To heal a heart and soul
You must reveal the heart and soul
Always consider forgiveness
Only we control what we console
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DCG
Life hack number three
positive energy
I would have had to pretend
you may not know my name
I provided a service to our community
I was efficient in my job
I was kind when there was an opportunity
I served the public at large
I tendered them with care
I listened to their grievances
Even when nothing was really there
when we place our attention
Only on our needs
We miss out on shared experiences
Living a life only the lonely leads
self absorption is not a badge of honor
If we limit our discussions to ourselves via thought
No audience to convene and explore
Only a one-way ticket is bought 
I would have never seen the world differently
Without the influence of loved ones and friends
I would have never become the person I am today
Without the help from others
I would have had to pretend
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DCG
The dream Smith and the doubter 
Parable: The Dreamsmith and the Doubter
In the heart of a bustling city, there lived a Dreamsmith—a quiet soul capable of crafting beautiful visions of futures yet unseen. Every night, he shaped his dreams with painstaking detail, believing that what he visualized could one day become real.
One evening, as he sat sketching a radiant cityscape beneath the moon, a weary man approached—The Doubter, worn down by years of disappointment.
Doubter: “Why do you waste your heart on fantasies? The world isn’t made from visions, but from stone and sweat—and broken hopes.”
Dreamsmith: “The world begins in the mind, friend. Imagine a road: the clearer you see it, the closer you are to walking it.”
Doubter: “But hope can hurt as much as it can heal. What good is dreaming if reality cares nothing for your plans?”
Dreamsmith: “Dreams paint the outlines; actions fill them in. It’s not wrong to dream. Every stone laid was once imagined. Every triumph began as a fragile idea.”
Doubter: “So we are to be fools, then—building castles in the air while ruin nips at our heels?”
Dreamsmith: “Not fools—builders. To dream only is to drift, but to see no tomorrow is to wither. Reality is neither enemy nor friend; it’s the shape we carve with courage and persistence.”
The Doubter sat in silence, watching as the Dreamsmith returned to his sketches, each line bold, each color bright with possibility.
Doubter: “And what if the world crushes our visions?”
Dreamsmith: “Then we stand, dust off the debris, and begin again. Reality isn’t just what happens; it’s also what we dare to make.”
A wind swept through the city, carrying with it the faint scent of hope. The Doubter lingered, feeling for the first time in years the quiet pull of possibility.
This exchange highlights the eternal tension within the human spirit: our yearning to imagine, our skepticism born from disappointment, and the resilience that keeps us shaping reality despite it all. To dream is to risk disappointment, but to abandon vision is to give up the very power that moves us forward.
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DCG
A prism of reflection 
Oh Lord, please forgive me
Please allow for me to better see
Come into my heart and work through me
This is how I pray to be
I could be the hedge
I could be a testimony
Allow me to demonstrate a psalm
Celebrate a ceremony
Let me be the mirror
A prism of reflection
The spectrum that shines
Radiating detection
What is the difference?
From the stories, we tell to children and the stories we tell to adults?
Which ones are fables?
Which ones get results?
The ability to communicate
To touch the Elan vital
That which is often pondered
By the monks on the mountains of Nepal
Create a memory
tell a story about what you care
Some ears will listen
On what you share
Ever experience something that is transformational?
An idea, a connection?
Something spiritual?
Viewed upon reflection?
I strive to see the catalyst
Recognize an opportunity
To grow and change
There is a design to my spontaneity
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DCG
I filled in all the missing parts 
If women fall in love with men from what they hear
And men fall in love with women on what they see
Does this explain why women wear make up and men lie?
A paradox of human behavior and controversy
You’ve never really opened up to me
I think now I know the reasons why
I filled in all of the missing parts
My mind created a world for you, but I filtered out the noise in the sky
When given Little information
Confirmation bias just may take hold
But at the end of the day
Truth comes out and will be told
I try not to attach to the flaws of other people
I have my struggle I must own
I forgive and move forward
I hope this is shown
When you see behind the mask
Make sense of the struggle and the ordeal
We have an opportunity and a choice
On what to do and how we should feel
Understanding is important
But it is not the end all cure
The hard part is finding a resolution 
Your intentions must be pure
Many people won’t accept these terms
Many people will get stuck in their head
They will not self reflect
They will justify and turn around instead
I’m sure you think
I won’t accept you if I truly knew who you are
and so the masquerade
You shield your ego from afar
If I was wrong
You didn’t have to play along
But I know what you did
Who you gonna kid
Just how do you get?
701
Active again
After all has been said and done
RSP
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DCG
Heal with me RP
Been up and down, been flipped around
a life filled with loss
And I’m damaged goods it’s understood
With my luck, it’s up to a coin toss
Right side up
Or upside down
I met you at the right moment
And it was you that I found
I will never forget- When I took notice
As you came up and spoke with me
How could I have ever known?
You would be the one to make me see
I lived with being broken
For all of these years
Sometimes it takes a lifetime
To mend a heart as you shed the tears
I know I have a responsibility
My purpose is to heal
You have awakened me inside
And now again, I can truly feel
You can release the Kraken
I will still be all in
Understanding the reasons for our suffering
And where it all begins
Heal with me RP
I know at first, it might be strange
I think maybe we both
Could use a change
A change in how we see the world
And some of the people in our lives
Who said painful words
That cut into us like knives
I’m one that can appreciate
All you have to bring
The goodness you radiate
Makes my heart sing
Because of this bond
My heart is in tune
It resonates with yours
It beats even harder with you under the full moon
There is something very special
An opportunity to mend a soul
One hurt in the past
A part of which someone stole
Let the next words of this poem
Be written as we spend time together
May we heal each other?
Birds of a feather ….
RSP
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DCG
I believe in you
With every day that passes
With all the time we share
I believe in your ability
Against the world that is not fair
The California sky
In OB you and I
In South Beach and Sunshine
We watched the surf in our eye
Barhopping from the harp on Newport
To the joint on cable
Such a beautiful day
Was it a dream, a date, or a fable?
Turns out there was a bike shop
Just where I said it was
Would have loved to see the look on your face
Because, because, because, because
As we talked
Throughout the day
I listened carefully
On everything you had to say
I believe in you
You know who you are
But there are times when you doubt
When you shut yourself down-You take it too far
I’ve seen how you interact with people
You are grateful, kind, and give from the heart
That is a genuine quality I admire
I also think you’re pretty smart
I’ve seen the glimpse of your character
There is much to you that bodes well
Your charms are not lost on me
And for reasons of my own it is in this way that I must tell
RSP
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DCG
However, it turns out 
My heart is committed
As are my soul and my mind
Where this path leads
Only God knows I pray I will find
I ask for God to work through me
Where God is the hand and I am the glove
Without him, I am motionless
But with him, I am filled with direction and love
Indeed, we are created in his image and likeness
His presence within our body and soul
The recommended relationship to have
If you want to fill the empty hole
You might think me crazy RP
You might continue to build a wall
I’ll stand by you if you need me
I’ll support you if you fall
I ask out of selfless passion
To inspire and uplift you to heal
I can do this if you allow me
Can we make a deal?
You’ve often told me you don’t know how to complete me
I say you already have as my reply
Sometimes we don’t see
What’s behind the other person‘s eyes?
The intensity deep inside me
This connection that we share
A trick of my nervous system?
Or do we really care?
Weather, we sacrifice or sabotage
Are we willing to take a stand?
However, it turns out
I’ll always extend my hand
RSP
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DCG
Because this is my heart‘s echo 
When you are in my heart
I do not feel so empty or deficient
When you are in my thoughts
I feel my purpose knowing you are self sufficient 
We have both experienced a similar childhood  neglect
And because of this, I formed with you a bond
We have never really spoken much about it
I think I know just how you will respond
I see you as a mirror to my own inner reflection
I know I must do the work and look within
I have an opportunity to become a better man
I take a moment of silence, I pray, and then I begin
You have opened up a side of me
I never really knew The remains
Of such a deeply hurt little boy
Needing to heal and make a change
Prior to knowing you
I’ve always intellectualized my pain
I never really made the emotional connection
Of just how lost I became
You have touched me very deeply
You’ve broken through the barriers that I present
It was you who awakened me from my emotional dream
Of which there is no more time that needs to be spent
I consider you a blessing
There is something I want you to know 
Maybe we crossed paths for a reason?
Because this is my heart‘s echo 
RSP
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DCG
Who will bring the receipt?
Thank you for showing me kindness
Way too many emotional vampires out there
They will take everything you have to give
And leave nothing to spare
Thank you for thinking of me
The narcissists I know
Only acknowledge their own needs
They have little else to show
I am very grateful to the people who share
There is purpose in their smile
They show me meaningful lessons
They teach me the reason for living this lifestyle
I can become a better person
I watch, listen and learn
And if you really study the landscape
You’re better off treating people with concern
No one better knows gratitude
Than those who express humility
When we recognize our kinship
We recognize a shared humanity
If you understand, our differences
You must surely understand our similarity
To know, we are not the center of the universe
Enter Sir Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity
there is wisdom and honesty
There is corruption and deceit
Distinguishing between them
Who will bring the receipt?
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DCG
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