

Bring on the Botox!

If you so choose!

It may help the headaches of nuances and situational situations.


Healing together takes gumption.

Lots and lots of gumption.


Do you have what it takes?

(If uncertain what gumption means-look it up!)


For those whose dictionaries are MIA (missing in action):

“Shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness.🧐🤓”


Example: Spirited initiative: Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Example: Resourcefulness: Whatever it takes.


As for me and my house?

We serve the Lord.

We follow the tiny hummingbird to and in the direction of the beautiful lighthouse!

We welcome you to join us!


Wind or no wind.

Come as you wish.

Come as you are.

We will meet you there.

And

Here.

There.

Everywhere.

Most of all, right where you are!














March 06, 2024 15:27

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