--coming up short--

   wrote this today at the mall,
here's what i was thinking just
a moment before i made a new
friend--

   sometimes despite our best
efforts, what we want more than
anything is out of reach, lost, or,
doesn't want us--
   how we come to terms with
this hard truth, can determine
our future a great deal--
   lonesome bitterness, or
peaceful solitude...grim choices for
the heart, the road to bitterness
is paved with "what if's", and
"why not's", the other way is
seeing with wise eyes, the
good times had, and the good
feelings remembered--

                   --best wishes--

   p.s. what i just wrote is easier
to read than to put into practice--
(but i'm workin on it)

                        --prince tippy--

(rd)




   

--waiting---

     this came to mind yesterday,
just before work-- when i really
needed it...



    waiting...the noble act of being
patient to the point of bursting,
of wanting, with the deepest sincerity,
and yet humble enough, to wait...for
just the right moment--
  showing respect for what's desired,
love for what's wanted, and patience,
within the soul--
  making the moment we receive
what's worth waiting for, truly
special...      
                      --prince tippy--

(rd)

--coin-op laundry wisdom--

   an epiphany, between loads...
(i think it was the rinse cycle)--

   for all the romeos this holiday--
how we ask for something, is usually
more important than what we are
asking for--
                       -- best wishes--
(mf)

--the world as we know it--

    i pieced this together today(over
coffee), from two letters i wrote many
years ago to my pastor...probably 
unsent--



    your values, what are they?, where
did they come from?, some learned, some
due to experience, hardships, happy times,
or faith--
    experience(life's hard lessons), they
seem to really shape us...all too often, it's
what, or whom, we think has harmed us,
or our loved ones, and how, that brings
us to where we are today--
    the hardships...needn't happen to our
neighbors, unless we let them--
     my grandparents would say, "we are
as safe as the tragedies we let fall on
our neighbors", or, "turning a blind eye
to everything means no-one will see what
happens to you some day", they were
part of the "greatest generation", a group
filled to the brim, with wisdom of all kinds--
     so, when to act on an injustice, and
what to do about it, is often in the hands of
the heart, or the heavens...
     yes, there is a fine line between being a
hero, and a jerk--
    sometimes, no right answer is possible,
but something must be done--
   life isn't lived as fully from the sidelines, these
days when there's trouble, people come running(mostly
to watch, take pictures, or gather artifacts to sell on ebay),
but not to get involved--
    today, most people say "i'm glad it's not me",
when they see something bad happen...seems to
be the unofficial mantra of the last few generations...
not cool--
   it's great to make a buck, but i prefer it be in an
honourable way--
   capitalism, and morality, are not one road, but
two, and it's at these crossroads, where they meet,
that we are at our best...
   freedom, without morality, is a type of hell to
be avoided--
   make a difference, follow your heart, be yourself...
go in a good way(change the world)--

                                        --best wishes to all--

(rd)