I’m yours, God. I give up, it’s all up to you. Take away my fear, my jealousy, my prevarication, my pridefulness. Strip away my character defects and make me perfect. Not that I’m not close already, almost perfect, and others […]
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For a Finish Line
You can’t have a finish line without a start line. ~ Maureen Gibbons’ dad Many of us have spent our lives dreaming the goal. When I’m thin, I’ll… When I move out, I’ll… When I get a real job… When […]
Continue reading »Face Down in Cheesecake
I’m not facedown in a cheesecake. Miranda Dunkin’ Donuts coming to town… making the newspaper, TV, radio, talk around the coffee pot. Valentines…get candy for everybody you know or you won’t be respected and they won’t feel loved. You have […]
Continue reading »To Do Your Bidding
My Creator, I am now willing that You should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that You now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to You and my fellows. […]
Continue reading »Give Up Sainthood
Give up sainthood, renounce wisdom, and it will be a hundred times better for everyone. ~ The Tao Perfectionism. Seemingly something to be sought, to be cherished, to gradually attain, but no! Perfection can be recognized not by advancement but by […]
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