Where would I want to travel

There is only one road we can travel

This of course would be The Road Called Life

True we have no control over our destiny

But some things can be controlled

By our making the right choices and making the right decisions

This should be the reason

To think about the second greatest gift of all

This without a doubt is the gift of life

Why then not focus on what is offered is offered to you

Where would you be without

Your eyes, your ears, your tongue, your nose, your nerves your mind your heart

Oh one should know

You would be lost with no place to go.

Isn’t this the reason

We should all look at all the things life offers

Whether big or small

After all some of the biggest gifts appear to be the smallest things of all

Think about life

And where do you want to travel

Darrell A. Deeds

Why we wish to be understood

Who am I speaking of you will ask

One should know we are a minority in the world population

We are labeled many different names

This stems from being mangled and having a vast variety of appearances

Yet we are human just as those who label us

We hunger to show are character

But the world wishes to close its’ eyes

The same goes for our humor, intellect, and all the positive traits that we hold within

Ourselves

Yet you still close your eyes

To the people we are

This is why we ask

Why do you not wish to broaden your horizons

To see who we truly are

Why can you not look beyond the spheres that appear to be obstacles to you

This is why we challenge you to understand

We have been challenged to challenge you

To understand who we are

To look beyond the spheres that appear to obstacles

This is why we wish to be understood

This is why we wish not to be label

For we are human beings just like you

Darrell A. Deeds

March 30, 2006

My Friends

My friends are more than the table legs that give me support

My friends are more than the sunshine on my shoulders that brings me warmth when I am cold

My friends are more than the spirits that lift me high when I am down

My friends are more than the angels that place a smile upon my face

In awe my friends are the completion of my picture of life

My friends are the ones who can accept the differences I carry with me

Pause a moment to think of what your friends mean to you

Mine mean the world to me for this is what they have given me

Darrell A. Deeds

5-2-02

A Challenge Defined

A challenge is where life itself asks an individual can you accept what I might bring your way?  This is why faith is a necessity of life.  Because it is faith and faith alone that gives one the strength they need to accept any challenge that life might bring their way.  Today I know I did not know the strength of my faith the day a challenge was brought my way on October 20, 1974.  Today I know it was my faith that taught me that in order to receive the joys of living one must focus on what they have in life and never concentrate on what one does not have in life.  One should realize challenge and faith are two great gifts offered to man.  This is why I am so thankful that HT is the greatest friend I have ever had in my life.

Darrell A. Deeds

9-27-04