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Infinite Paths, But One Way to Go

Posted on November 18, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

There are infinite paths, all of which are only crossing briefly at a point. It is best to make each encounter count, each breath last, but always stay on your path. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Theory of Creation

Posted on November 18, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Why do we sometimes lose focus on those we care about, and obsess with the reasons why others don’t care about us. When process overcomes reason, when gentle gradations become black and white, when you no longer value HOW you … Continue reading →

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Autumn Left a Note

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

She mounted the breeze That shook the trees Bringing our love to its knees. “I’m not jaded, Please look at me, Look deeply and say goodbye,” She rustles the rust from the waving limbs, “…Here’s your beloved azurite sky.” It’s raining … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day 2011

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

Sadly, half as many more U.S. servicemen and women were killed on our own soil during the Civil War as were killed in World War II. I am certain in retrospect that not one loss of a single life in … Continue reading →

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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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