JUST THE WAY IT IS: UNCOMMON THOUGHTS FROM A COMMON MAN

Ronnie Coleman

January 18 at 7:24pm ·

What has happened to my world? I walked there for a time. It does not seem

that long ago. Or that far away. All the people and the places..that made me who I am. They have vanished like a morning mist..
When the sun has warmed the ground. Yet they live on....somewhere deep

inside. All the people and the places. That sowed poetry...in my soul

Ronnie Coleman

January 19 at 7:34pm ·

There was a.man who found a.piece of wood

It was not particularly beautiful. Just a plain piece of wood. Some might say

ugly. He picked it up, felt the weight of it in his hands, and then he put it aside,

to go and think upon it. After a few days he returned and picked it up again.

He ran his hands across it, felt its texture. But this time he heard it's voice...felt

its cry to become what it was meant to be...so he took it home to his shop and

began to work with it. Soon, something else began to emerge from this ugly

piece of wood. Its inner beauty had been released! Now many came to admire

what they once would have disdained! But who gained the most, the piece of

wood or the man?

Part 2. ........... .. Both, equally. Because to release the beauty inside another,

we must recognize and share the beauty inside us. Moral: Don't be afraid to

handle the ugly thing! It may be YOUR beauty that is released!