​It’s Just a Thought.

It’s just a thought, but there are times that I think that there are those who make such a big deal about New Year’s Eve, that you would think that it was something that was not going to ever happen again, but I do understand, and can appreciate the idea that it is time for new beginnings, new opportunities, but there are times when I just wish that I understood it all. It is all good.

​there are times when it all really doesn’t matter

there are times when I think that it all really doesn’t matter
that the only thing that I can do is simply take what I am given
and know that the rest of it will be better then I thought that it would be
there are some things that never really seem to change,
and that there are times
when the only thing that I can do
is just hope 
that one of these days
I will simply have one perfect day
and that I will finally find all of the things that I really need
the rest of it really doesn’t seem to matter

​thinking just now about the new year

thinking just now about the new year
and what it all really means
but there are just seems things that we cannot control,
and one of the things that I cannot control
is the passage of time
and what it is that other people do
that it really does seem that time does go by
a whole lot faster as you get older
and that the only thing that I can try and understand is how that all happens
but even if I knew the reason for it
would it have all been worth the effort that in had out into it all
so the only thing that I can say right now is
that the new year is coming
whether I like it or not
and that the world will keep on turning
whether I like it or not
and that after all is said and done
that there will always be something that I have left undone
at this time next year
it is all good
and is getting better all of the time
at least this is what I want to believe

Sunday December 31 2017

another new year’s eve
another chance to try and get it all right
or at least that is the idea
but there are times,
when the only thing that I am going to be able to do
maybe it is just nothing more then just wishful thinking
and that may not be a bad thing
but the only thing left to do
is just keep on doing all of the things that I do
wishful thinking has never been a bad thing
​

Good Morning Everyone,

With the 2017 Holiday Season on the wane, and the best that I can do is just make it through the next couple of days and get into what I hope will be better year, not that this year was all that bad over all, but as with everything else in life, there is always room for improvement. 

Right now, I am just feeling a bit washed out. I think that part of it has to do with the fact that it is just the post holiday let down, I am guessing, but the only thing that I can do is just hope that after all is said and done, there are just some things that are out of our control. So the only thing that I can do right now is to just deal with what I have been given and pray for the rest. It’s all good.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

​It’s Just A Thought.

I have found in my life, that the only thing that I can do is just work with what I have been given, and simply pray for the rest. Simply because there are some things that are out of our control. The wisdom comes in knowing that, and being able to know the difference. It’s just a thought.

​the best is yet to come

the best is yet to come,
but for the moment
there is the moment
the day
the hour
it makes to much sense to just go with it
it is to easy not to pray
not those vain repetitious prayers
that never get heard 
but by the ears of those who taught you to pray them
but prayers that come from the heart
born of despair
desperation
the need to be heard
prayers born of doubt
and that one last chance of hope  
redemption
forgiveness
light

a prayer that asks for mercy
forgiveness
and of hope
and the willingness to reach out and take it
and be willing to forgive ourselves
for whatever the grievance is
whether it be great 
small
real or imagined
it is all out there
waiting to be found
taken hold of
and believed
the rest of it is simply out of our control

​nights

nights always seem to be the worst
lost and alone 
cold
filled with dread and other things that never seem to go away
but the best that there is
is that there is always morning
because morning does always come
though it doesn’t always seem to be that way
be we still need to believe
even in the worst of time
because out of the worst of times
comes some of the best of times
and we will be the stronger person for it
we just need to be patient
but patients is something that does not always come naturally
but 
for better or worse
there is today
and today needs to be better
because yesterday is gone
and there is no changing what was
or what could have been
so I deal with what I have today
and tomorrow will take care of itself

​it always seems to be something

it always seems to be something
whatever something is
but the best that I am going to be able to do right now
is just keep on working with what it is that I have been given
and keep on praying for the rest
even when it is all just what it needs to be
though it just gets so very hard
but no one ever said that this journey was going to be easy
it always seems that there will be something that will try and get in the way
but what still need to keep our eyes on what it is that we need to be doing
and where we need to be going
and through it all
it just keeps getting better
though we do not always see it all

​Wednesday December 27 2017

looking to pray for all of the things that need to be prayed for
waiting for answers that always seem to be long in coming
but there is always an answer
it may not turn out to be what we wanted
or what we expected
but it is always what we need

​4:36 am

words intruded into sleep
seeing the light of a new day
that still seems hours away
watchful 
guarded
full of wonder and delight
how far will all of this take me
until the dawn
until sleep
until justice if found

​The sounds of jazz.

There are times, 
when the only thing that I am knowing for sure,
as there are times when the only thing that really matters
is the music,
not the stuff out there that is passing for music
the straight dope
straight form the heart
and it doesn’t matter to me
whether it is swing or bebop
sweet
hot or cool
is just has to be good,
and there is nothing left to be
but to be taken away by it all
there is nothing else like it

​Sometimes you just have something that needs to be said.

Sometimes you just have something that needs to be said,
and saying it is the most important thing at the moment,
and there is nothing that is going to keep you from saying it. 

It’s just a thought, but there are times, when the best that I can o is just keep on dreaming, believing, praying, knowing that long after I am gone to whatever reward awaits me, there will still be all of those questions, in this place, that still need to be answered. Questions that may or may not have answers, at least in this life.

There will always be the same questions forever. Not the least of which is the whole meaning and purpose of life. In the end, does it all really matter who wins? Who lives and who dies, because when we stop living, we start dying. The rest of it is out of our hands. It’s just a thought.

never believing that there is nothing left to believe in
that love will conquer hate
that good will be remembered over evil
that the world will be perfect
only if we believe it
even then 
there always seems to be something else that is just out of reach

never knowing what it was all about
life 
death
wisdom
love
thankfulness
loneliness
despair
love
or the lack of it
that there is simply to much left to do
out there in what has been called the real world
never even believing that it can still come true
the things that we need to believe

Monday December 11 2017

laughter and tears
wishful thinking
knowing that there was a time
when I thought that just about anything was possible
even withing the real of time
dreams
and a new way of thinking
believing in a future
that at best
is shrouded in twilight
knowing full well
that even with the best of intentions
there is nothing left to do
but to live

Good Morning Everyone,

It was a long Sunday, so this will be brief. I hope to be doing some catching up, like doing laundry and the like, OH! WHAT FUN!? It's all good.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

brief

brief
and to the point
I just hope that I don’t miss it

Sunday December 10 2017

there are times, 
when saying as little as possible
is the only way to go

Good morning everyone,

Well the only thing that I know right now is that it is all getting to the point, with all of the things that are coming out of Washington, that you do not know who or what to believe, and that depending upon your news source, it make it that much more difficult to discern who is lying, who is telling the truth and who is out right making things up. what else is there left to do, to say or to believe. It seems that I am just becoming more and more cynical with the whole process, or maybe I am just being a realist when I say that regardless of what side of the aisle that you are on, or who is sitting in the chair, that they are all little more then a pack of cutthroats and thieves and I doubt that you will be able to find any member of Congress who doesn't have a skeleton or two in there closet. It's just my opinion, but I feel that I just might not be that far from wrong. It's all good.

So it goes. Press on regardless. 

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

​it’s just a thought

It’s just a thought, but there are times when I truly believe that this country is being let by a pack of cutthroats and thieves, and I truly do not care what side of the aisle that they are on who is is sitting in the chair, because in the end, the only thing that is happening is that the can is just being kicked further and further down the road as far as the national debt is concerned, and ethics reform and half dozen other things that could be mentioned.

We are slowly turning into a country that feels that they are entitled to everything and that they do not have to earn anything and that everything should be given to them. I am not saying that we do not help the poorest of the poor, but at the same time, we should not be giving it all away with both hands to people that are perfectly capable of working but chose not to, and have managed to get into the system that has all but said flat out that they will be taken care of. I do not think that should be a welfare state.

Am I being to hard? Maybe, but there are times when the only thing that I can do is just vent my frustration of something that I, as an individual can really do nothing about, other then to just spout, and hope that there will be someone who will listen. It’s just a thought.  

​there are times ...

There are times
when the only thing left for me to do
is to wait for tomorrow
and what that all really means

​time after time again

knowing that all of the things that I have done
all of the things that I will do
and all of the things that will go undone
at least by me
feeling that there is always something more that I shoule be doing
thinking 
feeling
or trying to understand
that in the whole vastness of what there is still left to accomplish
the best thing that I can do right now
is to just try and get through today 
without losing what I have left of my mind

​Wednesday December 6 2017

wishing to become more then what I know that I will never be
and that the best that I can do is just keep on doing all of the things that I need to be doing
hoping for
praying about
needing to be
and still doing the same thing over and over again,
in the hope that there will be something new
something beautiful
something good
something out of the ordinary
it just never seems to be anything more the just what it needs to be
when I really need to be having the time of my life
and the world always know the truth
and time always wins