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Controversy

Controversy encourages and spices up a conversation…

But, like any spice, add too much and you spoil the dish.

Seeking and Learning

To those seeking and learning:

Bravo! All my sincere encouragement.

Keep going!

 

To those who have learned and know:

Congratulations! It’s yours to keep forever!

 

To those who have always intrinsically known:

Blessings upon you ten-fold!

 

Put your best foot forward.

Even if nothing else happens,

You would have taken a step in the right direction!

Ship

A ship is safe inside the harbor,

But that isn’t what ships are designed for.

Friends

Friends are like two-way radios —

They send, I receive —

I send, they receive.

We are tuned to the same frequency or wave length

in the philosophy of Life.

Dream

A man without a dream

is like a ship without a sail.

Jerusalem

This poem comes from Autumn Leaves:

 

She sits on a battle-scarred hill,

Standing quietly like a lone sentinel,

Waiting through clear, starlit nights

For history to turn yet another page.

 

Resting against an ancient olive tree,

From Gethsemane, I gaze across the valley.

She looks like a dull jewel

In desperate need of a good polishing.

 

War, tears, bloodshed and misery

Have been seen often by her.

She wears them like every day apparel.

Peace is not found within her walls.

 

Yet it’s written that a child was born

In a village known as Bethlehem

That’s just south of where I rest,

Just as the prophecy foretold.

 

Born in the bloodline of David,

Root and stem of Jesse,

Born to die, yet live again

And live forevermore. Amen!

 

His house was over there

Across the little valley.

All that’s left of it now

Is the Wailing Wall.

 

The mind boggles at the battles fought,

At the endless bloodshed,

The lives and dramas played out

And history that touches lives untold.

 

Here on this dry,

Barren landscape…

Where water and not gold

Molds the lives of the people.

 

The bride to be

Patiently awaits her groom

To dazzle the whole world

On her wedding day.

 

I Am

This poem comes from Autumn Leaves:

 

That which refreshes my soul.

That which renews my life.

That which gives life meaning.

That which gives purpose to existence.

 

That which gives center, balance,

Quietly directing our pathways.

That which our consciousness innately

Understands is right or wrong.

 

That which is beautiful from any angle,

In any light, from any distance.

That which cannot be changed, disfigured,

Or transformed into anything but beautiful.

 

That which is true to life forever.

That which lives in truth throughout eternity.

That which brings peaceful serenity

As it strips away falsehoods by knowledge.

 

That which makes the unique, alone,

Thrills us, yet challenges us onward.

That in us which cannot be denied

But accepted and exalted in reverence.

 

The I AM of the Universe, Father of Lights,

The Alpha and Omega, first and last,

Which lived, died, yet lives again forevermore.

That is what we recognize in ourselves! HIM!

 

Glorify His Name in all places, at all times

That your days may be long, your peace steady.

Praise Him in all things, for all blessings.

Place your feet upon the path and follow HIM!

Reach For The Stars

Always reach for the stars!

If you only achieve halfway,

you’ll have gone farther than most

Because they failed to even try.

Add feet to your dreams and prayers.

Start by writing them down,

including a beginning step to make them a reality.

Synergy will be created thereby.

Seek

This poem comes from Autumn Leaves:

 

Seek not for that which is not,

Nor ever was.

Follow not after lies

Or man-made cause.

 

Seek out truth and

“Peace be still.”

Let your heart and soul

Be filled.

 

Seek for that which was

And still is.

Love and Life  —

Both are His.

 

More precious than the Rubaiyat

of Omar Khayyam.

Seek and find the one

And only true “I AM.”

Attitude

This poem comes from Autumn Leaves:

 

Almost anyone can do nothing.

It takes someone with vision to do something.