THIS. From @Pontifex. Francis. I have to say, he speaks for me. And I am grateful. “”From the cross God reigns with the disarmed and disarming power of love. He continues to amaze our minds and hearts. Let us allow ourselves to be filled with that amazement. Let us gaze upon the Crucified One and …
Good Friday
On this day, they hung him on a cross. Before they did that, they mocked him, spat on him, flogged him, Then, tortured and broken, they led him to his death. By 3:00pm, he was dead. So why do we call this Friday "good"? Because death didn't have the last word. Love did. And still …
Lyrics Post: “Guns and Ships“
"Guns And Ships", another from the musical, Hamilton. Reading the words, I can hear the song in my head, some of the lyric so swiftly delivered, even with the words in front of me I can’t keep up the pace. So GOOD. [Burr:]How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a showerSomehow defeat a …
Sometimes It’s Weird
Sometimes it is, sometimes it’s weird. Like at work, new people, new duties, new systems; or old ones too... Like talking to people you feel sorta close to, most do, sometimes, don’t they? Like living in a situation you didn’t anticipate, expect, really desire...but there you are. Sometimes it’s weird.
Tribe
A few of the tribe come together, the warmth, the laughter, easy sharing, caring, catching up, so good, so good. What does the tribe do? Some how through some magic, a sense of belonging, knowing, acceptance, concern. It fortifies, reassures, comforts. My tribe? At least two. SCHS85, SCU89. When I’m with these people the thick …
Consider The Porch Stoop
How often do I sit there, and just consider the day? Not so often. How often do I sit there, on this stoop I’ve lived behind for half my life? No often enough. I’ve lived in this house, on this street, longer than I’ve lived anywhere else in my life. And how often have I …
Transitions
Right up on the face of it, transition. Feeling eerily calm with it, transitions, sometimes. Sometimes it washes over me like a giant wave, transition, flips me on my head, lying on the ground, dropped, wondering, transition. How to handle the upside down? Keep your bearings when what was is suddenly not, how to? Like …
Freestyle Love, G.M.D.
GMD, why do I think of him like that? My family, big on initials of names, for some reason. GMD, my maternal grandfather, George M. Downing, not frowning, just thrownin' words down, For him on his birthday, 107, not here anymore, still deep within me, spirit living on, as it should be. A doer, a …
Jerry Rig
Jerry Rig or jury rig, is the practice of making due with what you have on hand to repair something or otherwise solve a problem. Making due, that's a good life lesson. Things don't always go as we'd like; sometimes to get some result close to what we want, we have to make due, make …
Lyrics Post: “Sloop John B”
How often have I heard the song? How often have I tried to play it? Clearly not enough...so here we go again. "Sloop John B" “We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night Got into a fight Well I feel so broke up …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 