Saturday, October 5, 2024
LEVEL UP
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LEVEL UP
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When things go wrong as they sometimes will
There's an alternative to booze and pills
We can have something as strong as hope
We can train our minds to cope
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At first coping is hard, darn near impossible
Yet we want to keep going, we are darn near unstoppable
Learning to cope, yes, that takes time
But we can do it once we set our minds
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This time no matter how long it takes
We will learn from our mistakes
Coping is a wonderful tool
Only taught in life's hard knock school
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The very next challenge that comes our way
We can learn something and win the day
Once we successfully cope with strokes and strife
We will have that wisdom all our lives
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Friday, October 4, 2024
TODDLE ON
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TODDLE ON
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When a toddler is learning to walk
We don't see them stumble and fall repeatedly
And think "They are a failure. It is hopeless."
Not at all.
We think they are in the process of learning to walk
A skill they will have all their lives
Which might be expanded into running
Playing sports, dancing
We encourage that toddler with open arms
Perhaps following them with a cushion in case they fall
We give them all the praise we can to go forward
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The same principle holds for when we try something new
We are toddlers once again
Our minds must learn, our bodies train
To the new skills
While we might wobble around
Precariously close to falling (or actually taking a tumble)
We get back up and try again, and again, and again
The courage and determination of our inner toddler
Is a touching and awesome quality of nature
Being brave and goal oriented is still alive and well
Within us.
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.Thursday, October 3, 2024
A SHIP CALLED PEACE
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A SHIP CALLED PEACE
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Time doesn't heal all wounds
Some of them, sure
But oftentimes we just get so damn tired
Of carrying around all that weight
So exhausted in the thought maze that has no exit
We begin to sigh, and gradually resignation sets in
Not about the wound and the circumstances
Just acceptance of its existence
The impossiblity of turning back time
Changing the outcome
When this happens we stand a chance of breaking free
From the orbit of despair, anger, defeat
So we can head off to who-knows-where
To try something new.
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.Wednesday, October 2, 2024
ALL I ASK
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ALL I ASK
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Every morning I put on music
And dance a little happy dance
Just to make sure I can join in
The merry ballroom of existing
One more swirling day
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.Tuesday, October 1, 2024
WHAT ARE GHOSTS?
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WHAT ARE GHOSTS?
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What are ghosts?
They are the unburied past, unresolved issues
Justice delayed or denied
What do the ghosts want?
Perhaps they want to truly let go of the past
And head towards the healing Light
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