fred says x 3:

"the key to real forgiveness is to understand that forgiveness has nothing at all to do with overlooking a sin or crime that has been committed against you. it is simply realizing that no crime or sin has been committed, that you are in danger nowhere in the universe, and that there is no person or force outside of your own mind that could ever hurt you."

fred says x 2:

"if you cannot see the inherent perfection in all things and in all aspects of your life, simply make yourself larger. expand your perspective until the full perfection of everything becomes visible. to see the unseen, simply look toward the area of appropriateness and surrender your focus, not trying to see anything. now, extend the parameters of your consciousness. look beyond where you expect something to be. look larger. much larger!"

fred says:

"there are no limits to the abilities in a human mind that are not fundamentally beliefs about the limits of that mind. in the end, there are no limits to the creative/intuitive mind other than those stemming from the individual's belief system."

robert says:

"truth lies within ourselves; it takes no rise from outward things, whate'er you may believe. there is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness and to know rather consists in opening out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape than in effecting entry for light supposed to be without."

haiku #11

different shoes make

me walk differently -- we

never walk the same.

zachary's guest spot x 4

you shine
you smile
you make me proud

teddy says:

"you want to make me use that word to mean what you want it to mean -- i can tell."

haiku #10 -- written with brother

the chocolate dog
sitting on the sidewalk. he's
enjoying the sun.

the difference

in math is what remains.
in life is what divides.

michael says:

"knowing what's wise is not necessarily wisdom."

james says x 2:

"i still believe that everything does work out for the best. we just may be wrong about what we think is the best."

carlos says x 2:

"'your life is getting complicated,' he said. 'get rid of whatever it is that's causing you to lose your temper. stay here quietly and rearrange yourself.'"

carlos says:

"he described will as a force which was the true link between men and the world. he was very careful to establish that the world was whatever we perceive, in any manner we may choose to perceive. he maintained that 'perceiving the world' entails a process of apprehending whatever presents itself to us. this particular 'perceiving' is done with our senses and with our will. i asked him if will was a sixth sense. he said it was rather a relation between ourselves and the perceived world."

haiku #9/"crafty cats"

people always tell
me i have an honest face.
little do they know.

"Just A Little Ditty"

yesterday i attended training for my company's latest technology. it involves touch screen computers and relearning all i know. i have worked for my company six years and six months which when approximately estimated comes to one thousand seven hundred eighty nine days. during my training, my first session of many, i sat in front of a computer. a woman spoke to me through a speaker of the changes that will take place. the first is the elimination of paper. i pondered if i'll miss it. i do enjoy my handwriting. my thoughts then turned to the inventors of the all great office supplies i may soon no longer use. i wonder how these men and women feel about their creations' future and potentially permanent irrelevance. "are you there?" the woman asked.

did you know?

i have long arms!
i have three alarms!

leonard says:

"i still feel very much like singing."

jeff says:

"its so easy to love. its so easy to hate. it takes guts to be gentle and kind."

seymour says:

"if youre gonna look at me let me look at you."

paul

works at the donut shop. he is always smiling. today and other days catastrophe strikes our world we watch tv together. sadly.