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Tag Archives: Friend
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Heart
(Below is a re-post of one of my earliest postings to this blog from back in mid-2010. I’ll occassionally re-post something to give newer followers an opportunity to see it without having to wade through many old posts to find … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts
Tagged death, Friend, heart, impish grin, legacy of love, Life, live, lived large, living large, Love, Mel, mustache, passed away, speak, speak softly and carry a big heart, students, surf, surfer, tutored
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Friendship
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE) Based on how long ago Epicurus lives, it seems safe to say that some things … Continue reading
Posted in LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Relationship Lessons Learned, Uncategorized
Tagged A.Word.A.Day, Anu Garg, better frirends, blessed, celebrate, comfort, compliment, confident knowledge, Epicurus, false friend, false friends, focus, focusing, Friend, friends, Friendship, good friends, great comfort, Happiness, knowing, learning, lives, losses, making the world a better place, mourn, ricjer, safe, share, wins, Wordsmith.com
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The Wrong Kind Of Clever
My latest songwriting project tells the story of a man who must come to grips with the price he has paid for being far too clever for his own good. In a dream he learns the brutal truth and it … Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, LIfe Lessons, Song Lyrics I've Written or Co-Written, Song Updates, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged bank account, bed, brutal truth, car, chasing fame and fortune, choking, clever, conuest, cunning, darkness, false friends, fame, Forgiveness, fortune, Friend, friends, game, good, grabbed, habits, Happiness, heart, joy, lasting, lasting joy, lies, Life, lifetime, lifetime of habits, long-term pain, Love, loved ones, lover, lovers, Money, neck, need, needs, past, Pleasure, poem, poetry, puzzle, redemption, richer, short-term pleasure, sng, Songwriting, story, The Wrong Kind Of Clever, tomorrow, tonight, trophy, truth, value, Wealth, wreck, your past is just a story
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To The Stars, And Beyond
A friend on Facebook posted this quote. It resonated with me and I thought it would with many of you, too. “And finally, I believe in my whole race. Yellow, white, black, red, brown –in the honesty, courage, intelligence, durability….and … Continue reading
Posted in LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts
Tagged black, brothers, brown, courage, decency, durability, endure, evolve, Friend, friends, goodness, great contributions, heairless embryo, heart, Heinlein, hers, his, honesty, insatiable curiosity, intelligence, noble essential decency, opposable thumb, oversize brain, planet, race, red, resonated, sisters, skin of our teeth, stars, survive, This I believe with all my heart, to the stars, to the stars and beyond, unlimited courage, white, yellow
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Envy
I recently had a conversation with someone who was feeling bad about his financial situation. I’ll call him Trevor but that isn’t his real name. Like most of us he’d made financial mistakes and felt bad about them, especially when … Continue reading
Posted in Envy, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged "Seven Deadly Sins" "7 Deadly Sins", age, comparing, comparison, comparisons, condition, Envy, Friend, gloat, Life, party, pity, Pity Party", poor, poverty, regret, sadness, Shame, situation, understanding, Wealth, wisdom, wise, wisest
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Tears
This post is dedicated to all who are in pain, feeling alone, broken-hearted, and/or grieving–or have been. In other words this is dedicated to everyone. Part of being alive is experiencing pain. For many people, pain can lead to tears, … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Forgiveness, Healing, LIfe Lessons, Random Thoughts
Tagged beleive, belief, connected, connectedness, courage, desire, despair, embrace, embraced, embracing, empathy, enlighten, Feel, feeling, Feelings, forgive, Forgiveness, forgiving, Friend, friends, gift, gifts, Grief, grow, growth, heal, healing, Hope, hug, hugs, illuminate, joy, joyful, joyfulness, joyous, learned, lesson, Life, lighten, living, load, loneliness, lonely, loss, Love, loving, numb, numbness, pain, Shame, share, sharing, sign, source, step, steps, strangers, strength, stronger, tear, tears, wiser, world
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I Have Much to Learn From My Dog
A friend forwarded these and they seem right on to me. My dog Duke has been modeling these for me for six years and I still struggle to consistently do them. What can I say? I’m a slow learner. When … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Humor, Random Thoughts, Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged care, Caring, coming home, compassion, Dog, Friend, friends, Friendship, fun, grass, greet, greeting, heat, home, hot, ill, illness, learner, Love, loyal, Loyalty, nuzzle, sun, tail, teach, warm, warmth, wisdom
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