Dear Friend

Dear Friend
I want you to know

Your life is worth living
Your story is worth sharing

Your words are encouraging
Your smile is contagious

Your ideas are worth sharing
Your thoughts are worth discussing

You matter

Thank you for sharing your life with me

You are Dead

You are dead to me

A foreign body

I was amusement for you

Just another form of cheap entertainment

You are nothing but a memory

Someone who occupied time in my life

Our friendship was a figment of my imagination

Because I see now that I wasn’t important to you

I’m sorry I was a part of your life

Please feel free to move on

Oh wait…you already have

Drive Me Deep To Face Myself

*I did not write this. It is from a book of prayers put together by Arthur Nelson

Lord, grant me your peace,
For I have made peace
With what does not give peace
And I am afraid
Drive me deep, now,
To face myself so I may see
That what I truly need to fear is
My capacity to deceive
And willingness to be deceived
My loving of things
And using of people,
My struggle for power
And shrinking of soul,
My addiction to comfort
And sedation of conscience,
My readiness to criticize
And reluctance to create
My clamor for privilege
And silence at injustice,
My seeking for security
And forsaking the kingdom

Lord grant me your peace
Instill in me such a fear of you
As will begin to make me wise,
And such a quiet courage
As will enable me to begin
To make hope visible
Forgiving delightful
Loving contagious
Faith liberating,
Peace making joyful
And myself open and present
To other people and your kingdom

Lost in Thought

Trying to find my way out

Because I’m lost

Wonder if you will hear me out

Because right now I feel silent

The weight of the future

Is heavy on my mind

I feel like my world

Is turning upside-down

No absolutes

Everything up in the air

Lost, silent, upside-down

This is my life

Who I want to be

I want to be legit

The real deal


Not watered down

Or a generic brand


Not a fake, fraud

Or a phony


I want to be

Someone you can count on


One who speaks truth

Honest


One who loves deeply

And gives generously


Who is above reproach

Not a stumbling block


I want to be legit

The real deal


*I found this on my computer. I wrote it awhile ago but never posted it.

The Prairie

I’ve fallen love with the prairie


Wide open area
Clouds above my head and wind that moves the native grasses


Colors and smells of vegetation which are a result of
Plant diversity after a restoration


Birds and animals that are seen
And the sounds that they make


The memories that have been made
While roaming the land


There is a peace on the prairie
That all is right in the world

Taking things slowly

One breath, than another
In and out, in and out

One second has passed
Now a minute

One step after another
Slowly but surely

One day at a time
Taking each moment as it comes

Every day is a gift
There is so much to be thankful for

Because life is very fragile
Be careful how you live