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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Parenting

son, while it may be true that we come to realize that we have failed to embrace the opportunities set so lovingly before us, we must acknowledge that we have been beset and seized by our own bindings. such shackles and mire may have, to this point, held us fast to our own mediocrity. this truth directs us to love our failure and forgive ourselves. we travel from such limitations through the pain and angst of struggling free and into our personal liberty.

today, you have become more aware of such limitations and thus of the fresh and vital opportunity that awaits you. Carpe diem is often misquoted as "seize the day." a better rendering of it is to "gather the day." gathering the day is both a reference to making order of the day(to gather it together) and harvesting the day. the implication is that all that we need is robustly present and waiting. it is therefore our destiny, our very calling to claim each day unto us. such effort is most often the assembly of simple, singular, seemingly routine tasks. such effort does, eventually, result in the very real manifestation of our dreams.

just for today, my son, may you renew yourself and simply do the next right thing. Carpe diem!

i love you, son.

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Traveling In Style

I've been here all week for a business/pleasure trip. There is nothing like a first class resort to truly make a few days paradise. I love being treated like a KING!

I'm headed back home in the morning and Mrs. Theo assures me that things WILL be different. heh.

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Michele

A dispenser of joy
Full
Dancing fervent spins
Inviting
Lives lined with smiles

A creator of playgrounds
Uncluttered
Swirling merry-go-rounds
Unfurling
Laughter, laughing out loud

A hostess of light
Brilliant
Casting crisp shadows
Defining
Undefiled contrast, beauty

-Theo

Happy Birthday!! (Yesterday) Thank you for all you do here, Michele

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Friday, August 17, 2007

Muse Use

Did Jung refer to you
Anima
Flit and a wisp through
My lungs
Stealing my breath

Are not you the artist's
Muse
Singing and dancing by
My passions
Making off with my propriety

Thank you

-Theo

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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Old Sheets and Old Dreams

In my bed
time
remembering

the lines, creases, cravings
gone
the stains, pools, smells
faded
the longings, needs, desires
remain

i wish i could forget

-Theo

Obviously, I've been over at Alcoholic Poet's, again.

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Friday, August 10, 2007

New Blog

I found a new read over at "Famous Ankles." Go give him a visit and let him know Theo sent you.

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Mundane

My day tomorrow will consist of mowing the lawn and getting a hair cut. After these tasks, I will be tired and no doubt spend the rest of the day watching some TV and/or apathetically clicking my way through blogs.

I cannot express how desperate I am for some passionate encounter to bring some wonderfully distracting zip to my existence. Is this what life has come to?

Mundane Me

There is a dampness
A cold, mildewed deposit
Resting on me
Testing me

It clings and twists
Entwining, cellular piercings
Into my self
Loathing me

I want to be free of
this...me

-Theo

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Monday, August 06, 2007

For You

There are those that we know
Seldom doubting
Always seeking
Fatigued much in such
Matters of faith and being
Yet
Those are the ones
Souls of our understanding
Often touching us
While discovering their
Own truth
So
We continue believing within
Often doubting
Never looking
Energized much in such
Details of living and hope
Together

-Theo

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

Quoting

I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. - Charles M. Schulz

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