"Little Tiny Sammy Green"

Little tiny Sammy Green. Lived inside a jellybean.

In a tiny little town with tiny people all around.

There was little tiny Sally Ann, Bobby White, and John McCann

And in there tiny little school they had a tiny swimming pool.

And all these tiny girls and boys all had tiny little toys.

Sammy Greene and Sally Ann , Bobby White and John McCann

We're always happy and never mean. Life was good in there Jellybean.

They laughed and sang and played all day. In there tiny little way.

They loved there little tiny school and loved to swim in the tiny pool.

So the next time you eat a jellybean look very closely for Sammy Green.

And listen hard for little sounds coming from there little town.

But if your not real sure and you feel kind of dumb.

Then chew a piece of bubble gum....... :)

"Wanna play Winkle?"

Would you like play winkle ? It's a game that I know.

You can play it with Ernie or Bernie or Flo.

It's really quite fun and its really quite quick 

It requires a dinkle ball , 3 rings and a stick.

You must run really fast and grab those 3 rings.

And think of 3 songs that you like to sing.

Then you place your 3 rings on the end of that stick.

While bouncing your dinkle ball and you must be quick.

If this sounds pretty easy  just know there's one wrinkle.

When your playing this game that they call winkle.

After you done all these things that I said.

You must clap your hands and shake your head.

And then you must laugh until your eyes start to twinkle.

Then count to 10 backwards and yell the word winkle.

If you do all these things and your not to slow.

And your faster then Ernie or Bernie or Flo.

Then you win the dinkle ball the stick and 3 rings.

And you laughed and had fun with the songs  that you singed.

And I know your eyes will still have that twinkle.

And it's all because of the game they call winkle!!!!

"Confusion"

I wanted to share this. Something that a great friend of  mine wrote. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in our own problems and never realize or think how small our problems can be compared to others. I think this is a great take on how we should appreciate all the things God has given us in our lives. And to thank him everyday and pray for those who have much greater problems then we do....Thank you "poemgal" for letting me share this to my blog it's a great addition and great insight 



Confusion
It is that moment where nothing makes sense
The entire world looks like a foreign object to you
Has it always been this way or have I been deceiving myself
Was I only seeing what I wanted myself to see
So preoccupied with myself I didn't notice
Did it ever occur to me to step past my own walls
Was taking care of my own needs of more value 
Did I not see what was happening around me
An entire world of problems I didn't care to notice 
Why get involved what difference would it make
So I closed my eyes and ears to the news 
Focused on the troubles in my head
Meanwhile people are starving
Living in poverty
People killing innocent lives 
One tragedy after and other
It's time to pray for my fellow man
Help someone when I can
Listen more than I speak
Be a blessing more than a burden
Make everyday count
Pray when I'm scared
Ask for help when I need it
But complain less and humble myself more
My life may not be perfect
But is anybody without problems
I have lots to be thankful for
All I need to do is step out the door
Look down the street and see
The homeless man pushing his cart
Or the mother who's husband left her 
Leaving her to raise three kids on minimum wage
Or the parents of a sick little girl
Everyone has a story to tell
Will I refuse to listen 
Because my own feels more real 
Or will I bow down to my Heavenly Father 
And ask him to help me each day
To put me on a path and give me a purpose 
Lead me oh God along my way 
I ask for you to help me to be strong
To ask for forgiveness when I do wrong
I know I'm not perfect by any means
But I pray you shape me and mold me to be more like you
When I am weak and foolishness I speak
Help me get up and back on track
Make me see what I been missing all these years
That my life has value in spite of my fears
That with each small step I take
With every bad habit I try and break
That I'm getting closer to the woman I want to be

"55"

55 years I've walked this earth .55 years since my birth

Am I dead ? Or am I alive? At the age of 55

Laughter, joy, heartache, pain,sunshine, blue skies, gray skies, rain

Spoken truths, and spoken lies, 

Dreams and nightmares, lullabies. At the age of 55

Wondering how I am perceived. Since the day I was conceived 

Am I who I want to be? Do I like what others see?

Do others hate or envy me? Am I lost?

Or did I arrive at the age of 55?

Am I close to the end? Or the beginning?

Am I losing? Or am I winning?

Should I laugh? Or should I cry? 

At the age of 55.

Prayers for heaven and salvation

Asking God for explanations . Eternal life or damnation?

Standing at life's railroad station. Will I miss the train?

I thank you Lord  for this walk with me.

Through the blue skies, rain, and stormy sea's

Reflections of all my days gone by.

At the age of 55.......~Dan Greene~

"A swarm of Nub Dubblers "

One day I went fishing in a pond near my house. The sun was shining it was quite as a mouse. Then all of a sudden I heard something dubblin. It was a swarm of Nub Dubblers they were flying around. They are creepy black bugs with a face like a clown. Nub Dubblers are long and really quite thin they will bite you and scratch you and lay eggs on your skin. I gathered all my stuff and ran quickly away. Because I forgot my Nub Dubbler spray. First they will bite you and then they will scratch and you'll be in deep trouble if there eggs start to hatch. Baby Nub Dubblers are called Nib Dibblers and there so hard to remove because there fast little critters. Those little Nib Dibblers can be very mean and they hide in those places that are real hard to clean. If you let a Nib Dibbler turn into a Nub Dubbler you must lay on a bed in a suit made of rubber. And every 4 hours you must light a candle and drink hot black coffee in a cup with a handle. So a word of advice if your going to go fishing and a swarm of Nub Dubblers come buzzing and hissing. There are only 2 choices......Run quickly away......or remember to pack your Nub Dubbler spray!!!!! ~Dan Greene~

"The Picture"

I stared into the face of a little boy today.

He was only in a picture I had carefully tucked away.

I wondered all about him as I looked into his eyes.

Then something deep inside my soul told me he often cried.

I felt a strange connection as his eyes pierced through my heart.

It didn't take me long to realize I'd known him from the start.

He was a special part of me I had somehow tucked inside.

And as I stood and stared at him I began to cry.

I wanted to embrace him and tell him he was good.

But the words did not come so easy and I wasn't sure I could.

His little face stared back at me as if to almost speak.

And as my heart reached out to him I knew what I must seek.

The sadness and the loneliness was all that I could see.

Because the little boy in that picture was a picture of me. ~Dan Greene~

"A Friends Dream"

I was really wanting to write a story or a poem today but was having trouble. I had some thoughts about what I wanted to write but things were just not coming together for me. I started several stories but ended up canning them because they just didn't seem like what I was looking for. I was just about to scratch the whole idea of writing today because my mind really wasn't into it. I had some other things on my mind that were troubling me and they were taking over my thoughts. So I decided to go to Facebook and check things out there I very rarely go there anymore because I was tired of reading all the drama of everyone else's lives. As I was scrolling down through me newsfeed I was thinking to myself why did I even come here nothing ever changes.Just then the little red notification popped up in my messages informing me someone had sent me a message. So I opened it up and it was from a friend that I haven't talked to in quite awhile. She said she wanted to share a dream she had with me and she said she thought I might enjoy it. So I read it and it really moved me. I asked her if I could share her dream to my blog and write a story about it. She told me I could do that so here is her dream.............

I had a dream last night that I was trying to revive a cute little fish in my hand by dropping water by it's mouth and gently rubbing water over the pale creature's small lifeless body. Each time I did that it would awaken and it's color would be brillant again. I kept doing this repeatedly until I found a fish bowl that was completley algae ridden. I cleaned this fish bowl the best I could with one hand because I didn't want to lay the fish down. I woke up before seeing myself place the fish in the bowl. I believe that this dream was about my life and how God forgives me. He revives me and cleanses me everytime I fail him.......

I thanked my friend for sending me her dream and I thought alot about that dream she had and it made perfect sense to me. God finds ways to show all of us how much he loves us. And he finds ways to help us and pass his word from one person to another. I was struggling to write and he found away to help me. Through my friend. And he found away to help her with her struggles. So I'm passing this on because it is such a great message. And I want to praise his name....Thank you father for the gentle ways you show us how you are always there if we take the time to listen and to have faith in you......~AMEN~.........~Dan Greene~

"A walk with God"

 

One late September morning when the leaves on the trees were in full
color of gold, crimson, orange, and red and there was a heavy frost
and the sky was blue and the sun had just began to rise. I put my
jacket on and went for a walk to enjoy all of God's beauty. As I
walked I began to think of all the things in my life that God has
given me. I wondered why certain things happened and why they happened
the way they do. I ask God why I could still feel like something is
missing in my life even though I have been blessed with all the things
he has given me? I ask him why I could still feel lonely even though I
have people around me everyday? I also ask him to help me figure out
the answers to these questions. As I walked along I watched the leaves
starting to fall from the trees they are so beautiful why must they fall to
the ground and take away the beauty of the tree? Then it hit me. Even
though the tree is so beautiful when these colorful leaves are on it
they must fall to the ground to make room for the new leaves to appear
come springtime.Even though the tree will be bare and lifeless during the winter and seem alone. Come spring there will be new leaves on the tree. It waits patiently for the company of the leaves .And God spoke to me. I cannot be with you in person everyday but I can be with you in spirit . I also ask God to help me smile he told me when I'm feeling low and all alone I will smile just as the tree will have new leaves in the springtime.I also noticed as the sun had risen higher in the sky it started to melt the heavy frost that was a blanket on everything it touched. As I watched the frost dissapear and feel the warmth of the sun on my face it made me think of the warmth I have when I'm with God. I ask God another question I said father will there come a day when I can open my eye's in the morning and smile because I know you will there when I awaken? Just then the cool September breeze hit my face and the sun dissapeared behind a cloud and I knew right away the answer to that question. The answer is this. I may not see God's face in this life time the way I would like to but I can still enjoy the pleasure of his company. But I must be paitent. I must be content with how I live now. So as I walked along I thought of the time when I will get to see God's face . Just then the sun came out from behind that cloud and shined on me and I realized that I will see God if I can be a paitent man. As I walked futher along I looked at all of God's beauty and how it burns a lasting impression in my mind and I thought again of that day.I thought of how everything I like about God is burned deepley in my mind and how I will always have that even if I can't be with him. So as the sun started to hide behind the thickening clouds that have begun to appear in the late September sky and how they take away the glory of the suns brillant light it made me think of God once more. I feel the happiness and warmth that his presents brings me but when he is gone I feel like the sun has went behind the clouds and stopped shining and I must wait again until the sun appears to feel it's warmth and look at it's beauty. As I begin to walk back home and the cold wind blows across my face and the sky is now gray and I only have the colors of the leaves to enjoy I stop and reach down and pick up the most vibirant leaf I can find laying on the ground I stare at it and again I think of him. This time I close my eye's as I'm holding this beautiful leaf and I imagine that I am holding his hand. And I ask God Two more questions. Father will you always stay with me? And will you not grow tired of me until my last day of this lifetime? If you grant me these two things I will be happy and I will not ask nothing else of you. Just then the sun appeared once more from behind the clouds so I raised my head and smiled and said thank you father I knew you would answer me. Still holding the beautiful leaf I had picked up from the ground I started to walk back home I passed a small stream that had swollen from the recent rains. I knelt beside the stream looked at the beautiful leaf one more time kissed it and placed it in the fast moving water.I watched it until it dissapeared from sight and just at that moment the sun went back behind the clouds and the wind began to blow and it began to rain. I put the hood of my jacket over my head and walked quickley back home.The rain began to fall harder so I stopped under a large oak tree I let the beautiful leaves protect me from the cold rain. And I thoguht of God once more. I realized that when I'm sad and feeling alone you protect me just by being there for me. And when I finally made it home I went inside and put some coffee on and put some dry clothes on and sat by the warmth of the fire. Then I said a prayer. Thank you father for walking with me today and making me see that I can find the answers to all my qusetions when you walk beside me. And when I'm feeling sad and alone all I need to do is to take a walk with you!!!!! AMEN

"A Dream of Heaven"

Gentle wind blow through my hair
As I close my eye's to pray
Help me Lord to find the meaning
Of why I'm still here today.
I was with you there in heaven
In the dream I had last night
Everything was beautiful
Everything just right
There was no sadness or no sorrow
No yesterday's or no tomorrows
The love and peace of eternial life
Away from all this daily strife
Wrap me in your arms dear Lord
And help me find my way
To make it through these daily struggles
Of a brand new day.
The next time that I dream of heaven
Please don't awaken me
Please give me peace
Please give me love and give me Eternity

"Be with me"

My life at times is so trying
So often I get confused
I can feel my will power dying
All my hopes I begun to lose

When it seems I've reached my lowest point
Please let me turn to you
To give me strength to go on
Help me fight my daily battles too

I need your love to guide me
Through all life has to deal
As long as you're beside me
My dreams can be fulfilled

I'm asking you to help me
To try and be my best
To help me get back up again
When I fall, Lord, I request

Give me some self confidence
To help me see things through
And always keep reminding me
I'm nothing without you ~Dan Greene~

"Thoughts I can't control"

My mind is sometimes tortured by the thoughts I can't control
They cut me deep. They break my heart
They burn my very soul
Broken mirrors show no reflection
Broken dreams and rejections
Darkness dwells in a man made hell
No coins to throw in the wishing well
Dreaming dreams of yesterday
Long ago and far away
Things aren't how the use to be
When precious memories followed me
It seems there lost in a stormy sea
In thoughts I can't control
Dark gray clouds that block the sun
Woven wishes come undone
A rat race that I have to run
In thoughts I can't control
Rainbows with no colors
Swimming with the bottom dwellers
Cob webs in a cold damp cellar
In thoughts I can't control
But in these dark and broken dreams
There is a light that still can gleam
There is hope there is a way
Just get down on your knees and pray
Just ask God to show the way
With the thoughts you can't control

"Tapping the tables of time"

Tapping the tables of time
Sipping soups sorrowfully solemn
Keeping my capers carefully quiet
Dying while dining doubtfully done
Lying while living, leaving, left
Pondering poems, picking up the pieces
Changing my chances of choices
Saying I'm sorry silently so
Thinking my thoughts thankfully not
Wondering my wanderings, wanting, and wishes
Fighting the foe from my feelings
Hating my happiness haunting my head
Ending the ebb of emanating emotions
Dizzying the drifting, dead and doomed
Missing the moral memories once molded
Tapping the tables of time ~Dan Greene~