Tag Archives: compassion

what education?

Posted on August 31, 2019 by thelostkerryman

sitting in an overstuffed chair, pontificating about one’s preferred view of reality, suggesting that we are all philosophers, strikes me as an odd way to claim that you know what you are doing, let alone know who you are. yet, … Continue reading →

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rescue

Posted on August 23, 2019 by thelostkerryman

young people like to commit suicide by jumping off that big bridge. if you travel to West Virginia, or you plan to travel to West Virginia, and you pick up some brochures…or go to a website…and look….I can almost guarantee, … Continue reading →

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abandoned, but not forgotten

Posted on June 14, 2019 by thelostkerryman

early in the morning, while dogs barked and children played in the back yard, a deer jumped over the fence and ran off into the nearby worlds, leaving a little fawn alone, to curl up into a fetal position up … Continue reading →

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the master of the mirror?

Posted on April 11, 2016 by thelostkerryman

are you living a life to touch the hearts of others, to bring compassion to the downtrodden, or are you living like you are looking in the mirror, in love with the image? where has selfless love gone? where is … Continue reading →

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flowers dying before their days are done

Posted on March 5, 2014 by thelostkerryman

three people i knew died recently- two younger than me, one a year older. one woman i remember as a teenager, the thin little girl with coal black eyes, a few years behind me in school- vibrant, vivacious, the very picture … Continue reading →

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Ten Things To Pray For In The Year 2014: # 3 Compassion

Posted on December 29, 2013 by thelostkerryman

without compassion, no one in this world would breathe their next breath. it’s strangely wonderful, this thing we call breathing. it keeps us going, it reminds us we are alive, and it helps take us to new divine appointments. today, … Continue reading →

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the old gray barn

Posted on November 14, 2013 by thelostkerryman

as long as i have breath, i intend to try to bring happiness where there is misery- if it is possible to nail a board here and there to shutter out the cold, even a bit- i’ll do it for … Continue reading →

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On the edge of the parking lot

Posted on April 15, 2013 by thelostkerryman

She propped a leg on the curb and took some serious puffs on a dwindling cigarette, communicating stress. An older man, dressed in suspenders, a heavy blue-plaid flannel shirt, and pants belonging to a long-forgotten era, brought his pipe and … Continue reading →

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burning eyes in the alleyway of pain can almost feel the sorrow of pelting rain plastic bags washed up against the broken brick gnarled hand and coat and walking stick grasping a rail to break free from crippleness fallen face … Continue reading →

Posted on March 12, 2013 by thelostkerryman | Leave a comment