A Fool's Saint
There’s saints for all —
For fishers too!
But fools stand tall,
Their plight askew.
Their numbers reign,
No saint in sight!
Yet once again,
......
The title of today’s Daily Reflection is “The Upward Path”.
I know that in my early years I had an attitude where I wanted to create my own path in life, no matter how hard I made it for myself. I liked the idea of taking the road less travelled...
Today, because of my relationship with my Higher Power, while I continue my journey to simply stay on the road ahead, I’m trying to slow down and truly appreciate what today’s path has to offer...
This morning I accepted the gift of actually seeing, for the first time ever, every flower I could find along my 3.6 mile walk around Audubon Park. Here is just one of the dozen or so flowers that I found…
© 2021 Jeffrey Pipes Guice
I had relatives but I didn’t have a family...
I had friends but I didn’t have relationships...
I had religion but I didn’t have faith...
I had sex but I didn’t have intimacy...
I kept asking myself the same questions...
Do you want to feel normal...
Do you want to simply fit in...
And then I finally listened for the answers...
......
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
A Fool's Saint
There’s saints for all —
For fishers too!
But fools stand tall,
Their plight askew.
Their numbers reign,
No saint in sight!
Yet once again,
......
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
pining for the days when i fried my brain
sobriety hasn’t made me less insane
we partied so hard i forgot my name
but i still remember the rules of the game
let's build a time machine just to forget the pain
go to a place where there was nothing to prove or attain
when my thoughts flowed like a steady rain
instead of this never-ending hurricane
remind myself of the lessons i learnt
survival through change is the main point
......
The title of today’s Daily Reflection is “The Upward Path”.
I know that in my early years I had an attitude where I wanted to create my own path in life, no matter how hard I made it for myself. I liked the idea of taking the road less travelled...
Today, because of my relationship with my Higher Power, while I continue my journey to simply stay on the road ahead, I’m trying to slow down and truly appreciate what today’s path has to offer...
This morning I accepted the gift of actually seeing, for the first time ever, every flower I could find along my 3.6 mile walk around Audubon Park. Here is just one of the dozen or so flowers that I found…
© 2021 Jeffrey Pipes Guice
I had relatives but I didn’t have a family...
I had friends but I didn’t have relationships...
I had religion but I didn’t have faith...
I had sex but I didn’t have intimacy...
I kept asking myself the same questions...
Do you want to feel normal...
Do you want to simply fit in...
And then I finally listened for the answers...
......