Getting Carried Away into the Prison of Your Mind

How did that stuff get into your head?

What makes you think you’d be better off dead?

Those thoughts can destroy

They can kill; They can maim.

Why not take them

And fan them with flame

Of more positive things.

Form follows thought. 

Your intentions have wings

Which carry your life

To the very same things

That fill up your head.

You think you’ve no choice

Like you’ve been taken captive,

You obey the voice

Which over and over says things to you

It relentlessly chatters

Sometimes it will spew!

It’s goal to disarm you of thoughts

Pure and true.

It makes you a victim

You get stuck in it’s glue!

And it's all in your mind.  

Predator Dream

I saw you there.

You and your true colors.

I had fallen in the street

And dropped all of my pencils

And hurt myself

And my pride.

There you were,

Laughing at me

As you crossed

To the other side

In dreams

Fear can devastate.

In dreams

Courage can shine

For once in my life

As I stepped upon the curb

I could look you square in the eye

And call you a jackass.

from the book "One Heart's Journey"

Thankful for Grumpy

All around me this season I see grumpy people running hither and thither amidst their tasks and responsibilities.  I remember calling a friend of mine and her husband answered the phone.  "Hi (we'll call him Frank) Frank!  How's life?"  "It sucks." he replied.  Oh.  "How's (we'll call her Carol) Carol?"  "She's a pain in my *ss." he grunted. OK. "How are those beautiful kids?" "They're a pain in my *ss too." he laughed cynically.

A year later he was living with his parents, jobless and friendless. Carol had kicked him out and given him basic visitation rights for their kids. 

What I'm trying to say is to try to realize every day how many things are going RIGHT.  You may be having a hard day but the car started.  The garage door closed.  The washing machine didn't need repair.  If something went wrong you had a phone, you knew who to call to help you.

Nobody died. You were able to get out of bed and put two feet on the floor.  You were able to think for yourself.  Hopefully you didn't have to depend on someone else to help you with your most personal tasks.  

You may feel stressed by your budget, but if you have $10 in your wallet or your pocket you have more than most of the people in this world.  

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