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Belletristic Bellicose

Posted on November 13, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

The following poem is inspired by FB friend Aaron Cook (a brilliant and witty thinker and writer) who posted this picture and caption… “Hand,foot-less man accepts fate, slowly descends into Hell….I used to know a bellicose man that, when laughing, … Continue reading →

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Eternal Eye for a Flash in Time

Posted on October 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hang on to these moments of our youth, for they become the trusted handholds and firm footing for many a slippery slope as we cross into our later years. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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I was listening to what I heard

Posted on October 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

A friend asked, “…were you listening to what I said just now?” To wit I quickly and quite honestly replied, “no – I wasn’t, I was listening to what I HEARD.” And that’s the way it is…alas, the closer the … Continue reading →

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Two Effects of Fear – Cause for stasis or “fearless” behavior

Posted on October 2, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

“we so often lose sight of the truth through our fears…. so much so that our fears begin to create the truth for others. Your ultimate responsibility to the world is to be fearless… do this for me and my … Continue reading →

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what we do, we are

Posted on October 1, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Many times, we stand on the fallow banks, transfixed before such a sullen river. Some remain fixated with a distant vision of the opposite shore; others see just the abysmal current that sequesters them slumbering by; and then there are … Continue reading →

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On Trust

Posted on October 1, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Trust is the blend of belief and action…belief in motion, motion believed. It is not just given to another, but also earned and accepted with both emotional and intellectual acknowledgment. If trust were just a voice, it would mean little … Continue reading →

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on 9-11

Posted on September 6, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

If every objects matter were no different than that of the next, but for their arrangement of atoms. Then truly all we can distinguish and behold with our eyes, is the play of light on the world. You can knock … Continue reading →

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Before You Lose Something

Posted on September 6, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I don’t mind forgetting the right places I put things as much as I do having to remember the wrong places I left them. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Worries in a Thimble

Posted on September 5, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

…our worries are but a thimble of moments in an ocean of eternity. take care in what you trade your moments for… tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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MOMENTS

Posted on September 5, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Each moment – for an instant – is the beginning of the rest of your life; like the first pearl slipped onto a string. When you look back at the beauty across time, the primary compulsion is to find the … Continue reading →

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