tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60314417267707665662024-03-14T07:37:20.902-04:00mazeSources of Inspirationmazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-27725031654490565862009-07-20T21:20:00.001-04:002009-07-20T21:27:56.708-04:00Ocean's Edge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1SkP7pUVY1udUrVBoNVIj2t6C_cbr5srIbzwKmSovINDqtZyxzy5IPXp_c4QLDSooLAto3X4WvMeHb_b-VZfDn_KdPUoEA2GcivnLmiCexkhyphenhyphen1Gn8nCQjA0W52BktcRWqRJwHHtrbbk/s1600-h/JuneFL+028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1SkP7pUVY1udUrVBoNVIj2t6C_cbr5srIbzwKmSovINDqtZyxzy5IPXp_c4QLDSooLAto3X4WvMeHb_b-VZfDn_KdPUoEA2GcivnLmiCexkhyphenhyphen1Gn8nCQjA0W52BktcRWqRJwHHtrbbk/s400/JuneFL+028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360717378731894738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Times I feel both all alone</div><div style="text-align: center;">And thoroughly connected</div><div style="text-align: center;">Come most often</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sitting at the ocean's edge.</div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-37600472551571059032009-02-12T22:30:00.002-05:002009-02-12T22:34:12.862-05:00Rumble Strips<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHnx0jIYLKPlyXXQfd0MV3d9J7zAt9WY4FzMDSOUdNIHJMj2iEBAXA7ei0OP4UEhd6JnWsTM1QAG9r0P8jkSZ8qIlkYfJaEO7VFpk0yGvunQXMOGsaMnfatRsY_j3G_g68q3DMhyphenhyphenPO6k/s1600-h/rumble.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHnx0jIYLKPlyXXQfd0MV3d9J7zAt9WY4FzMDSOUdNIHJMj2iEBAXA7ei0OP4UEhd6JnWsTM1QAG9r0P8jkSZ8qIlkYfJaEO7VFpk0yGvunQXMOGsaMnfatRsY_j3G_g68q3DMhyphenhyphenPO6k/s400/rumble.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302120073770391490" /></a><div>You’re my favorite distraction, </div><div> The mechanical rabbit</div><div> Racing around my track.</div><div>I need you.</div><div><br /></div><div>You’re my radar-detector,</div><div> The speed bump</div><div> Saving me from myself.</div><div>I need you.</div><div><br /></div><div>You’re my voice of caution,</div><div> The yellow flashing light</div><div> That slows my pace.</div><div>I need you.</div><div><br /></div><div>You’re my rest-area-just-ahead,</div><div> The rumble strips</div><div> At the end of my exit ramp.</div><div>And I need you.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-46099093850202101022009-02-01T21:30:00.003-05:002009-02-12T22:13:05.449-05:00Broken<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MlWeNt18ATtPvsKh4M_7anRPgRU6a54Q5IulW4zL1K5ZlcrrDhQLa_2C0Bf1qshHQI-oIWTDBFDVlOmeuJEcMa952ZFiun8S33BoE1ZuHTQtDZ3TDc-5D37MW4cDzhKW4Ye7JxcyNEY/s1600-h/Broken+Doll.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MlWeNt18ATtPvsKh4M_7anRPgRU6a54Q5IulW4zL1K5ZlcrrDhQLa_2C0Bf1qshHQI-oIWTDBFDVlOmeuJEcMa952ZFiun8S33BoE1ZuHTQtDZ3TDc-5D37MW4cDzhKW4Ye7JxcyNEY/s400/Broken+Doll.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302110121997294242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Of all that I've lost, of all that I've sold, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Bartered, given up, or simply misplaced,</div><div style="text-align: center;">The thing I miss most is what I lost on that day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">On the day that the little girl I once was</div><div style="text-align: center;">Discarded the broken doll, which, before that day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Meant everything to her, to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All that I've lost, all that I've sold,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bartered, given up, or simply misplaced, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Is only remembered, never regained.</div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-90764165607743782362008-02-25T18:08:00.004-05:002009-02-12T22:13:20.205-05:00Last Petal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3caAMTXoGPmmG8nT1QNgJrwQ7t8D1hRTK8A8jcyCMfeunp_eyqD_AX0uerm9va-YLMmSrCqPvBvbaLxfl4E7pXoXObmri_K56zSUaYymjkBTuhjtSHTsJacN9MVfHUHOY56_IeiJd9Y/s1600-h/jekyll+017.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99rPtEyeD25MhOOhtaaiU6IpQtdZWGnK4lXW5vzFpZDgasQfIZAx0M1BXTLiv4Tji4h9kX1EzgXLSMzxqIZj3wPDaByYdkzHpYtH8bDWMpdIek5ulO63R4a8afj3HNOJRQNvwteoCK40/s1600-h/jekyll+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171059002511589986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99rPtEyeD25MhOOhtaaiU6IpQtdZWGnK4lXW5vzFpZDgasQfIZAx0M1BXTLiv4Tji4h9kX1EzgXLSMzxqIZj3wPDaByYdkzHpYtH8bDWMpdIek5ulO63R4a8afj3HNOJRQNvwteoCK40/s320/jekyll+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><div align="center">You have been gone so long, I have nothing left of you. I leave you this petal from this rose to remind you of who I once was to you, to remind myself of who you once were to me.</div></div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-58096210296721001302008-02-18T22:54:00.007-05:002009-02-12T22:07:51.936-05:00Shattered<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxCfJuvkRJcvg7u-2BWCG5KZp-GznGdi0uXGmsuiE3FLQNxCXkRHl996m4Cok11SB1MmyA0vkTtWnnn0z80Fh8BwuoIMWeZSTjZFp0HFak2qHUi6t04Dz94pb3c3UZGkv1VU6R56OutY/s1600-h/cracked.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxCfJuvkRJcvg7u-2BWCG5KZp-GznGdi0uXGmsuiE3FLQNxCXkRHl996m4Cok11SB1MmyA0vkTtWnnn0z80Fh8BwuoIMWeZSTjZFp0HFak2qHUi6t04Dz94pb3c3UZGkv1VU6R56OutY/s320/cracked.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302113170020766386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought it made me stronger.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought it made me happier.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought it made me better.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I found the answer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I found freedom.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I found myself.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I should stop.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I would stop.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I could stop.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It became my everything.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It became my reason.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It became my life.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It became my enemy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It became my prison.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It became my grave.</span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-67779921695451420542008-02-14T10:31:00.001-05:002009-02-12T22:13:50.420-05:00Bare Trees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFxUYHsFmVoBPO3HxITSn6parpph9_mHyvDvCfuC7TlNaFOtc06zZ1Hauc_S1lx2y6uif-ilLpqurr7pES1gRY2pcRlO3B6t3OQkfLUTtO3q8Q9dzp1N2tpd3tIedDytSIZezYXaqeyU/s1600-h/MadisonRed+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166859877410800194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFxUYHsFmVoBPO3HxITSn6parpph9_mHyvDvCfuC7TlNaFOtc06zZ1Hauc_S1lx2y6uif-ilLpqurr7pES1gRY2pcRlO3B6t3OQkfLUTtO3q8Q9dzp1N2tpd3tIedDytSIZezYXaqeyU/s400/MadisonRed+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffffcc;">I have bread, and I have wine, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ffffcc;">everything I need, but still,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ffffcc;">the bare trees of winter crowd my soul.</span></div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-73366168874614858752008-02-12T10:14:00.000-05:002008-02-19T10:59:47.457-05:00Nothing Lasts Forever<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTIOF6LVG7Q6RgiAUfSyWb6CZOOV_8zty2yiRhGDlqXRJyagsDRaneUlhIaGy6Snvniq8cXLvS_dYkCMpkWcGj4SbsXV2-uaW3OYfFptlTmIXcsp2iq1qAkM0iijpejmJoY8SZRx3LF4/s1600-h/flickrFEET.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166114593210761778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTIOF6LVG7Q6RgiAUfSyWb6CZOOV_8zty2yiRhGDlqXRJyagsDRaneUlhIaGy6Snvniq8cXLvS_dYkCMpkWcGj4SbsXV2-uaW3OYfFptlTmIXcsp2iq1qAkM0iijpejmJoY8SZRx3LF4/s400/flickrFEET.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Nothing lasts forever. </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>No matter what comes my way, it is not forever. </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Pain washes away, </strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#c0c0c0;">like the rain.</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Grief comes and goes </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>like the tide. </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Even joy surges through me,</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>only to receed and return</strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>like waves on the shore.</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Nothing lasts forever.</strong></span></div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-65318062559308998372008-02-11T10:32:00.000-05:002008-02-11T11:44:47.124-05:00Sunrise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGR1gFUC4fTMnga-B6viEz1cjPF9j756zuR9d8OaWy-_p0ocilQoBMEtRo95gN-0wIYUsKKYBf_pMrJAl-agefLwKXuWDoPOuIdk5D7OrU4PQgpJd7gj-KobeZPRDv9WSfhTHwNmWl0dk/s1600-h/sunrise+121.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165746428614148642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGR1gFUC4fTMnga-B6viEz1cjPF9j756zuR9d8OaWy-_p0ocilQoBMEtRo95gN-0wIYUsKKYBf_pMrJAl-agefLwKXuWDoPOuIdk5D7OrU4PQgpJd7gj-KobeZPRDv9WSfhTHwNmWl0dk/s320/sunrise+121.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ffcc66;"><strong><em>At 5:45 in the morning, nothing has yet left a blemish on the coming day.</em></strong></span></div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031441726770766566.post-3797573118578091962008-02-10T19:49:00.000-05:002008-02-12T10:34:12.254-05:00Gospel Tabernacle<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjFwmQ3AQBMEGcsR1AITKam4L7l_z3rysP5rguRSPNlFdjSDJ5_zvKR2kFWS2DYj0z6MlLXobkqoculUwtr2t9ywHThdO3QU79edsvdYv8hrofikKWga7kU9I9qT4XCJhwiOs7Lq2_2A/s1600-h/MadisonRed+006.jpg"><span style="color:#990000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165518872656871954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjFwmQ3AQBMEGcsR1AITKam4L7l_z3rysP5rguRSPNlFdjSDJ5_zvKR2kFWS2DYj0z6MlLXobkqoculUwtr2t9ywHThdO3QU79edsvdYv8hrofikKWga7kU9I9qT4XCJhwiOs7Lq2_2A/s400/MadisonRed+006.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><strong><span style="color:#990000;"> Driving through the country, </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#990000;">in Madison County, Georgia, </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">I came across a barn </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#990000;">someone named the </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Gospel Tabernacle.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Today it was empty.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">I'd like to stand outside </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">to hear the songs on a Saturday night.</span></strong></div>mazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01312521619646247745noreply@blogger.com0