Some days you don’t want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes…
When your heart feels like a ghost town.
I just want to go outside and scream
Get it all out.
I’m pretty sure my neighbors might stare
That’s ok.
They already know I’m weird anyway.
But the good news is…
Tomorrow is a new day.
And I’m just too stubborn
To quit fighting back.
Michael Bremmer
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Why is it “wrong” to be nice?
Our world has lost its “niceness”.
Why is it always the “wrong” guys that say all the right things?
When I hold open a door for a strange lady, isn’t sad, she’s surprised?
Or worse, that some don’t have the courtesy to say “thank you”?
Where has chivalry, manners or common courtesy gone?
So would blame our “faster pace of life”. I’d call BS on that.
150 years ago, if the crop or hunt failed, you starved; today life is a bit easier.
So, if it’s not a faster pace of life, what could it be?
Is it because it takes more effort to be nice?
Again, I know being mean sucks more energy out of me than being nice, even though I’m not always nice.
I think sometimes it’s easier to be mean, for example, when I’m at Sam’s Club getting my dog food,
I’m tired of being questioned about my cable TV choices. I just want to get my damn dog food and go!
Is it because we just don’t care anymore? I think so…
And that is sad.
Michael Bremmer
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I’m not perfect and I know it.
You’re practically perfect in every way (like Mary Poppins)
We’ll never be perfect together either (at least I won’t be)
But if I can make you laugh at least once in a while
(hopefully much more often than that)
with my stupid jokes, cause we both know
it’s all in the delivery…
You’ll smile at me and melt me like only you can
Life will be good.
If I can make you think twice
(or if you’ll at least you pretend to listen to me)
I’d be happy.
I’m not shy about most things, including,
being human.
All I ask is you hold me and make me feel safe
Because that’s all I really need.
Is to feel safe, loved and accepted, for me.
Even when I sound like this guy
I’ll quote random books, sometimes even poetry
(probably badly), but hopefully you’ll laugh.
But I’ll be thinking about you constantly
And I’ll give you the only part of me
that you could break.
My heart and I don’t give that easily.
It’s taped, glued and held together with spit.
So please be gentle with it.
Smile at me when I make you happy
Only you know the smile…
The one I can actually hear
when you’re far and I’m near.
Yell at me when I make you mad,
Get it all out; tell me I’m a damn fool.
But please don’t be cruel.
It’s ok, everyone gets mad
And I’ll deserve it (even if I don’t)
It’s ok, because it’s you.
When you’re done, I’ll hug you tight
Say I’m sorry…
Because the only makeup on you I want to muss
Is your lipstick (never your mascara)
(I’ll kiss you right after you apply and fuss)
Sorry, but I’ll always think it’s kind of funny…
Miss me when I’m not there
Knowing I miss you…wishing I was with you
Knowing the hardest part is through
Because I only want to be with you
Making you laugh until God Himself
Takes my breath back.
But I’d still die with a smile
And a tear in my eye
Because you’ll be there with me.
Michael Bremmer
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One day you will be…as my friend Alanis says… “Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you”
Or the movie, In Time, where everyone is born with a timer on their arm counting down their lives
We all have that timer; we just can’t see it.
So how do you spend your time?
And when you’re out of time, will you look back in regret or pride?
Remember, your life is slipping away, minute by minute.
Michael Bremmer
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Proverbs 27:9
Bottled up…like a genie.
Your heart…waiting for someday
Which isn’t actually a day of any week.
Hoping someday my prince will come.
I’m afraid for you.
Bad news doesn’t get better with time
Neither does a bad relationship.
Turning to no one, letting no one in
Never letting anyone see you cry
Because you’re too tough
Accepting 2nd or 3rd best because you don’t
think you deserve better (here’s a hint, you do!)
Shoot for the Stars, Catch the Moon
Shoot for the Moon, Catch a Lamppost
Shoot for a Lamppost, End up in the gutter.
(hopefully you’re still looking at the stars)
Ignoring those who love enough to tell you the truth.
I’m afraid for you.
But it has to be your decision to want better.
It’s too bad you can’t take all the strength
I see in you and demand it, live for it, go for it.
My friend, I’m afraid for you.
I’m afraid you’re afraid of being TRULY happy.
And that breaks my heart.
Because you could be…
I just wish you could see yourself
The way I do.
Then I wouldn’t be afraid for you anymore.
If you don’t hear anything I say, hear this…
I believe in you.
I hope, I pray that some day
I’ll get to watch YOU in the big parade.
That you’ll laugh and smile.
And you’ll always know
That I was there, your friend, all the while
Cheering you on.
You know I love you
I just wish you loved yourself half as much.
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It’s easy to become bitter, lower our standards and accept less than we should.
It also easy to die…anyone can do it.
So why, when get hurt…do we cauterize part of our souls?
Cover it in scar tissue, hide it from the world..
Poisoning us from the bitterness waiting for the jerk who hurt us to die or worse live?
I’ve got my share of scar tissue…we all do.
And it still hurts.
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If you’re more than 10 years old (or an infant) you’re a new creation…
I’m 40, so I’ve been remade 3 times.
Our body replaces every cell in itself every 10 years, literally recreating itself.
Is this why a man’s hair migrates south as he gets older?
It seems to me that we don’t actually lose hair, it just moves closer to equator.
The crazy part is I feel more alive now…maybe because I realize my life is ½ over?
Shaken to my soul…I don’t think so.
It’s just Grandma was right…
There’s always time for a hug and now I realize how precious those hugs were.
Michael Bremmer
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Toys, Hearts, Bones, People
Of those, I’ve never broken a bone (this just proves God looks out for children and fools).
And sometimes they’re just shattered…. (Even me, Mr. Brightside has felt like this!)
The key is how long do you CHOOSE to stay broken?
A day, a week, a lifetime?
Sometimes I think it’s easier to wallow in and swallow our own misery…
Unfortunately, time…keeps rolling on and soon your life passes you by if you’re not careful.
As my friend’s favorite album says… “it’s a long road to wisdom”.
I don’t agree with that, even though it’s a cool song…
I think life is pretty simple.
Live it, take chances and remember sometimes you lose.
That doesn’t mean you have to like it, because if you’re smart…
You’ll win more than you lose.
Michael Bremmer
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It’s been one of those weeks.
You know what I’m talking about. The week where you have to CONSTANTLY remind yourself of your blessings….
So what’s the master lesson of weeks like this?
Losing sucks, life is tough and only babies get what they want when they cry.
Thankfully, I know the past doesn’t equal the future, but sometimes the present kind of blows.
That’s ok.
Because I’ve had some really good times in life and I’ve got some really big goals.
As my friend Oscar Wilde says… “we’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”
Michael Bremmer
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Experience is the best teacher, but it’s the most expensive tuition you’ll ever pay.
(Michael Bremmer’s life lesson)
If you’re going to be STUPID, you better be tough.
(author unknown)
If you think an education is expensive, try ignorance.
(Jim Rohn)
As I get older, I’ve learned a few things….
My parents are really smart (yep, I didn’t think this at 18).
Falling hurts now (getting old sucks).
I CHOOSE my own life lessons (mostly).
So here are a few for those who are still young enough (or young at heart) to benefit.
Everything costs something, weighs something. Everything matters even if you think it doesn’t.
Pride and arrogance will cost you more than anything else in life.
Keep these in check and life gets much easier.
It’s not easy to keep those in check though.
Nothing is unlimited except stupidity, laziness and God’s Love.
Get as much as you can of the third. Avoid the first two like the plague.
We all have an expiration date.
Enjoy every moment and be thankful for today.
Tomorrow isn’t promised.
You don’t pay the price for good health, you enjoy the benefits.
You pay the price for poor health.
Read Proverbs & Ecclesiastes.
They’re back to back in the Bible and it’s the best advice you’ll ever get about life. (While you’re at it, read the entire thing at least once, you’ll learn something, I promise).
A dirty old man (or woman) didn’t just happen, its years of filth that only Jesus can wash away.
Finally, dusty Bible’s do lead to DIRTY LIVES.
Thoughts?
Michael Bremmer
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