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More potato please From the Devil spuds did come, Gimme' some Evil.

I think I'll make'em Twisted, broken, shattered glass, Be thine own mirror.

Ego on the grill, Pride in the smoker below, Anyone hungry?

Ohhh dear his catch phrase! Me thinks he needs a hair cut, Snuffle the hippie!

Watch out for that tree! George, George, George of the jungle, Snuffleuffagus.

It was always there, Out of your sight, out of mind, Wellspring never runs dry.

Take or leave it? Have you're cake, and eat it too. Blueberry chiffon.

Uproot. Turn the soil. Plant the seed within your mind, Garden within... grows.

Let the pollen grow, Itchy, sneezy, runny nose, Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh....Chew!

To all that there is, There is a season of change, Little Bee, flitters.

I'm glad you're here Aaron. You deserve to feel Love in your life.

Incite excitement, Inner, outer, dual view, Perception expands.

Where's that bit of Love for me? WE can bury the hatchet any time you feel like it.... Just not in each others Head.

Seriously..... How many of you remember the good old days before hand held/computer technology took over our lives? Remember gas at 40 cents a gallon? Remember rotary dial phones that the "phone company" owned inside your house? Remember having to do so many things "face to face"? Things were both harder to accomplish, and simpler to understand. I believe that true communication was imparted in a more personable way because there was no choice but to do it that way. Look at the concept of consideration as it exists within our society today. Why are people so inconsiderate? Why is it ok to constantly use foul language in public today? I remember one of the first jobs I had was as a busboy at a small diner in the town where I grew up. The year was 1981, I was 16. The diner was owned by two Greek brothers who ruled with an iron fist. They would go on and own in the back room/kitchen in Greek, Malaka this and Malaka that and wow. (Malaka means...M*****F*****!) But on the floor they were the models of decency. Besides they would only swear in Greek. So.. one day these two guys came in, both in their early 30's and were sitting at a both and were carrying on a fairly loud conversation, when the F word was plainly heard. I swear to you ....everyone in that diner stopped what they were doing and turned to look at these two guys...the entire place was a complete hush. The guys realized this immediately and apologized, paid their bill and left. Fast forward to today... you could be anywhere, and you will hear all kinds of language being used and no one saying a thing about it. When I was growing up...if we did something questionable, it didn't matter if my parents were around or not, any adult around would say something and interject into the situation. Consideration was everyone's innate responsibility. I wonder if the disassociation caused by all the barriers that technology represents, has gotten us to this point? Thoughts? Peace!

Where has my youth gone? Young mind to the very core, Sweet as an apple.

Oh, how the knots grow, Gnarled tree with roots in earth, Limbs stab into sky.

Swimming up stream, The folly of using force, Do without Doing.

Well said Manitou. From my own experience I can see the wisdom in whats being said here. It is almost as if by the "undoing" of the self we have built all our lives, that we can finally arrive back at the well spring of the "source" within us all. Being here, in only this moment as it flows into the next... the stillness of mind that is required to achieve that peacefulness and contentment allows us to be happy and free of burden with such focus. I have only within the last few years realized the truth of this. Peace!

Into morning light, Water flowing to the Sea, A new begining.

Blind to screaming tears, Hidden doorways, passages, Our own becoming.

Death takes him, not her, Preferential treatment here? Laughing skull smiles wide.

A fly buzzing by, Looking at me with those eyes, Multifaceted.