"May

 

your choices , reflect your hopes, not your fears."

Nelson Mandela 

Amen.

I

 

love you baby.

TTYS.

Like I said, I wish I knew what you thought about yesterdays work.

In

 

about a week the ground will start to soften up making moving tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery much more difficult for the Russians.

If the guy who wrote the article I read that in knows it so does our Military brass and other Governmental officials, and, Putin knows they know all of this.

I completely agree with the guy that said if NATO splits or fractures?

That's the moment the west is done.

For good.

Kinda seems like what Putin's doing without even having to invade.

We will see here soon basically.

https://Russia Ukraine Business Europe

Talked

 

about that a lil bit yesterday too.

The inflation dilemma: Patience vs. recession

"In the most extreme example, Fed Chair Paul Volcker engineered a steep downturn in the early 1980s that ended the double-digit inflation of that era — but at the cost of double-digit unemployment that pummeled President Reagan's popularity.

This time around, the goal is a soft landing. The Fed is looking to move toward higher interest rates gradually, not with the kind of shock Volcker engineered."

20 % interest rates and two recessions to get inflation in check the last time it was this high and that was without the labor shortages and the supply lines congestion, and the concentration of market share among to few competitors, and to much money in the system. This time around? Interest rates at 4.5% and we default on the interest payment on the national debt.

It's really not that hard to see wats up.

Just gotta be ready spiritually.

It's all we can do.

I'll give an ice storm analogy :-). Since we just had one last week. If you know the storm is coming don't you get ready for it? Don't you check on candles? Flashlights? Batteries? Make sure the camp stove is working? Lighters? Check the generator if you have one? Gas? Propane? Groceries? Make sure you have access to clean water for a few days? Just simple lil things to try and endure what you know is coming? 

Likewise you should prepare your soul as well:

Matthew 16:24-25

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

"Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Are you willing? Are you able? Are you ready? Are you prepared? Mentaly? Spiritualty?

Psalm 44:22

Yet for your sake we face death all day long;

    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

"...its time to get ready for the storm..."

Wish

 

I knew what you thought about yesterdays work honey, like I said the last video just posted...

I love you sweetheart.

Heading out here soon, gotta get some meds at the pharmacy, and then the usual places etc :-).

Was

 

just talking about what "fire " means to me yesterday.

"...I will stare into the sun until its light doesn't blind me

I will walk unto the fire until its heat doesn't burn me

And I will feed the fire

And into the fire

I'm reunited

Into the fire..."

Isaiah 48:10-11

"See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another."

Wish

 

more people understood.

Hey

 

I final got all the "presentation" from yesterday uploaded. 

I think they all turned out pretty good.

Except for my singing :-).

Whatever...

Had

 

a lil slip on some ice honey :-).

I'm fine, strawberry on my hip and my ankle is a lil sore but its all good. 

Comes with the territory. Really does.

Damage report:

Turn signal. Couple of light covers. Lost the visor to my helmet :-). 

Needed a new one anyway.

I was riding home laughing...

Thinking...this isnt the first time I've rode home with the turn signal hanging by my front tire (still works BTW) and it probably wont be the last :-).

Wats

 

somebody trying to say?

:-)

I love your ways honey :-).

Hey

 

honey.

Morning my Sunshine.

I love you my Queen :-).

I

 

miss you baby :-).

I think I got everything uploaded.

You'll see tomorrow I suppose.

:-).

TTYS, TC, Be safe.

I love you.

New Chapel UMC

 

Sunday 

Feb 6th, 2022

Sunday after the ice storm on Thursday.

Tabor Light

Hesychasm

"...and

 

she kissed me just right

like only a lonely angel can..."

:-).

Yeah...

 

Guess who is playing  there Labor Day weekend?

Yup. DMB.

Needs to happen.

How many more chances we gonna get?

All three days.

Yup...

People watchin' and good music for three solid days.

Been sayin we should for a long time.

Be great.

All three days, rent a camper, whatever...

Needs to happen.

I love you.

Hey

 

Honey :-).

I love you my Queen :-).

Yeah...

 

Resonating...

Lil bit...

Dimensionality, Garden etc...

Open the doors that lead on into Eden

Don't you disguise

I'll follow the signs marked back to the beginning

No more compromise

And into the fire

I'm reunited

Into the fire

I am the spark

Into the night

I yearn for comfort

Free the water that carries me to the sea

You I see as my security

Into the fire

I'm reunited

Into the fire

Oh, I am the spark

Into the night

I yearn for comfort

Alrighty...

 

Got two done and now just need to 'present' them :-).

I think I'll do it first thing in the AM after breakfast, gives me a lil time to work through them a time or two.

I love you baby :-).

Pastor Bridgette

 

gave a sermon on Christ announcing who he was in his hometown. 

Luke 4:14-20.

Called it "Man on a mission" I think it was :-).

Her sermon resonated, strongly, BTW.

Brother Joe said if you're not thinking about anything and then all the sudden something comes upon you? It's the Holy Spirit telling you something. 

So it was like three or four days later and I'm just resting and I hadn't thought of this song or this group in ages...and then all the sudden:

"Missionary man"

Well I was born an original sinner.

I was borne from original sin.

And if I had a dollar bill

For all the things I've done

There'd be a mountain of money

Piled up to my chin

My mother told me good

My mother told me strong.

She said "Be true to yourself

And you can't go wrong."

"But there's just one thing

That you must understand."

"You can fool with your brother

But don't mess with a missionary man."

Don't mess with a missionary man.

Don't mess with a missionary man.

Well the missionary man

He's got god on his side.

He's got the saints and apostles

Backin' up from behind.

Black eyed looks from those bible books.

He's a man with a mission

Got a serious mind.

There was a woman in the jungle

And a monkey on a tree.

The missionary man he was followin' me.

He said "Stop what you're doing."

"Get down upon your knees."

"I've a message for you that you better believe."

Yup...

I just laughed...I'm like your so great...he says I know :-). Thought you might appreciate.

Thing is?

I don't really like the song or the group that much, a few songs here and there.

The lyrics though :-).

Definitely resonating like a tuning fork these days.

Christ announcing who he was in his hometown and the Eurythmics :-).

Who or where else :-)?

Everybody's like

 

"Why you wanna live there for?"

Saving the night sky: New Zealand's craziest experiment yet?

Seems pretty self explanatory to me :-).

Plus it's not strategic in any way shape or form, 

lil off the beaten path for major shipping lanes, 

no guns or the associated violence, 

lots to do outside.

It just makes sense, especially:

It's the southern hemisphere.

Completely different sky :-).

You

 

know...

at first when I read this I was like that's so cool...

(That phrase ought to ring a  bell :-)

But now upon further reading?

I'd like to offer my translation:

Blah , blah, blah...

My ass just got cold busted again 

and I'm trying to spin things in as much of a positive manner as I can :-).

Hey...Minions...Listen up

This woman has been flat out stalking me for close to a decade now :-).

In a parking garage, in the lobby where we used to work...through surrogates and proxies including friends, co workers and relatives...She's been flat out busted three times right here...Like I didn't know whose skinny wrist that was opening the door that day for BoBo to go go outside... "two strips, three tenders" :-) and now going to great lengths to disguise herself etc :-). 

Yall killing me honey, seriously :-).

Any particular reason I got 5 gallons of gas in my truck these days? :-). It's running fine FYI :-).

I mean as far as my truck goes its running fine :-).

Ya know? If you got all that time to sit around and dream up such elaborate schemes with getting in costume and everything?

Seems like you could drop off a boy some chicken fajitas and some guacamole dip :-).

I love you baby. You're the greatest. Thanks so much for everything.

Be awesome today :-). I know you will be. How can you not be? You're you. .

Morning

 

my sunshine, my queen, my everything.

I love my baby...

She's the greatest ever.

Yup...

I

 

love you honey.

I just think you're the greatest sweetheart :-).

ttys

(Glad you know where I am :-).

In some instances

 

God will let Satan control the weather if  and only if it suits his purposes.

Job 1:12,16,18,19:

12 The Lord told Satan, “Everything he has is in your power, but you must not lay a hand on him!” Then Satan left the Lord’s presence...16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “A fire from God fell from heaven and completely burned your flocks and servants. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you.”...18 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine at their oldest brother’s home 19 when suddenly a great storm swept across the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It fell on the young people, and they died. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you.”

Seems a lil fitting rn.

:-).

Wish me luck, I love you baby :-).

Lil things

 

that meant so much:

Pastor Bridgette asking if I was doing okay.

Seeing you.

Football games Sunday at our friends coming as a surprise.

Ovation at the barbershop :-).

Made my day :-)

 

Not any more you're not :-).

Agreed

 

Questions?

 

I'm

 

sure people gonna be like, 

"Well why did he do all that for , blah blah blah..."

Well...

I'm just a lil crazy about somebody...

and I think about them all the time...

and I just want them to know so...

so that's why...

:-).

I think that's pretty much all the Springsteen Lyrics I got resonating in my head right now.

So all those and about a million other things going on up there too but these I wanted to share honey :-).

This

 one were gonna slow dance to too :-).

"...Walked from the mountain to the valley floor

Searching for my beautiful reward

Searching for my beautiful reward

From a house on a hill a sacred light shines

I walk through these rooms but none of them are mine

Down empty hallways I went from door to door

Searching for my beautiful reward

Searching for my beautiful reward

Well your hair shone in the sun

I was so high I was the lucky one

Then I came crashing down like a drunk on a barroom floor

Searching for my beautiful reward

Searching for my beautiful reward

Tonight I can feel the cold wind at my back

I'm flyin' high over gray fields my feathers long and black

Down along the river's silent edge I soar

Searching for my beautiful reward

Searching for my beautiful reward

Oh

 

yeah...slow dancing to this one...

BOOK OF DREAMS {Transcribed and researched by SpringsteenLyrics.com}

Album version

"BOOK OF DREAMS"

I'm standing in the backyard listening to the party inside

Tonight I'm drinking in the forgiveness this life provides

The scars we carry remain but the pain slips away it seems

Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams

I'm watching you through the window with your girlfriends from back home

You're showing off your dress, there's laughter and a toast

From your daddy to the prettiest bride he's ever seen

Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams

In the darkness my fingers slip across your skin, I feel your sweet reply

The room fades away and suddenly I'm way up high

Yeah just holding you to me as through the window the moonlight streams

Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams

Now the ritual begins and 'neath the wedding garland we meet as strangers

Well the dance floor is alive with beauty, mystery and danger

We dance out 'neath the stars' ancient light into the darkening trees

Oh won't you baby be in my book of dreams

LIVING PROOF/Land of hope and dreams twofer

 

"Oh in a world so hard and dirty, so fouled and confused

Searching for a little bit of God's mercy, I found living proof

Well I put my heart and soul, babe, I put 'em high upon a shelf

Right next to the faith, the faith that I'd lost in myself

I went down into the desert city yeah just trying so hard to shed my skin

I crawled deep into some kind of darkness looking to burn out every, every trace of who I'd been

You do some sad sad things, baby, oh when it's you you're trying to lose

You do some sad and hurtful things, I seen living proof

You shot through my anger and rage

To show me my prison was just an open, open cage

There were no keys, no guards

Oh just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars

Well now all that's sure on the boulevard

Is that life is just a house of cards

As fragile as each and every breath

Of this boy sleeping in our bed

Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves, babe

It' just a close band of happy thieves

And when that train comes we'll get on board

And steal what we can from the treasures, treasures of the Lord

It's been a long long drought, baby, tonight the rain's pouring down on our roof

Oh looking for a little bit of God's mercy, I found living proof

Oh living proof

I found living proof

"And when that train comes we'll get on board" reminds me of the Marley lyric in Zion Train when he sings "I got to catch the train cause there's no other station..."

Ephesians 4:7-8

But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:

“When he ascended on high,

    he took many captives

    and gave gifts to his people.”

Psalm 68:18

When you ascended on high,

    you took many captives;

    you received gifts from people,

even from the rebellious—

    that you, Lord God, might dwell there...

and of course we got more rain poring down :-). Righteousness etc...

Oh and then there's this train too:

Land of hope and dreams

Grab your ticket and your suitcase
Thunder's rolling down this track

Well you don't know where you're goin' now
But you know you won't be back

Well darlin' if you're weary
Lay your head upon my chest

We'll take what we can carry
Yeah, and we'll leave the rest

Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams
Meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Well, I will provide for you

And I'll stand by your side

You'll need a good companion now

For this part of the ride

Yeah, leave behind your sorrows

Let this day be the last

Well, tomorrow there'll be sunshine
And all this darkness past

Well, big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams

Oh, meet me in a land of hope and dreams

Well, this train carries saints and sinners

This train carries losers and winners

This train carries whores and gamblers

This train carries lost souls

I said, this train, dreams will not be thwarted

This train, faith will be rewarded

This train, hear the steel wheels singin'

This train, bells of freedom ringin'

Ohh, yes, this train carries saints and sinners

This train carries losers and winners

This train carries whores and gamblers

This train carries lost souls

I said, this train carries broken-hearted

This train, thieves and sweet souls departed

This train carries fools and kings

This train, all aboard

I said, now, this train, dreams will not be thwarted

This train, faith will be rewarded

This train, hear the steel wheels singin'

This train, bells of freedom ringin'

Come on this train

People get ready

You don't need no ticket

All you got do is just get on board

On board this train (this train, now)
People get ready (this train)

You don't need no ticket (this train)

(Oh, I know you don't)

You don't need no ticket (this train)

You just get on board (people get ready)

You just thank the Lord (people get ready)

You just thank the Lord (people get ready)

You just thank the Lord (people get ready)

(Come on this train, people get ready)

(Come on this train, people get ready)

I hope you are doing okay today baby.

I love you honey :-).

Almost

"Leap Of Faith"

All over the world the rain was pourin'

I was scratchin' where it itched

Oh heartbreak and despair got nothing but boring
So I grabbed you baby like a wild pitch

It takes a leap of faith to get things going
It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts
It takes a leap of faith to get things going
In your heart you must trust

Now your legs were heaven your breasts were the altar
Your body was the holy land
You shouted "jump" but my heart faltered
You laughted and said "Baby don't you understand?"

It takes a leap of faith to get things going

It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts

It takes a leap of faith to get things going

In your heart you must trust

Now you were the Red Sea I was Moses
I kissed you and slipped into a bed of roses
The waters parted and love rushed inside
I was Jesus' son sanctified

Tonight the moon's looking young but I'm feelin' younger
'Neath a veil of dreams sweet blessings rain

Honey I can feel the first breeze of summer

And in your love I'm born again

Oh we gonna talk about rain and blessings and righteousness poring out etc...Yup...

finished :-).

Doesn't

 

really need anything said about it.

Pretty self explanatory.

IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND

We said we'd walk together, baby, come what may

That come the twilight should we lose our way

If as we're walking a hand should slip free
I'll wait for you, should I fall behind wait for me

We swore we'd travel, darling, side by side

We'd help each other stay in stride

But each lover's steps fall so differently
But I'll wait for you, and if I should fall behind wait for me

Now everyone dreams of love lasting and true

Oh but you and I know what this world can do

So let's make our steps clear that the other may see
And I'll wait for you, and if I should fall behind wait for me

Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead

There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed

Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees

I'll wait for you, should I fall behind wait for me

Darling, I'll wait for you, and should I fall behind wait for me

Yeah I'll wait for you, and should I fall behind wait for me

I'll wait for you, should I fall behind wait for me

I'll wait for you, should I fall

I'll

 

be honest...It's kinda a theme song RN.

Obvious reasons :-).

Plus I always just liked it.

"I was driving through my hometown, I was just kinda killing time

When I seen a face staring out of a black velvet painting from the window of the Five And Dime

I couldn't quite recall the name but the pose looked familiar to me

So I asked the salesgirl "Who was that man between the Doberman and Bruce Lee?"

She said "Just a local hero", "Local hero" she said with a smile

"Yeah a local hero, he used to live here for a while"

I met a stranger dressed in black at the train station, he said "Son your soul can be saved"

There's beautiful women, nights of low living, and some dangerous money to be made

There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line and if we turn the right cards up

Well they make us boss, the devil pays off, and them folks that are real hard up

They get their local hero, yeah somebody with the right style

They get their local hero, yeah somebody with just the right smile

Well I learned my job, I learned it well

Fit myself with religion and a story to tell

First they made me the king then they made me pope

Well then they brought the rope

Whoa!

I woke to a gypsy girl saying "Drink this", well my hands had lost all sensation

These days I'm feeling all right except I can't tell my courage from my desperation

From the tainted chalice well I drunk some heady wine

Tonight I'm laying here but there's something in my ear saying there's a little town just beneath the floodline

Needs a local hero, yeah somebody with the right style

Looking for a local hero, yeah someone with the right smile

Looking for a local hero, yeah somebody with the right smile

Looking for a local hero, yeah somebody with just the right smile

Local hero, "local hero" she said with a smile

Local, local hero, he used to live here for a while..."

Yeah

 

they are :-).

Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening to the hours and minutes ticking away

Yeah just sitting around waiting for my life to begin while it was all just slipping away

And I'm tired of waiting for tomorrow to come or that train to come roaring 'round the bend

I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose and a woman I can call my friend

These are better days, baby

Yeah there's better days shining through

These are better days, baby

Better days with a girl like you

Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss, it's like eating caviar and dirt

It's a sad funny ending to find yourself pretending a rich man in a poor man's shirt

Now my ass was dragging when from a passing gypsy wagon, your heart like a diamond shone

Tonight I'm lying in your arms carving lucky charms yeah out of these hard luck bones

These are better days, baby

These are better days, it's true

These are better days, baby

There's better days shining through

Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure don't make much for tragedy

It's a sad man my friend who's living in his own skin and can't stand the company

Every fool's got a reason to feeling sorry for himself and turning his heart to stone

Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell and I feel like I'm coming home

These are better days, baby

There's better days shining through

These are better days, baby

Better days with a girl like you..."

Resonates

 

Prove It All Night

I've been working real hard, trying to get my hands clean

We'll drive that dusty road from Monroe to Angeline

To buy you a gold ring and pretty dress of blue

Baby just one kiss will get these things for you

A kiss to seal our fate tonight

A kiss to prove it all night

Prove it all night

Girl there's nothing else that we can do

So prove it all night

Prove it all night

And girl I'll prove it all night for you

Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist

There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this

But if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice

But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight

Girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price

Prove it all night

Prove it all night

Prove it all night girl and call the bluff

We'll prove it all night

Prove it all night

Girl I'll prove it all night for your love

Baby, tie your hair back in a long white bow

Meet me in the fields out behind the dynamo

You hear their voices telling you not to go

They've made their choices and they'll never know

What it means to steal, to cheat, to lie

What it's like to live and die

Prove it all night

Prove it all night

Girl there's nothing else that we can do

So prove it all night

Prove it all night

And girl I'll prove it all night for you

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

I'll prove it all night

Always struck a chord with me about us for some reason.

Baby, tie your hair back in a long white bow

Meet me in the fields out behind the dynamo

You hear their voices telling you not to go

They've made their choices and they'll never know

What it means to steal, to cheat, to lie

What it's like to live and die

Oh

 

good lord is it ever :-).

And loving you baby, loving you darling

Loving you woman is a man's man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

'Cause loving you baby, loving you woman

Loving you darling is a man's man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

Now if you're looking for a hero, someone to save the day

Well darling my feet they're made of clay

But I've got something in my soul I wanna give it up

But getting up the nerve, getting up the nerve

Hmm getting up the nerve is a man's man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

Loving you's a man's job woman

Loving you's a man's job

Loving you's a man's job baby

Loving you's a man's job

(Loving you's a man's job baby)

(Loving you's a man's job)

(Loving you's a man's job baby)

(Loving you's a man's job)

(Loving you's a man's job baby)

(Loving you...) 

It's

 

just resonating so...:-). Like I said...deal with it :-).

"In the end what you don't surrender

Well, the world just strips away

I ain't lookin' for praise or pity

I ain't comin' 'round searchin' for a crutch

I just want someone to talk to

And a little of that human touch

Just a little of that human touch

Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town

Ain't no bread from heavenly skies

Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood

It's just you and me tonight

Oh girl, that feeling of safety you prize

Well, it comes at a hard hard price

You can't shut off the risk and the pain

Without losin' the love that remains

We're all riders on this train

So you've been broken and you've been hurt

Show me somebody who ain't

Yeah, I know I ain't nobody's bargain

But, hell, a little touch up

And a little paint

You might need somethin' to hold on to

When all the answers, they don't amount to much

Somebody that you could just to talk to

And a little of that human touch

Baby, in a world without pity

Do you think what I'm askin's too much?

I just want to feel you in my arms

Share a little of that human touch

Share a little of that human touch

Feel a little of that human touch

Feel a little of that human touch"

This in particular :-)

"So you've been broken and you've been hurt

Show me somebody who ain't

Yeah, I know I ain't nobody's bargain

But, hell, a little touch up

And a little paint"

Well...maybe a big touch up these days :-)

Reminds

 

me of my buddy...him and his clan were racers back in the day...:-).

"That pure American brother, dull-eyed and empty-faced

Races Sundays in Jersey in a Chevy stock super eight

He rides her low on the hip, on the side he's got Bound For Glory in red, white and blue flash paint

He leans on the hood telling racin' stories, the kids call him Jimmy The Saint

Well that blaze and noise boy, he's gunnin' that bitch loaded to blastin' point

He rides headfirst into a hurricane and disappears into a point

And there's nothin' left but some blood where the body fell

That is, nothin' left that you could sell

Just junk all across the horizon, a real highwayman's farewell

And I said, "Hey kid, you think that's oil? Man, that ain't oil, that's blood"

I wonder what he was thinking when he hit that storm

Or was he just lost in the flood?"

Seems

 

familiar enough...

"I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell what I felt

I was unrecognizable to myself

Saw my reflection in a window and didn't know my own face

So brother are you gonna leave me wasting away"

"Ain't no angel gonna greet me

It's just you and I my friend

And my clothes don't fit me no more

I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin..."

Yup...

 

"I got a date with the preacher's daughter

She give me life, she bring me water

Every Sunday I watch her work

Pretty little self in a pretty little church

Daddy gives her a nod, she takes collection

Her daddy gives her a nod, she kneels by his side

Well I'd sell my soul for just one touch

The good Lord would too if he loved her half as much

Well I got a date with the preacher's daughter

Hmmm"

"It's a long walk to heaven and a road filled with sin

And they better open up the freeway to let me in

'Cause I got a date with the preacher's daughter

Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmmm"

"Well now your lips they shine in the willow mist

And I swear I'd take your daddy on, girl, for just one kiss

I got a date with the preacher's daughter..."

Exactly

 

I'd rather have an adventure to talk about than an ordinary life any day.

Nothing like stating the obvious :-).

It's really nothing to be alarmed about, 

some of us square pegs just aren't meant to fit in society's round holes.

And I believe God sees things he can work with with that.

Yup.

Spontaneousness is dangerous?

Know what's lethal to some of us?

Routine.

Know the surest way to get people to not talk about you?

Even in a small town?

Be mediocre.

OMG

 

this one gets a full blown dissection at this point in time right here right now yup...

It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra

I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova

I could walk like Brando right into the sun, then dance just like a Casanova

With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet

Silver star studs on my duds, just like a Harley in heat

When I strut down the street, I could feel its heart beat

The sisters fell back and said, "Don't that man look pretty"

The cripple on the corner cried out, "Nickels for your pity"

Then gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty

It's so hard to be a saint in the city

I was the king of the alley, Mama, I could talk some trash

I was the prince of the paupers, crowned downtown at the beggar's bash

I was the pimp's main prophet, I kept everything cool

Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose

And when the heat came down it was left on the ground

The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street

Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat

I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat

It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street

And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead

As the tracks clack out the rhythm, their eyes fixed straight ahead

They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread

But it's too hot in these tunnels, you can get hit up by the heat

You get up to get out at your next stop, but they push you back in your seat

Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet

Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street

And then South Side sisters sure look pretty

The cripple on the corner cries out, "Nickels for your pity"

And then downtown boys, they sure talk gritty

It's so hard to be a saint in the city

Well?

Look at me :-)

"I was born blue and weathered" 

it kinda fits yo.

"but I burst just like a supernova" 

we bout to honey, yup :-).

"I could walk like Brando right into the sun"

(Do I really need to say anything?)

"dance just like a Casanova"

"Silver star studs on my duds, just like a Harley in heat"

Always wanted a belt similar to that and a pair of jeans with Conchos up the sides, but never together, it's a lil much and never riding while wearing either although I would like to.

"When I strut down the street, I could feel its heart beat"

It's one of the main reasons I don't mind to walk. It's how I feel walking around town, to the library, the church, and yes to the tavern on occasion but not so much any more cause they're closed on Sundays so no more Football down there.

"Then gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city"

There's like three of us :-). Me and another guy in particular wearing his leathers/thick sweatshirt/dorag etc and one other I only seen around a few times. We are all, shall we say, not young men would be a polite way of saying it I guess... Anyway, were all a lil older, all in pretty much similar living conditions, all have Harleys, in fact I think we all three have sportsters. But we run into each other from time to time walking or riding around town and it's like "Hey brother stay warm, we got bad weather comin'. "I know man, I'm good with just about anything except ice" "Me too my friend, me too." Things like that lil exchange yesterday and it just reminds me of:

"Then gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city")

"I was the king of the alley, Mama, I could talk some trash'

I think you know this by now, probably some others as well :-).

"I was the prince of the paupers, crowned downtown at the beggar's bash"

Feels like it :-). The downtown Lewisport beggars bash that is...

see above about the gasoline boys :-)

That line, (crowned downtown at the beggars bash) always reminded me of that record.

This was the better album cover, censored in the states I think for a long time.

"I was the pimp's main prophet, I kept everything cool

Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose"

Yup...feels like that too :-).

"It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street"

Enjoying my walks these days...I'll just say like dat. :-).

"And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead"

Well...obviously there's no subway in Lewisport but when Pastor Bridgette asked how I was last week I said, "I'm okay, seeing the light at then end of the tunnel, I felt like a dead man walking a few days last week but I'm alright."

"They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread
But it's too hot in these tunnels, you can get hit up by the heat"

Pretty familiar with "riding a line of balance and holding on by just a thread" and the heat (affliction) getting a lil to hot for comfort in these valleys, darkest nights, (tunnels) etc sometimes.

"You get up to get out at your next stop, but they push you back in your seat"

It's the crabs in the bucket pulling you back in to their world

"Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet"

Cause you're almost out of there.

"Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street"

Ahhhh, relief, some food, maybe a lil gas, get a ride in on Feb 1st, a lil $, and were all good again for a bit etc...

"And then downtown boys, they sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city"

Tell me about it Bruce.

Still awesome and

 

"Growin' Up"

Well I stood stone-like at midnight

Suspended in my masquerade

I combed my hair 'til it was just right

And commanded the night brigade

I was open to pain and crossed by the rain

And I walked on a crooked crutch

I strolled all alone through a fallout zone

And came out with my soul untouched

I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd

But when they said, "Sit down," I stood up

Ooh, ooh, growin' up

The flag of piracy flew from my mast
My sails were set wing to wing
I had a jukebox graduate for first mate
She couldn't sail but she sure could sing

I pushed B-52 and bombed them with the blues

With my gear set stubborn on standing

I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school

Never once gave thought to landing

I hid in the clouded warmth of the crowd

But when they said, "Come down," I threw up (:-) no comment )

Ooh, ooh, growin' up

Work it back now

I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere

And you know it's really hard to hold your breath

I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared

I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress

Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth

But I got me a nice little place in the stars

And I swear I found the key to the universe

In the engine of an old parked car

I hid in the mother breast of the crowd

But when they said, "Pull down," I pulled up

Ooh, ooh, growin' up

Ooh, ooh, growin' up

applies all these years later...

Just...

 

Springsteen is really resonating right now so...

Just deal with it best you can honey :-).

"Well sleep in the fields, we'll sleep by the rivers

And in the morning we'll make a plan

Well, if you can't make it

Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive

If you can

And meet me in a dream of this hard land..."

Actually?

 

"Well, if she wants to see me

You can tell her that I'm easily found

Tell her there's a spot out 'neath Abram's Bridge

And tell her

There's a darkness on the edge of town

There's a darkness on the edge of town"

She knows where I'm at :-).

"Tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop

I'll be on that hill with everything I got

Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost

I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost

For wanting things that can only be found

In the darkness on the edge of town

In the darkness on the edge of town..."

Discernment

 

Pastor Bridgette's lil giggle when you were talking about making tacos...

Yup...That's all it took to figure it out...that type of level of discernment

Chin, check.

Jaw line, check

Nose, check

Cheekbones, check

Mannerisms still the same as they were years ago. Check

Facial expressions still the same. Check

Tone and cadence of voice still the same. Check

Feistiness. Check

Height. Check

Build the same (Minus the costuming). Check

Nice wig BTW.

And of course who could ever imagine you trying to pull off a stunt like that? It's so unlike you:-). Thats sarcasm BTW...

Yup...Bridgettes lil giggle, yall were had right about then...

I love you honey and I miss you bad sweetheart, Praying we all make it through this storm in good shape...

I

 

dont usually read that account much any more but it seems on the money.

I was thinking the other day...

This leg of the spiritual training is just about over (it never really stops).

Time now for warfare.

Spiritual warriors are ready.

Morning

 

my sunshine, my love, my queen, my everything...

 I love you baby.

Hope you are doing good sweetheart...

Lord knows yall are out working on something today.

Nasty weather comin...Gotta feeling this one gonna be a doozy...

WOD BTW, doozy...:-).

Alright...I love you honey, stay safe, have a great day :-).

I

 

made it to the barbershop after getting laundry and cleaned up done 

and then playing a few games of checkers with my buddy.

60+ degrees Feb 1?

I'll take it any time.

Walked in the shop and there's like three guys and my barber buddy and they just all clapping :-), loud and smiling and such...

I just smiled, fist pumped, told em thanks Ill take it, it feels great, I'm in better shape than I have been in months right now so thank you very much...then I asked Chapel, "What's the forecast for today Chapel?" and he says..."100 percent chance of success..." I said "That's right, Failure is an illusion, you just start again more determined, smarter, more experienced, there is never failure, it's only an illusion"

Lots of songs on my mind right now but they closin up.

Springsteen mostly...like you don't know :-).

Gotta get, we'll get to it tomorrow.

I love you baby :-).

I

 

love you honey.

I miss you so much...

Had a great day :-).