The PEACE PROCESS -

''ODE TO THE NURSES''

2012-01-15T17:05:00.000-08:00

My FRIEND - Frank A.

OXY-MORONIC - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2012-01-15T08:51:00.000-08:00

''The PEACE PROCESS!'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2012-01-15T05:41:00.000-08:00

WHAT TEACHERS MAKE - LISTEN [GREAT]

2012-01-06T11:11:00.000-08:00

TAYLOR MALI

THIS IS A MUST SEE - A REAL TREAT!

2012-01-05T21:45:00.000-08:00

---Taylor Mali [Voice and pictures are not in sync. Sorry. Worth hearing.]

BILLY COLLINS - The LANYARD

2012-01-02T06:51:00.000-08:00

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY -

2011-12-25T11:49:00.000-08:00

-

2011-12-25T11:42:00.000-08:00

Games People Play
.
---I’m sure that everyone remembers the hit song called, ‘’Games People Play.’’ It was a song done by many artists from Dolly Parton to Conway Twitty. My own memory goes to Joe South. The reggae group…’’Inner Circle,’’ had a hit with the song, also.
---As the title implies…it is about the games people play. This is as true NOW as it was when the song was written in the 1960’s. People have a very hard time telling the truth. We don’t want to look bad or we don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings or whatever reason we use…we hedge on the facts.
---The fact is this…we only get hurt if the fact being kept from us happens to be more than we can handle. The immortal Jack Nicholson line comes into play - ‘’you can’t handle the truth.’’
---I’m NOT saying that we should all start telling the truth and that the truth will make us free. You have all heard that. I’m saying this - when we talk to someone, are we more concerned with saving face or being honest. My experience is that most save face and are not honest.
---In an age where self discovery seems to keep one with the status quo, lying to yourself…about yourself, goes against the grain. Owning up to one’s own so-called flaws, keeps one on the pulse of life. It is okay not to be perfect. Come down from the mountaintops and start interacting. Our toughness shows up in how well we handle those things that embarrass us. Stop projecting and assuming and begin living.
---The question is this…do we play games with others or do we tell the truth?

SAVING FACE or TELLING TRUTH? - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-12-21T20:56:00.000-08:00

Free Audio Books - Philosophy - Download mp3 and iPod format today! - StumbleUpon

2011-12-06T14:25:00.000-08:00

Free Audio Books - Philosophy - Download mp3 and iPod format today! - StumbleUpon

''BONDING'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-12-05T22:50:00.000-08:00

PREOCCUPIED - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-12-04T15:20:00.000-08:00

---The importance of decision making comes under scrutiny

FEAR of BEING WRONG - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-11-21T21:31:00.000-08:00

''The PARTY of LIFE'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-11-01T19:48:00.000-07:00

Appreciation - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-10-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

---NEW VERSION!

''The HOPE-DOPE'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-10-21T17:14:00.000-07:00

''LEVELS of COMMUNICATION'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-10-09T11:28:00.000-07:00

BEING WHO WE ARE!. - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-10-01T18:40:00.000-07:00

HOW TO? - SHIRLEY M

2011-09-28T04:45:00.000-07:00

How To ?- The POEM

2011-09-28T02:53:00.000-07:00

HOW TO ?

How to, How to

How to do what?

How to live well?

How to write a best seller?

How to be a gourmet cook,

an athlete, actor?

What about being a fine human being?

What about loving life,

greeting the day,

planning and enjoying whatever comes along

and then making the most of it?

That’s the beginning of living well.

That is - How To?

Shirley M.

''The DOORS ARE INSIDE'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-09-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

''BEING WHO YOU ARE IS IMPORTANT!'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-09-18T04:50:00.000-07:00

THOUGHT-PROVOKING, Lightly Comic A - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-09-04T21:07:00.000-07:00

''A Competitive Attitude'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-09-03T20:44:00.000-07:00

''FRUSTRATION NATION'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-08-31T20:49:00.000-07:00

''The LEVELS of FRUSTRATION'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-08-31T19:54:00.000-07:00

The LEVELS of FRUSTRATION -

2011-08-31T03:45:00.000-07:00

IF I WERE PAINTING A PICTURE

The LEVELS Of FRUSTRATION

The First Level Would Be Confined

Inside A Tiny Box

Hardly Any Air To Breathe

Or Room To Move

And Relatively NO Place To Go

And NO One To Help Out

On Each Level The Boxes

Would Get Progressively Bigger

Until You Reach The Last Level

Where There Is No Box At All

And You're FREE From Confinement

And You're In The ''LAND

WHERE ONLY LOVE EXISTS''

Honest Communication DELETES Frustration

COME BACK - The POEM

2011-08-30T06:46:00.000-07:00

My FRIEND - David R.

''An Unexpected Surprise'' - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-08-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

---The singing POET is Harry Chapin. The song is ''Sunday Morning Sunshine''

An AWAKENING - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-08-18T20:47:00.000-07:00

AN AWAKENING!

2011-08-18T15:48:00.000-07:00

An Awakening

The World Of Acceptance
Is A Wonderful World To Live In
Because We See How Weak
Our Judgments Can Be

We Allow Things To Be
Just What They Are
We Don't Try To Change
What We See
To Fit Any Pattern

We Let Things Grow
As They Were Meant To Grow
Without Impressing Our Shortsightedness
Upon Them

I Know Things Need
A Little Push, Sometimes,
But, When Push Comes To Shove
Isn't ACCEPTANCE What We're Pushing For?

The PEACE PROCESS -

2011-08-17T05:38:00.000-07:00

The PEACE PROCESS -

We Only Have Peace
When We Don't Have Conflict
We Have To Resolve The Things
That Bother Us.

The Only Real Peace
Is Within Ourselves

It's When We Have Those Internal Conflicts
And, Share Them With Others
That Causes Upheaval
Of ALL Sorts

After, Awhile, No One
Knows Where They Belong
And, Wonder, If They Belong
Anywhere At All?

In The Morning,
We Can Pet The Dog,
Or, Kick The Dog.
He Will Take That ATTITUDE
To The Mailman.
It's A ''LICK'' Or ''BITE'' Situation.

There's A Lot Of POWER
In KINDNESS -

It's NICE To Be NICE

(poem + fly singing...BELOW)

.
YouTube Search - MrStrokeGuy
A Holiday Message!

I Am - Shirley M.

2011-08-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

My FRIEND - Shirley M.

A HOSPITAL RESIDENT - (CLICK)

SUGGESTIONS - The ''STROKE'' GUY

2011-08-01T20:52:00.000-07:00

ODE TO ''RESPECT'' -a poem

2011-07-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

ODE TO RESPECT
a poem

Don't Assume What I'm Saying,
Listen To Me.
Don't Treat Me Like A Child.
Dress Me The Way I Want To Be Dressed
Don't Put Salt and Pepper On My Peaches
or A Lemon-wedge On My Vegetables
Learn How To Work With Me.
Put Two Sugars in my Coffee, Not One.
Please, Listen To Me.
Don't Hurry Me Into The Bath.
Accept Me As a Human Being.
Don't Be Afraid of Me When I Speak Up
I've Known Myself for Fifty-Years.
Please, Hear What I'm Saying

[Lenny The RESPECT ant - appears in, The Chloe ''INTERVIEWS'']

DIAMOND DAVE WHITAKER

2011-07-01T15:01:00.000-07:00

I worked with Diamond Dave for a couple of years. When I first met Dave, he told of being from Hibbing, Minnesota, the same town as Bob Dylan. He mentioned his being noted as the first person to give Bob, a marijuana joint. This has since been verified in one of Bob Dylan's biographies.
Diamond Dave is a very free spirit, as you can probably tell in the viewing of the video. All I can say is that we always had a goodtime and there was never a problem between us.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE...MATTERS!

2011-05-16T23:23:00.000-07:00

To The TABLE -

2011-05-16T16:23:00.000-07:00

To The TABLE

When Honesty + Love Are Brought
To The TABLE -
I’ve Noticed A MAGIC

Come With Your Questions
Your Opinions, Your Problems,
Your Discomforts,
Your Angst, Your Fear
We’ll Deal With It All
We’ll Dialog Back + Forth
And, Try To Hone It Down
When We Find It Necessary
We’ll Hash It All Out
We May See It All Anew

When Honesty + Love Are Brought
To The TABLE -
Deceit Doesn't Stand a Chance!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT...ERMA BOMBECK QUOTE -

2010-07-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

BE LOVING

2010-04-11T19:11:00.000-07:00

Billy Collins - FORGETFULNESS

2010-03-05T16:39:00.000-08:00

BILLY COLLINS - LITANY

2009-12-22T17:55:00.000-08:00

A ''HANK'' JOKE

2009-01-04T16:07:00.000-08:00

A Miss Communication -

---Mr. Jones sees Mr.Smith, walking with a smile on his face. Mr. Jones can see that Smith is holding a new iPHONE.

---Jones calls out, ''What do you have, there, Smith?''

---Smith says, ''It is a new iPHONE. I got it for my wife.''

---Jones replies, ''You got it for your wife?'' Mr. Jones, pondered a bit. ''What a good trade.''

Hank was married for 20 years.

The Last Duchess - Robert Browning

2009-01-03T23:41:00.000-08:00

The PARTY of LIFE

2009-01-03T21:52:00.000-08:00

The PARTY of LIFE - -

I Was Asked To Arrange
The Party of Life
I Called Jugglers, Clowns, and Singers
And, Animal Trainers, Too

The Erudite and The Passive
Will Be There
The Happy and the Sad
The Celebrities and The No-Names,
The Who's Who and Who's NOT!

I E-mailed Everyone
YOU Are Invited, Too
I Hope That YOU Received Your Invitation

The When and The Where,
And, Even The Time -
Well, That Was All VERY Easy
It Lasts As Long As You Like
And, You Don't Have To
R.S.V.P.

Come, Dressed As Yourself,

That's Important!

It ALL Hangs In The Balance!

YOUR PARTY, WITHIN, May Soon BEGIN,

At Any NOW YOU DECIDE

TABLE TALK - The VIDEO

2009-01-01T16:09:00.000-08:00

http://www.mediafire.com/?xgitzmwnvil

---TABLE TALK - I hope you all enjoy the video. I think it is one of the best. YouTube is cracking down. I may have to do a lot more rethinking. Click above and follow directions.

---YouTube Search is still - MrStrokeGuy. My computer friend chose the name. He forgot, The ''STROKE'' GUY.

TABLE TALK - The POEM

2009-01-01T14:10:00.000-08:00

TABLE TALK

Have You Ever Noticed That
When We Do Things We Enjoy,
We Have NO Problem With Our Focus?
It Gets Our Attention
.
Doesn't Enjoyment Gives Quality
To Time Spent?
When We Don't Like What
We're Doing We Can't Wait
To Be Through With It
.
Whether It Be An Object
Or, Relationship
Or, Anything At All.
.
Doesn't Our Concept Of Time
Depend On
How Happy We Are?
.
Many Go From
Pillar to Post
Doing What They Like
And, Doing What They Don't
.
Doesn't It Make Sense
To Do What We Enjoy?
Isn't This The Way
To Live Happily Everafter?
How Do We Learn To Like Things?
.
Pass The Biscuits...PLEASE!
.
See the mediafire video...Above.
(Click and follow directions.)

ACCEPTANCEVILLE, USA - a poem

2008-09-13T21:00:00.000-07:00

ACCEPTANCEVILLE, USA - a poem

We Take Our Vacations
In Acceptanceville, USA.
We Go There Every Summer.
When I Get Older,
I Hope To Own A Home There.
I Have Fun There
I Feel Understood
And, Of Course, Appreciated.
There's Lots Of Compassion, There
You Always Feel Like You Belong.
It Borders On The Towns Of
Unselfishness And Kindness.

There Is No Wrong Road To Take,
Because Any Place You Are,
Is A Good Place To Be.
The Weather Is As You
Would Like It,
In Acceptanceville-
It's Warm, Even When It's Cold.

Mount Boredom Is WAAAYYYYY Off
In The Distance,
It Barely Can Be Seen,
From ''Happiness Hill.''

All The Animals Are Friendly
And The Tap Water Is Tasty

The Teams Always Win.
There's No ''OVER THE TOP''
Competition.
We Don't Bother To Keep Score
It's Just ''FUN.''

Every Day Is New
Even The Same Old, Same Old,
I Feel Good
Maybe It's That We Share A Smile
I Don't Know.

The Maps Show, ACCEPTANCEVILLE, Is Within.
We CAN Get There From Here,
We May Have To Take An Unpaved Road -
The ''GEE, It's ME Free,'' Way.
.
http://www.mediafire.com/?uwtydcdmwme

FOOD FOR THOUGHT...

2008-08-03T19:42:00.000-07:00

THE EARTH and I...

2008-08-01T21:35:00.000-07:00

The EARTH and I...

Well Earth...Here We Are, Again
Just You and Me
I'd Like To Say
Here and Now
My Damage To You Was Unintentional

You See, I'm NOT, Really, Sure
Why It Is You and I Are Together

I Have, Really, Enjoyed
What I've Done, Here

I Hear You Are Responsible
For Most Of It,
Whether Directly or Indirectly

I Hope I've Used Everything
That Comes From You
To Your Advantage

And That Would Mean
That Everything I Have Done
Has Been Good

I've Done My Very Best
And I Hope That Dovetails
Into Your Bank Account,
So To Speak

It Has Certainly Been FUN

WHEELCHAIRS - The TRILOGY

2008-06-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

WHEELCHAIRS: The TRILOGY

--WHEELCHAIRS -

''What A Good Idea''--

The WHEEL And The CHAIR,
Were Good Ideas Within
Themselves.
Moving Things With The WHEEL
And Taking A Break In The CHAIR.
What Came First-

The WHEEL or The CHAIR?
Does It Make Any Difference, Now?
No, But I'll Bet It Did Then
.
One Day, Someone Put Them Together,
A ''Stroke'' Of Genius,

When They Had To Take This One Here,
And That One There
Hither And Yon
I'll Bet They Were Glad They Had One.
It's Nice When A Plan Comes Together!!

--''Ode To A WHEELCHAIR'''--

You Take Me To Where
I Want to go,
You Don't Complain.
You Just Sit There
With Your Arms Outstretched,
Waiting For Your
Newly Fanged Master
To ''Bark'' His Complaints.

--FROM The ''WHEELCHAIR''--

There Was A Time When,
I Did Your JOB.
I Went From Hither To Yon,
And Didn't Complain, Either.
Supervising You Doing My Job,
Is NOT Much Fun,
For Either Of Us.
Making Allowances For You
Being You, Sometimes.
Is Easier, Than, For Me,
Being Me, Sometimes.
And, I Do Mean, Sometimes.

Don't Spend Much Time ''ASSUMING''

ASK ME -

I've Been Adapting
For Over Fifty Years.
I Know The Score, Too.
Sometimes, As Well As You.

If You Don't Try Too Hard,
It Works So Much Better.
I'm Just Working On My Stuff -
THIS WAY!!

(Picture By Lauren S.)

GETTING BETTER

2008-06-19T17:07:00.000-07:00

GETTING BETTER

.
I've Noticed I've Been Downsizing
My Fears
They Seem To Be Less In Size
Each Year

From Luggage Size To Knapsack
To Fanny Pack
To Wallet
Just Getting Smaller

Maybe, Next Year I'll Keep Them
In My Pocket
I'm Just NOT Sure
But, That Opens A Can of Worms
Within Itself

For Years I Kept My Hand In My Pocket
Because Of FEAR.
Being Born Without Four Fingers,
Was MY Reason For Hiding

I Didn't Think I Was Good Enough
NOW I Know That's Not True

Over The Years, My Hand
Hasn't Changed Much
But My ATTITUDE Towards It
Certainly Has

What Was Once Huge
Is Very Manageable
My Whole Perspective,
And, Quality Of Interaction
Has Just Gotten Better

I Know It's Been Said
Many Times and in Many Ways
But, ''It Is AMAZING What

A Little SELF - ACCEPTANCE,

Will Do.''

http://considerthiswell.blogspot.com

''Left-Hand'' Story

FIND YOUR OWN VOICE - a poem

2008-06-15T16:29:00.000-07:00

FINDING YOUR OWN VOICE
A Poem

Finding Your Voice
Is Like Finding Food When You're HUNGRY.

It's Knowing WHAT To Say, WHEN.
WHEN SOMEHOW YOU KNOW IT'S RIGHT!

It Seems Only Opinions Are Shared,
But, They Are ONLY OPINIONS!

Half-Truths Are Shared,
But, They Are ONLY HALF-TRUTHS!

We Try To Be HONEST, But,
Being HONEST Is Like - BEING NAKED,
THE HARD WAY!!

It Isn't As Easy As It Sounds.

WHEN WE KNOW WHAT WE REALLY FEEL,

IT WILL MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD GO 'ROUND

Where's the HOLY? - a poem

2007-09-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

''HOLY WAR??''

WAR IS CONFLICT,
BLOODSHED and DESTRUCTION,
THINGS and LIVES
BLOWN APART.

WHERE'S THE HOLY?

IF IT WERE ABOUT
UNITY and TOGETHERNESS,
HAPPINESS and LOVE,
I COULD SEE IT!
I WOULD SEE IT!!

THERE'S THE HOLY -

HOLY WAR??
Oxy - MORONIC!!

Bobby Darling Song -

http://bobbydarling.com/Audio/President.mp3

Dismantling A Grudge

2007-09-22T18:19:00.000-07:00

Dismantling A Grudge -

I Have An Agenda, Today
And We Have An Assignment
Let’s Tie In Holding A Grudge
To What Has Been Assigned

People Sometimes Say
Things We Don’t Like
We Hold It Against Them
They Cut Us To The Quick

They Push Every Button We Have
The Assignment Says, See The Good Side,
If There Is One.

People Say What They Say,
For A Reason
Maybe, The Person Who Cut Me To The Core,
Was Having A Bad Day
Or, Maybe, He Just Wasn’t Thinking,
Or, Maybe, He Was Making Himself
Look Good, At My Expense

It Could Be Any Reason At All,
But, I’ll Bet He Had One

Not Taking Everything So Personally,
Is A Good Thing
Sometimes, It’s NOT So Easy

Forgive And Forget
Is A Good Thing

Every Cloud, Has A Silver Lining
I'll Walk In Your Moccasins,
But, Don't Forget To Walk In Mine

We All Have Done Things
We Are NOT Too Proud Of

The HEART Of The MATTER -

2007-09-22T17:43:00.000-07:00

The HEART Of The MATTER

With Poetry, You Can Express
How You Really Feel

Sometimes, We Jump Around
Between The Shoulds
And What We Really Feel

Sometimes, We Think We
Shouldn’t Feel As We Do

It’s Important To Feel As You Feel
And To Think As You Do
And Not To Allow The Thinking
To Dismantle The Feeling
Just To Avoid It

When We Think As We Do
And Feel As We Feel
And Are Honest About It All,
In The Long Run,
We Seem To Be Happier.

SUGGESTIONS -

2007-09-22T14:38:00.000-07:00

''Suggestions, I NEVER heard.''

(My Parents - Pictured)

First Off, I’d Like To Tell You,
It’s Okay To Make Mistakes.

Learn The Art Of Letting Go
And Realize That It's Important,
NOT To Exaggerate Your Own Importance.

Learn How To Be Objective.
Taking Everything Personally,
Doesn’t Work.

Blame Will Get You Nowhere.
Learn How To Unlearn,
What Is NOT Important.

Be Flexible, Happy And Kind.
Accept Yourself, And Love At Every Turn.
And Really Know, It’s Okay.
You Don’t Have To Try So Hard,
Life Works.

POETRY JOKE -

2007-09-21T15:31:00.000-07:00

DOG CHESS JOKE

2007-09-21T14:34:00.000-07:00

DOG CHESS JOKE

---A man got off the train and decided to visit his friend. He walked in on his friend playing chess with the dog. The man was mesmerized by this. The dog seemed to be making all the right moves.
---The man said, ‘’That has to be the smartest dog I have ever seen.’’
---The friend said, ‘’Aw, he’s not so smart. I’m up three games to two, in the series.’’

FOOD FOR THOUGHT...

2007-08-03T19:37:00.000-07:00

SALUTATIONS to the... ''HELP!!''

2007-07-21T14:41:00.000-07:00

SALUTATIONS To The...''HELP!!''

Patients to the left of me
Patients on my right
Into the Valley of
(You Know What)
Ride, what seems like,
about 600

Like A Parrot Screams
I'm Okay, But You're NOT
YOU NEED HELP,
I'M HERE TO HELP YOU

HELP!! HELP!!
HELP!! HELP!!

I'm NOT Okay...But You ARE?
SINCE WHEN?
When Did This HAPPEN??

I'll Admit To MOBILITY-WISE.
I'll Bite The Bullet.

LET'S GET REAL

It's NOT Me!! - ''All The Time''
And It's NOT ''Always'' YOU!!

WE ARE IN THIS ''THING'' TOGETHER,

WE'RE JUST WORKING OUT THE DETAILS.

HOW to KNOW SOMEONE!!

2006-07-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

''How To Get To Know
SOMEONE''

You Communicate by,
Letting Them Know
How YOU Feel.

You Appreciate Them by,
''Understanding'' and ''Accepting'' Them,
As THEY Are.

Be HONEST About It ALL.

Communication Is the Cornerstone
Of All Relationship.
You Learn How To ''HEAR'' What They Say.
And With Affection, It's
A Win-Win Situation.

I Would Suggest,
That You Tap Into
Your Affection For All.
It's One of Those Things
We Can Do.

So, Please, NO Walls.
Be OPEN and HONEST,
And Then You Will See,
You Will ENJOY This
Thing Called LIVING,
And LEARN, That,
It's FUN Just To Be.

ADDICTION - a poem

2006-07-14T15:35:00.000-07:00

ADDICTION - a poem

The POISON-IVY Syndrome, BLUES

Scratch It, Spread It,
Scratch It, Spread It,
Scratch It, Spread It.

MORE, Makes IT WORSE?
YES.

PREPOSTEROUS!!

The CHLOE GROUP Discusses ''ADDICTION'' -

http://considerthiscat.blogspot.com

ADULT BOOKS - a poem

2006-07-13T21:06:00.000-07:00

A Poem -
''ADULT?''

We Designate
A Passage
We Are Old Enough
We Can DO WHAT WE WANT

Maybe...,We Should KILL Somebody?
NO, NO. Now CALM DOWN.
That's TV Talk.
Well, What Should WE DO?

We Are ADULT -
Let's THINK!!

If We Only Had
An ADULT BOOK,
Then We Could Read About It

ADULT BOOK
READ!! READ!!
READ!! READ!!
READ!! READ!!
READ!! READ!!

GEEZ!!
Not What I Expected

ACCEPTANCE - FLYER

2006-07-13T20:30:00.000-07:00

ACCEPTANCEVILLE, PARTY

ANTI - FRUSTRATION
ANYTOWN, ANYWHERE

ANYDAY – ANYTIME

ANYPLACE YOU ARE
IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE

Animals are friendly, NO ’’Over-the-top’’ COMPETITION
Everything is NEW - Even Same Old, Same Old

NO EARLY ARRIVALS, ONLY WORKS WHEN YOU’RE READY!

PERSPECTIVES - a poem

2006-07-13T20:23:00.000-07:00

PERSPECTIVES

When We STAND Where We STAND,
We Bring ''OKAYness'' - To The Table.

To Know Your Audience
Makes Communication So Much Easier.
We Can Be As ''HUNGRY As A BEAR,''
While The ''Pope'' Can STILL Be In The Woods.

What We See Go Around, Does Come Around.

To Be Where You're At
When You're There,
Is A Good Place To Be.

To Be Present To The Present Moment,
Will Make You Happy.

The Glass Is Half-empty,
If You Want it to Be
.
But You Make Your Own ''FUN.''
It Really Is The Way, You See It.

Life Is FUNNY That Way!
Some Laugh At Things We Think Are Serious,
Some Cry At Banana Peels.

Time Wounds ALL Heals -

And Heals ALL Wounds.
How You See it is Important.
Whether You See It That Way - Or NOT.

CLICHES R US - a poem

2006-07-13T18:13:00.000-07:00

A Poem
''CLICHES R' US''

When I Think Things Are Fun,
You Think They Are Dumb.
Things that I find Charming,
You're quick to find Alarming.
Things I find Robust,
Turn your head in disgust.
Things that I enjoy,
make you say, ''Oh, boy!''
When I feel a bit Perky,
You tell me I'm being ''Jerky.''

All the things that I write,
You can't wait to get out of your sight.
Things that make me happy,
You think are downright sappy.
Sounds that are perfect and clear,
You can't seem to hear.

I don't know where this is going,
But it seems YOU are ALL knowing.
So I'll just end it now,
And let YOU finish it somehow.

QUOTES - PAH

2006-07-13T17:20:00.000-07:00

''A GOOD QUOTE - IS A GOOD QUOTE''
PAH

1. ''We all LOVE one another. [That's a given].
We're just working out the details.''

2. To IMPROVE Relations - ''Communication with Appreciation for Frustration.''

3. ''An unsinkable friendship, makes floating through life
that much easier.''

4. ''It has to be in you to come out of you.''
[Everyone has access to Everything]

5. ''Life is simple. Man makes it complicated.''

6. ''To Find Your Own Voice,
Tell yourself how you feel about things.''

7. ''WISDOM is knowing WHAT to say,
And WHEN to say it.

8. ''We ALL have the ''Same'' emotions,
Just over ''Different'' things.''

9. ''HONESTY- being NAKED, the Hard way.''

10. ''If we could BET on Hindsight,
We'd ALL be Billionaires.''

11. ''Intellect-One of the things we can do
With Intelligence.''

12. ''We grow as our EGO diminishes.''

13. ''Toughness is the ability to-
Face our own Embarassments.''

14. ''FRUSTRATION-Time away is time well-spent.''

15. ''The seeds within one Apple, can start an Orchard.
But it still needs a Mother, a place to grow.''

16. ''Life isn't worth living - If you have to.''

[Check-Out CHLOES Blog For More PAH]

LAW: Letter or Spirit - a poem

2006-07-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

A POEM

The SPIRIT or LETTER:
OF THE LAW

Everyday I need some wet facecloths,
That I can use periodically
during the day.
Having the HANDS that I do,
They have to be placed in a way that
I can get to them.

Some make them very tight
And I can't get to them.
Some don't wet them enough
So, they dry right out.
Some stack them in a way
I can't unstack them.

The Neater you Make them
The more difficult it is for me.
When they are unneat and crumpled
I can get to them.
I can use them, I can pick them up,
I'm almost in Heaven.
To the ''Neatly, Unneat,'' I say,
''Keep up the Sloppy Work,
It's just easier for me.''

HELP!!

2006-06-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

''The BEATLES Hit Home - Again,''
Some 40 Years Later.

HELP! I Need Somebody
Not Just Anybody
You Know I Need Someone
HE - E - L - L - P - P!

When I Was Younger, So Much Younger Than Today
I Never Needed Anybody's Help In Anyway
But, Now, These Days Are Gone I’m Not So Self-Assured
Now I Find I Changed My Mind, I Opened Up The Doors

HELP ME If You Can I’m Feelin’ Down
And I Do Appreciate You Being ‘Round
HELP ME Get My Feet Back On The Ground
Won’t You Please, Please HELP ME!

And Now My Life Has Changed In Oh So Many Ways
My INDEPENDENCE Seems To VANISH In The Haze
But, Every Now And Then, I Feel So Insecure
I Know That I Need You Like I’ve Never Done Before Lennon/McCartney

--- I received this song, again, over the Holidays, maybe for the 4th or 5th time. I don’t think that it was as fitting as it is, now. Be Well.

April Fools Day...Anyway!!

2006-06-15T21:03:00.000-07:00

April Fools Day...Anyway -
a poem

It Was Time To Be Born.
I Had My Little Calendar
And Was Waiting.
They Figured I'd Be Born
In The Middle of March.
I Figured April First.

I Thought I'd Give It A Shot.
I Had No Other Plans, That I Know Of.
The Doctor Thought I Was Ready.
''Push'' Was The ''Word'' Of The Day.
One Fellswoop And There I Was.
I Felt Kind of Exposed.
So, I Said,
''What's Up, Doc?''

A Musing - a poem

2006-06-10T14:54:00.000-07:00

''A MUSING''

The FRUSTRATIONS Of Man
Is My LATEST MUSE!
The Things That Make Us Tremble
And Say, ''WHAT WAS THAT?''
We All FALL Sometimes.
IT ISN'T ALWAYS FUN!!
But To ''ME,'' An ''INSIDER,''
I Have Some ADVICE To Give.
''The REASON You Fell Is SUCH AND SUCH.''
And Then I Go On To PONTIFICATE-
''BLAH,BLAH,BLAH,'' and Be Well.
This is a Formula To - ''A Musing''

The THUNDER of SILENCE - a poem

2006-06-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

''THE THUNDER OF SILENCE''

If A Man Falls In Love In A Forest
And Nobody Is Around To Hear Him
Does He Still Not Fall In Love?
Does Love Make A Sound At All?
We Sense Love, But We Don't Hear It,
Do We?

We Hear All The Noise People Make
Trying To Get There
But, When They Get There,
It Is Very Quiet.
It Seems That Noise And Love
Don't Go Together, Do They?

MEDITATION

GOOD THOUGHT - ''RELATIONSHIP''

2006-06-03T03:13:00.000-07:00

CONSIDER THIS...
RELATIONSHIP

---Everything is in relationship to everything else. EVERYTHING. What do we mean from this. The ''condition'' of the object of our relationship, Reflects how we treat it. We see our own reflection off of the objects that we care about.
---If we see that which is around us, in good condition, then we see we have communicated our best to that thing and we want it to shine in the best light possible. We have given it our ALL.

QUOTES - 5 more

2006-06-03T03:03:00.000-07:00

CONSIDER THESE...
QUOTES - more

1. ''The Human Race has one effective Weapon,
And that is Laughter.''
Samuel L. Clemens - Mark Twain

2. ''Imagination is the one Weapon in the War
Against Reality.''
Jules de Gaultier

3. ''Courage is Fear that said its Prayers.''
Dorothy Bernard

4. ''An idea is Salvation by Imagination.''
Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect

5. ''It isn't the STRONGEST species that survives, nor the most INTELLIGENT. But it is the most responsive to CHANGE.''
Charles Darwin - Evoluntionist

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN - a poem

2006-06-02T16:11:00.000-07:00

-
CONSIDER THIS...
''Sounds Like A Plan''

''Judge and ye Shall be Judged.''
So, judge NOT and ye shall NOT be judged?

''Perfect Love Casts Out ALL Fear.''
So, if we Love what we Fear,
the Fear goes Away?

''Resist not evil.''
So, Acceptance makes the Thing we're resisting,
NOT Evil?

''The Truth Will Make You Free.''
So, Untruths Keep You Bound?

''Love Thy Neighbor.''
Are You Daft, Man?
They Whip and Crucify People who say that.

A ''Good Laugh'' - a poem

2006-06-02T15:33:00.000-07:00

A VERY, VERY -
''GOOD LAUGH''

Many Years Ago Today,
Sgt. Pepper Taught The Band to Play.
They Say We Used to Drink a Lot,
And at Times We Used To SMOKE Some POT.

Enough Of That Then!
I Used To Play on Stage,
With The BOBBY DARLING SHOW!!
[One Of My FAVORITE People]

Kids Would Come To See Us
Some Were Under Age.
We Used To Laugh and Joke a Lot.
We Would Laugh, Anyway,
Even Without The POT!!

But, I Digress...
The Reinforcement Was Immediate,
If We Were Doing Well,
It Could Be HEAVEN!!
If We Were BOMBING,
It Could BE,
[You Know What!!]

I Say, Now, That Is In My PAST,
But, I Still Enjoy A ''Good Laugh,''
If You Have NO Other Plans, Today
Then Have ''One'' On My Behalf!!

[Check Out His Website-
http://bobbydarling.com/]
I Definitely Might!!

The PATHS - A POEM

2006-05-29T20:38:00.000-07:00

A POEM
‘’The Paths’’

Skipping Along, Eyes Ready
Your Senses Up
They Come Into Focus
What, You May Ask?

The Paths, Of Course
Here They Come
They Come Into Bloom

At First, Your Eyes Can’t Make Them Out
And, A Little Apprehension
Is Natural
But, Through Trial And Error
You Get To Know The Paths

Here I Am, Doing What I Do
And It Feels Right From My Head To My Shoe
It Goes From Crystal Clear -To Blur, Easily
That Is - The Figuring Out Part, You Need

This Path Can Be Of Joy !!

''CREATIVITY'' - a poem

2006-05-28T21:05:00.000-07:00

CREATIVITY

To Improve Relations
And The Whole Situation
We Can Make This Stipulation

We Have Communication
With Appreciation
For The Frustration

This Stokes Imagination
That Leads To Examination
And Exploration Of The Motivation

Self - Expression Is The CREATION

''To Cheer YOURSELF Up...
Cheer SOMEONE Else up.''
MARK TWAIN

Another FALL - A POEM

2006-05-27T20:16:00.000-07:00

Another FALL -

It Must Be Columbus Day
Because They’re Calling Me
The ‘’Leaves’’ I Mean
And All Those Pesky Colors

Before, They Were Dull And Drab
Just The Way I Could Understand Them
Do We Need All This Color?
Some Say, It Is The Prettiest Time Of The Year

Living In New England
As I Did
Going To New Hampshire
Wasn’t A Big Stretch
But, Couldn’t They Just ‘’Leave’’ Me Alone

I Hear You Calling
And All That Color
And All That Color

BLOG Contents:

2006-05-26T22:03:00.000-07:00

BLOG: CONTENTS:

POSITIVE STUFF-
1. LOVE ''Shines'' - Like the Sun
2. LIVING: ''Just a Transformation''
3. We're ALL Evolving Into LOVE,
Just Ask My CAT
4. The ''PROVERB''
5. Exercise for the MIND
6. AFFIRMATION
7. BEGINNERS MINDSET
8. DEAR WORLD,
9. RELATIONSHIPS - ''Do Unto Others'' - revisited
10. QUOTES - Names You May ''RECOGNIZE''

CONSIDER THIS...
1. WAR: What Is It Good For?
2. Appreciation: The Therapeutic Process
3. To Be Where You're At When You're There
4. Appreciation: The Glue of Relationship
5. ''A'' or ''The''
6. We All Respond To Something
7. We All LOVE One Another...
8. The ''Go To'' Person
9. To IMPROVE Relations

METAPHYSICS
1. Why Is There Suffering?
2. ''ADDICTION'' - The PIAS
3. HEALTHY - ''Big Picture''
4. FINDING : ''YOUR OWN VOICE''
5. Getting RID Of Our STUFF
6. BEST MEDICINE
7. MARRIAGE
8. CELIBACY - Why?
9. Self - Acceptance
10. Cross, Death and Ressurection
11. SECOND COMING

The ''REAL'' F - word FRUSTRATION
1. HONEST COMMUNICATION
''DELETES'' FRUSTRATION
2. LEVELS of COMMUNICATION - a poem
3. A FRUSTRATING CONTRADICTION
4. The FRUSTRATION QUIZ
5. If I Were Painting a Picture About The
LEVELS of FRUSTRATION
6. FRUSTRATION
7. Sherlock Holmes - joke
8. FRUSTRATION The ''REAL'' F - word
9. The FRUSTRATION ''FACTOR''
10. Why Are We So Frustrated?

BEING OBJECTIVE - good
1. The ''OBJECTIVE'' MIND
2. DEFINITIONs: From ''SUBJECTIVE''
to ''OBJECTIVE''
3. OBJECTIVE
4. The ''OBJECTIVE'' LANGUAGE
5. The Subjective - SELF
6. LIFE: a BATTLEFIELD or a PLAYGROUND?
7. Unmasking The ''OBJECTIVE - SELF''
8. Managing PAIN
9. ''BEYOND'' Pain
10. BOREDOM - A Recipe ''AGAINST''
11. THINKING BACK - The ''ROOT CANALS''

BIBLIOGRAPHY, etc.
1. The BOBBY DARLING Show
2. BOOKS I Have Read, etc.
3. BOBBYDARLING.COM
4. Websites - Intuition Network
5. Website - Old Time Radio
6. Website Favorite

BLOGGERYTHYMS
1. NAKEDness - A New Wrinkle
2. The ''INNER'' and ''OUTER''
3. OVERCOME FEAR with INTELLIGENCE
4. ''BEST'' Medicine - TRUTH
5. POLLY Goes To Psychiatrist --
Thinks ''CRACKERS''
6. Unlearning - [the old self - image, again]
7. The MIND As Empty As a ''MANGER''
8. ''BLAME'' does NOT Work
9. Self - ''Expression''
10. FIND YOUR ''OWN'' PACE

''BLOG, --- JAMES BLOG.''
1. Left-Hand Story - ''CONGENITAL''
2. Self - ''Discovery''
3. LOVE - Two Kinds
4. Left - Hand --''Situation''
5. Hole-In-One
6. BEYOND ''Anger'' and ''Depression'' -
A Possibility
7. PSYCHOLOGY - ''Adequacy Concerns''
8. ''TIME'' and ''ASSUME''
9. AXIS - EGO
10. It Is ALL ''INSIDE'' - a poem

POEMS, QUOTES and STUFF!
1. HOW to KNOW SOMEONE!! - a poem
2. ADDICTION - a poem
3. ADULT BOOKS - a poem
4. ACCEPTANCEVILLE, USA - a poem
5. PERSPECTIVES - a poem
6. CLICHES R US - a poem
7. QUOTES - PAH
8. LAW: Letter or Spirit - a poem
9. BOREDOM: Against - a poem
10. WHEELCHAIRS - ''The TRILOGY'' - poems
11. April Fools Day, Anyway!!
12. A Musing - a poem
13. SALUTATIONS from the... HELP!!
14. The THUNDER of SILENCE - a poem
15. FIND YOUR OWN VOICE - a poem
16. ODE TO ''RESPECT'' - a poem
17. GOOD THOUGHT - ''RELATIONSHIP''
18. QUOTES - 4 more
19. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN - a poem
20. Hospital Time - a poem
21. A ''Good Laugh'' - a poem
22. Where's The HOLY? - a poem

Meaning of Life -
1. Meaning of Life - To LOVE
Appreciation - a poem
2. The ''EXPERIENCE'' Itself
3. The - ''ICEBERGs''
4. ''JUDGMENT''
5. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
6. Honest COMMUNICATION - a poem
7. The HOUSE with FAULTY WIRING