‘The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and
controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest
Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on
public assistance.’

Cicero – 55 BC

Evidently nothing.

(don’t know for sure Cicero said this…. but its great!)

Amazing how simple things can change your outlook. Simply look around yourself and discover what makes you smile.

These things need to be attended to.

It is almost 1:00 a.m. so I am off to attend to someone who makes me smile and make sure she keeps warm while sleeping.

In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a goldwatch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!
I rest my case.
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Now is your chance to give it a try. Good luck!

The light comes and goes
Darkness falls, darkness will lift
Sunshine warms my soul

I cried tonight
One tear
I don’t even know why for sure.
I lay in bed after an all to short rest

And there it was

Is it the slow and steady realization of the possibility of lost love
That I have feared in my soul may never be, no matter what my heart feels
or
The desire for a relationship that seems so far away
always just out of reach, so close, but not close enough

In the long run it does not matter
Tears fall

thoughts flash across the pages of my mind
so fast I can not keep up

a never ending litany of images, words, thoughts, fears, wants, desires, goals, objects obtainable, objects unobtainable, more things than I can list here they fly so fast never allowing easy rest always keeping me awake until the crash of exhaustion hits simply because in my mind I am lost and have no direction in my life right now only the never ending stream of thoughts to keep me running far into the night with little escape because comfort is so far away and the emptiness and isolation overwhelms me at times leaving a shell of who and what I know I should and can be.

No rest, only exhaustion
opening the door for the pain
is the pain caused by internal strife
or does it cause it… the chicken or the egg

Help me my friends, I am incomplete

Not what you think
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The crush of LIFE
Weighs heavy on me now
so much stress
so much pressure

The relief I have is needed
the time is all good
and appreciated
and loved

The lady I know
touched me in surprising ways
let the touch go on.

love, pain, lust, longing
a relationship evolves
beyond what I thought

to continue growth
is a constant need for all
all must not be still

to touch and feel now
will keep me dreaming of you
and thus only yours

We all do what we can
to get to where we need to go

Everything flows as it must
The question we all need to ask is…
are we going to go with that flow
or paddle against it.

Life is much easier when we simply flow
But is that really the best path?

My experience is, usually no.
The easy way is just that, too easy.

We need to work on things in life in order to grow and become who we need to be. If we remain stagnant then how do we learn anything, experience new opportunities and find what else there is in life. Meeting challenges is part of what keeps me going. But some challenges are just too much. We need to decide which streams to paddle against. One thing I need to do is evaluate just this. One of my objectives is to let those I am involved with know exactly where I am headed, as it pertains to them. I have been doing so with vigor and true feeling with some, and have just begun with some others. If you are one of those I have opened to then you know what I am talking about. If I talk to you someday and say I want to have a conversation then you know what is coming It will never be something bad, but just a clearing of the cobwebs in my head. The release of these stresses is something that I am working on to alleviate my headaches.

Wish me luck, and pray for me.

Symptoms of inner peace

1. Tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fear based on past experiences.
2. An unmistaken ability to enjoy each moment.
3. Loss of interest in judging other people.
4. Loss of interest in judging self.
5. Loss in interest in interpreting the action of others.
6. Loss of interest in conflict.
7. Loss of ability to worry (a very serious symptom).
8. Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
9. Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
10. Frequent attacks of smiling through the eyes from the heart.
11. Increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
12. Increased susceptibility to love extended by others as well as uncontrollable urge to extend it.

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This was given to me by a very wise friend. I don’t know where it originated, but I feel the roots of this are based upon a strong Zen foundation.

Good advice, that is very timely.

A series of thoughts that sprung up over a few days.

The sun enters me
warming my heart and my soul
Let the sunshine in

Emotions guide us
Only you can allow change
Maintain who you are
Always be honest with YOU
Keep your emotions centered

When others control
Who you think you should become
Where your life should be
Little good will manifest
Constantly be true to YOU.

The love of your life
will appear in its due time
live your life fully!