Satisfaction

To pay the piper for the mindless actions,

the abuse of the body, and the torment of the soul,

caused by those wrongs we have done.

 Satisfaction is the payment of a penance

for the sins we commit.

 To the mind that thinks "it's all about me",

the mental hangover is the guilt and shame

caused by being selfish and self centered. 

To the body that abuses drugs, alcohol and food

the physical hangover is a warning  of pending doom.

 To the soul that must tolerate the mental and physical abuses, the hopelessness feels

like that of one who is adrift in the middle of an ocean on a raft with no sails or rudder.

 Forgive yourself and make the changes required to begin a better life.

  "It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. 
Since you must spend so much time with yourself 
you might as well get some satisfaction 
out of the relationship."   ~  Norman Vincent Peale

 Make restitution to others, one can not have committed mental and physical abuses

on ones self without hurting the family and friends who love us.

 Seek atonement from your Higher Power by doing the will of your Higher Power

from now and forever.

Your Higher Power has already forgiven you for all of your trespasses and your abuses.

Yesterday is history, what are you doing for yourself, others and your Higher Power , right now.

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die 
 from an overdose of satisfaction."                          ~ Salvador Dali

 Be kind, satisfaction being paid in advance. Be loving, satisfaction reciprocated.

 Be tolerant and patient, repayment of some abuses may take more than day or two.

 For those who cannot be satisfied by your efforts to do the next right thing, pray for them.

 Be the person your Higher Power wants you to be and know that satisfaction can also

be the fulfillment of a want or need.

 When you have peace of mind, improved health, and an ever increasing flow of spiritual energy,

you will have paid the piper.

Happiness is being satisfied.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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Secret

. The secret is

not to have any secrets.

The secret to life,

the secret to happiness,

the secret to fame and fortune,

are not really secrets,

they are the lazy and stupid persons reasons

for blaming God and others for their personal discontent.

Sick secrets keep the sick, sick.

Most secrets are thoughts kept inside of our heads because we fear if someone
should know what we are thinking, they will no longer like or love us.
Your Higher Power knows what you are thinking, yet He still likes and loves you.
Nothing is as burdensome as a secret.

"Self-trust is the first secret to success." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your Higher Power keeps no secrets. You do not need a secret code to decipher
what is the will of your Higher Power . God is not closemouthed about His will.
When a friend tells you that you are keeping a sick secret, that is your Higher Power
telling on you.

Mother Nature does not seclude her gardens bounty from anyone.
The not to secret miracle for growing a garden is water, sunlight,
and tender loving attention.

Put that manure in a box and market it to those who are too smart to think.

Happiness is not hidden under a rock.

Faith is not a clandestine affair with your Higher Power.

Love is not a surreptitious meeting of divergent souls.

Friendship is not an esoteric agreement between strangers.

Hope is not a covert effort to hide your self esteem from those who may harm you.

A wish is not a secluded desire to do the next right thing.

There is no secret.

Wish, hope, dream, be honest, listen closely, change, enjoy the passage of time,
be kind, be loving, be happy, be tolerant, be patient, be forgiving and if you do all of this
with a smile on your face, you will know the secret of life.

Smile, it will make others think you have a secret.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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Space

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The three dimensions:

distance, area and volume,

can be used when discussing

the word space,

but more important than these

is the dimension of time.

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The Dash Poem, by Linda Ellis

"I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end
He noted that first came the date of birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years..."


The complete poem, "The Dash", tells the story of the most important space that exists,
the duration of our lives. Today is the most important time in that space. What we do
in the space of the next 24 hours may be all that we will be remembered by.
Will we be remembered as a good guy or a bad guy, or just as a person who did the
best they could within the space they occupied.

God will give us the chance, we must make the choice.

Hope, faith and good habits will place us in a dimension where we can be of service
to self, others and our Higher Power.

Hope is the thought, the wishes of our mind.

Faith is the belief, the heart of our desires.

Good habits are the soul that puts into action the doing of the will of a Higher Power.

The Spirit of the Universe is in control of the dimension beyond our comprehension,
our space needs to be occupied by doing the best we can to carry the message of a
loving God. Be kind, the space between making a good choice and a selfish one is
very small. Be loving, the space you fill in the hearts of others is directly proportional
to what you give. Be patient and tolerant of those whose time and space may be out of
control. Do not teach, do not preach, just be a good example to those who do not know
how to use their space wisely.

"As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is
will occupy rent-free space in your mind."                       ~ Isabelle Holland


Have a friend, learn from those who make good choices, time and space are too valuable
to spend on the losers. Losers are those who refuse to change for the better. Do the best
you can within the space that you live, life is not a practice run, today is it, do the next
right thing and become a good habit, one that will have improved the world for all.

"Don't ever believe that you have nothing to contribute.
The world is an incredible unfulfilled tapestry,
And only you can fulfill that tiny space that is yours."               ~ Leo Buscaglia

Laugh, love and make sure your space is well occupied.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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Time and Time Again

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If you stand in one spot for 24 hours,

1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds,

the Earth will rotate on it's axis

360 degrees, and you will have

completed what we call a day.

Time is time, no more and no less.

You or others, time will be the

same for all.

What you do with the time is your choice.

Sleeping and eating are required by most people.

Working to earn food, grow food, gather food, kill for food, or however you get what you eat,

is time that is necessarily spent. Man is a social animal so time must be spent with others.

You may choose your friends, but your family is yours.

Hopefully your family has taught you the appropriate social skills. School, church,

tribal meetings, extended family or whatever your cultural or ethnic traditions dictate,

are all social learning experiences.

If Dad took you to the bar a few days a week to hang out with him and the guys and gals,

your social education is probably very lacking.

Fortunately, social skills may be learned or relearned at any age.

Move to a different country on a different continent and you will learn to adapt to your

new social surroundings if you chose to eat and sleep.

Now, back to the time that is left over in your day.

"Life is not lost by dying;
life is lost minute by minute,
day by dragging day,
in all the thousand small uncaring ways."       ~ Stephen Vincent Benet

Yesterday is gone, history, time spent, and can now be used only as a reference for what 

you want to do today.

Tomorrow never comes.

Today is the day that must be the focus of your intentions.

Develop some personal habits and exercise some regular social interaction in your daily

schedule so that you may live a fulfilled life. A fulfilled life is one that completes the

will of a Higher Power. Today, put your attitude in a positive gear and enjoy life.

Practice your daily mantra of goodness; be kind, be loving, be patient and tolerant,

be forgiving and try to be the person God wants you to be.

Be kind to yourself, sleep, eat, and be healthy because if you are not physically and

mentally up to par, you may have just wasted another day.

Be kind to others.

Negative feelings are unproductive and waste valuable time. Resentments, anger, worry,

fear, envy, nagging and complaining, hate, regrets and other negative thoughts are

exercises in time wasting. Trying to drown or stuff your feelings with alcohol or drugs

is a day wasted and memories lost.

Time is the most valuable commodity anyone can have, learn to spend it wisely.

Be happy, joyous and free, enjoy life, time is short and it is always fleeing.

In your day there is no time for could have, should have, would have done this or that,

only the time which you spent doing what you did.

You may start your day over anytime you wish, but remember time will eventually

make the ultimate decision when the day is over.

Do not pass on the opportunity to do the pleasant little things in life, you may one day

look back and realize that they were the big things in your life.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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ME and the Boss

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