Day: October 27, 2021

The FATHER’S voice is heard
His command seems daunting or 
uncomfortable to us and 
we put aside or ignore His request, 
but return to Him when we have needs 
and are willing to ask Him then, 
even as we have walked 
away from His requests.  
We are foolish people.  
Jesus taught us all we had to know 
and left the Holy Spirit with us 
to help us if we were to stumble.  
We fail easily and often refuse to 
go to the fringes where the need 
for His work is the greatest.  
Still we remain proud and even 
make noises over the little things 
that we do.  Retrospectively, 
we may regret our actions and inaction, 
even justifying them in our own mind.  
Jesus said, “Follow Me”.  
We should have no problem 
understanding His request.  
If a person of importance sought 
a favor from us we would be honored 
and thrilled, but hesitate to respond 
to the Prince of Heaven.  He always 
forgives us and offers us many chances.

Stanski 
October 27, 2021 ^

The two women walked on
Opposite sides of the road
They greeted each other at
The crosswalk; then continued
Earnestly on their paths;
Never to see each other again

Stanski
October 27, 2021 ^

I’m never really baffled but 
sometimes I will say that I am.  
Someone said I looked like Sean Connelly 
after I had grown a moustache and 
chin goatee and I am thinking, 
isn’t it the other way around, 
that Sean looks a little bit like me.  
It is perplexing and that 
might be a better word.  
I stopped at a service station and 
the lady asked about 
the Connelly possibility and 
I told her that I was the poet
A.H.McKricken and she said
I knew I knew you from someplace.  
Leave sleeping dogs lie, 
I thought as I moved on to 
the wedding hall I was looking for.  
A few made the suggestion at 
the reception which followed about 
who I looked like and I just shook my head.  
I was wearing blue jeans and 
a dark navy shirt with no tie to a wedding.  
Once there I felt overdressed, but then, 
thought I could unbutton the top of 
the shirt and walk around as if in 
a state of aloofness, but this was not my day.  
I was a guest and this is how 
Sean would have handled it.

A.H.McKricken aka Stanski
October 27, 2021 ^