Choices

What would you do? I believe that every step I take in life is a choice. Doesn't matter the reason or the circumstance that leads me there, it is always my choice and I know that God will see my heart and keep me safe. After all only God knows everything so who better to turn to as I make the choices that pave my way. I say this to you because for the millionth time I happened to see the commercial that has a lady in a hurry picking her children up and instead of leaving their friend alone on the park bench waiting for his father she turns back and sits with him. I often wonder how many people would do that. It's all about choices, not merely the ones we make as others are watching but more importantly, the ones we make that only God can see.

D.V.

Jamaican email...

A man who makes caskets was on his way to deliver one of the coffins when his car broke down.
Trying not to be late, he put the coffin on his head and began heading to his destination.
Some Jamaican policemen saw him and wanted to make some money off him (bribe), so they challenged him:"Hey!!! Wha dat yuh a carry an which part yuh goin!"
The man said, "mi nuh like which part dem bury mi, so mi a relocate".

The Policemen ran for their lives!!!

Loss

‘Tis an image I would soon forget
If not for the wishes of yet
Crafted inside long lost when
as vivid as it is now then
‘Tis a tear drop of crystal in pain
Shed for what was not in vain
‘tis years that can never be counted
dreams of a life not amounted
A smile that lives only by thought
engraved into moments now lost
‘tis a laughter no longer of sound
in memories of silence re-found
On page within time long ago
‘tis you I recall as I go…
a tale without end ever so.

Deo Volente
February 8, 2011

Thinking

I caught myself wondering the other day about the age old saying " you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" thing is, I thought the saying meant that some people are too stubborn to be reasoned with. Then it occurred to me, that's only one way to look at it. What if the saying is as much a reminder of resolve as it is of stubbornness, two halves of the whole so to speak. Several scenarios came to mind, like the condition of the water or the horse for that matter. What if the water was sure to make the horse sick or the horse was already sick. What if the horse wasn't thirsty or knew there was a better place to drink ahead. I suppose it depends on how you look at it and of course who comes to mind when you do. Still it made me think and the truth is no matter how you look at it, taking a stand requires strength, doesn't matter if it comes by way of ignorance or by way of wisdom...I know, I have too much time on my hands :)

D.V.

Growth

If I shall put to rest
my worst, then soon my best
for from each fall and wayward slip
I’ve found with time resounding grip
Each fault has made me sound
by them this self was found

Deo Volente
February 4, 2011

Take me there...

You may think I'm crazy, you wouldn't be the first and I suspect you will not be the last but I have to share. I was in the store the other day and "Take me there" started playing on the PA system, before I knew it, I was singing and fighting the urge to dance. As much as this song was created so long ago for a cartoon no less, it always gets me moving. If you are unfamiliar with it, it is the theme song for the Rugrats movie by Blackstreet not to be confused with the song by Rascal Flatts. When I got home I had to Google it. Though the video came up I just listened to the words, the video didn't matter. I have always been that way, music to me is more about words and the message within, I am perfectly content listening. Truth is, music has the power to take me there, no matter where there may be.

D.V.

Through the crack

If all I see is through the crack
a window that does not look back
these eyes shall not unveil
what lies beneath the tale.
What dwells so deep below the skin
shall not be known from outside in
reflections at a glance
if not in time, by chance.
If all I know is wading deep
in shallow end of wake or sleep
then ignorance is mine
for truth I shall not find.
What surely dwells where walls are sound
the core of all that can be found
from laughter, tears and more
behind a deadbolt door.
If all I know is what I see
then little shall be known to me
until the curtains slide
and walls no longer hide.
Except for that of lock and key
for only eyes of God to see,
'tis now as it shall be, come in and you will see...
 imperfect, yes are we.

Deo Volente
February 1, 2011