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loneliness overtakes you you wonder how can it be when you are connected to all that is you know it’s true most times you feel it too but then this emptiness descends vacuum-like feeling adrift and alone in a sea of unknown faces somewhere there is a disconnect as you learn to maneuver between yourRead more

just saw a driver cut in line why so inconsiderate, i wonder there i go again why is she using that handicapped spot when she can walk and talk there i go again why does he support that political stance when it’s extreme and limited there i go again ___ then one morning, i choseRead more

marlo thomas crooned free to be you and me i sang along with all my lung power believing every word we are each free to be whomever we desire to be we deserve to be loved for exactly who we are just the way we are when you love do so in a way thatRead more

when you’re down i try to help extending my hand giving you a leg up but if you don’t exert efforts of your own then what am i doing when you’re troubled you can lean on me my ears are here shoulders at the ready but after weeks and weeks of hearing the same oldRead more

your words fall softly on the spring air drifting this way and that others hear but nothing more while i inhale the ideas like an expensive french perfume slowly, succulently savoring every aspect feeling the divine essence as it germinates within me sprouting, budding, growing into a creative expression filled with grace, energy, light asRead more

looking in the rearview mirror noticing the twists and turns as my life jutted and dog-legged its way along a crooked course makes me wonder if i ever missed a turn took the long way the uphill path ending up here just because of that was it because of the back roads not in spiteRead more

ring in the new that’s what they say out with the old throw it away good riddance i’m ready to move forward with the fresh and the new WAIT A MINUTE the past is what has made me who i am today it molded and shaped me and led me this way i’m not soRead more

Note from Elise:  Occasionally I invite guests to post their thoughts for you.  I think you’ll enjoy their ideas and unique voices.  At the end of each post, you can read a brief bio about the guest author. Enjoy! ******* Fred Weiner Coming out of work the other day, I saw two fighter planes inRead more

“That life should appear commonplace to any man is evidence that he has invested it with the coarse habit of his thinking.  Life is beautiful to whomsoever will think beautiful thoughts.  There are no common people but they who think commonly and without imagination or beauty.”  (Stanton Davis Kirkham) We’ve all heard it said thatRead more

Note from Elise:  Occasionally I invite guests to post their thoughts for you.  I think you’ll enjoy their ideas and unique voices.  At the end of each post, you can read a brief bio about the guest author. Enjoy! ******* Jim Gerlach Editor’s Note:  The following was written by Jim as a celebration of hisRead more