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49ers Y’all Rocked This Season! (GD’s Congratulatory Message)

The 49ers had a great season. I’m very proud of them, can’t wait until next year. This was the first year in awhile that I actually watched this many games — and the activity sure did ease the blues I get during winter

 OUTSTANDING JOB FELLAS!!!!

I have always been, and will always be, a supporter!

A win would be the ultimate reason to celebrate, but a celebration is still in order, because y’all rocked it this season!

Chin Up, keep your heads held high….  

 

GD



“Curious & Confused” written by Author G . D. Grace

Yours…

Sweet without asking for  more…

Than I can give

Closer to complete

Regardless of how I looked…

In spite of the mistakes I made

Real without critique

Minus judgements

Lighter than the air breathed

You entered the realm of me

Afraid to reveal your true self

So afraid of what they whispered

Too weak to stand on your own

You hated me because I knew

As if I were the reason why…

Blaming me for what had been revealed

Dismissing those times we shared

As if they didn’t exist

And I took it without a challenge

Because as long as I knew

Why should it matter…

And when we came back together

We were strangers

Looking at each other differently

As if to forget

But that was your reaction

I just looked at you bewildered

Wondering why you buckled

Puzzled by why it even mattered

And where are we right now?

So close to done

I sit across from you

I see

I observe

I notice

I play the game too

Why bother when denial infects you

I was the scapegoat

It was all on me

You were an unwilling participant

Yelling and spewing deception

For probing ears

As if it could erase what I saw

Like it could void the role you played in this

There was no reluctance

There was no resistance

You watched my eyes amused

We went back and fourth for days

Teasing and taunting for weeks

Suppressing our desires for months

And here we are years later

Playing the same games

With different rules

I don’t hate you

No

I adapted

Like I’ve always done

But lately I’ve grown tired

Weary from your show

Burnt out from watching you

Ignore

Resist

Look past

Look to the left

Then to the right

Catching that stolen glance

The whole charade

Frustration is full

I’m geared to walk

Leave you here

Alone in this space

Right where I found you

Curious and confused

Hoping you’d meet

Someone like me

Back to square one

I’ve traveled as far as I can

With you

It was

Almost

But now

It’s a done deal

I had to get to this place

For whatever reason I had to

Go this far

Yes…

Perhaps one day I’ll understand but for now…

I’m gone.

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G. D. Remembers Teena Marie in 2011

Teena Marie (March 5th, 1956 – December 26th, 2010)

Though you have transitioned on sweet spirit, know that your legacy lives in your beautiful daughter Alia Rose, and in the countless melodic classics you left behind.  I know that somewhere out there in the hereafter you are still creating poetically touching lyrics and, as quoted by a good friend of mine at the memorial services of another good friend, “Well done, Teena…  Well done”.

-Author G. D. Grace

Teena Marie’s “I’m On Fire” from her chart topping CD “La Dona

 

6 Piece & A Biscuit, keeping Teena Marie’s legacy alive.  Their cover of  “I Need Your Lovin”

 

19 Year Old Murdered In Broad Daylight (reflections of writer) GD

East Palo Alto has been home for many years, and I remember the first day we moved in.   I remember a neighbor kid knocking on our door asking our parents if they had any other little boys to play with.   It’s funny how you can remember certain snapshots in life so vividly.  That kid and his family have been longtime friends of ours for over 4 decades.  He and his siblings are parents and grandparents now.  My brother and sister are also parents now, and I am the proud of uncle of 8 nieces and nephews.

Over the years I have witnessed the city of East Palo Alto evolve from a small town with a bevy of  corner convenient stores into a bustling city with a Four Seasons Hotel, an IKEA,  and numerous other department stores but, in spite of all that progressive development, one thing continues to occur.

Senseless killing.

His name was, Brandon Lamar Bradford Jr., and he was 19 years old.  He was gunned down in broad day light yesterday, Wednesday 12/14/2011.   My sincere condolences go out to his family and friends.

RIP, Little Solider, may your death inspire peace ….

 

 

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17 Year OLd & A Cancer Breakthrough!!! (reflections of a writer) GD

While listening to KBLX, a radio station here in the San Francisco Bay Area, this morning I discovered that a 17 year old discovered a way for medicine to strike only the cancer cells in a person with cancer, which means that treatment would become more effective in fighting it (and perhaps eliminating it).  Then, they added this:  And for this and many other reasons we continue to invest in educating our youth.  QUIT CUTTING OPTIONS FOR EDUCATION!  And, I couldn’t agree with them more.   If the powers that be continuing cutting the nose to spite the face, there will soon be nothing left to cut.  (reflections of a writer) GD

 

 

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“Spirit” written by Author G. D. Grace

Recognize…

Comprehend…

Analyze…

Understand…

Who…

What…

Why…

See it for what is…

Accept it as nothing more…

Learn but lightly grasp…

Dwell but depart fast…

Rise with every fall…

Dissect the vast and small…

Proceed forward in spite of pain…

Find solace in every minute gained…

Emerge stronger from lowest low…

Progressive strides align with go…

On wisdom’s wall outline your worth…

Translate your purpose while here on earth…

Be not afraid to see outside…

Exist beyond common without the chains of pride…

Decree optimism as an action verb…

Declare the opposite as obsolete unheard….

Inhale essence from the meaning of life…

Exhale balance and let in seep into right…

See who you are and not what some see…

Know that independent thinking is the key to free…

Accept what it is and know what it’s not…

Understand how it is and step from the dark…

Delete judgment and remove a burden not yours….

Then watch how it flies, how it zips, and the heights it will soar…

Spirit

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Seal’s “Fly Like An Eagle”

TEENA MARIE’S DAUGHTER LIVE IN CONCERT-JAMMING!

TEENA MARIE’S DAUGHTER LIVE IN CONCERT-JAMMING!.

One Year to Love – Written by Author G. D. Grace (Dec 2011)

One Year to Love

Written by Author G. D. Grace

December 2011

“Who’s there?”

“Don’t be afraid, I am not here to hurt you.  I was sent from light years away, to spend one year with you and show you the love that The Almighty has in store for you,” the voice said.

“Where are you?  Why can’t I see you?” I asked nervously.

“I am right here,” he said, as he drifted from the darkness into the light of my bedroom.

“…but you’re half my age,” I said, confused by his admission.

“Why don’t people understand that, when it comes to love, age is just another ploy by fear to interject and remove possibilities?” He said.

“Perhaps it’s because the age difference eventually does become a problem…  but, forget about all that, what did you mean when you said you were sent from light years away to show me…” He completed my sentence.

“Love… Yes that is what I said.  The strength you displayed last year when you walked away from that relationship was amazing, yet you still manage to doubt yourself and question your strength,” He whispered, as he moved closer into my personal space.

I could feel the warmth coming from his body as he stood close enough to move in for a neck-kiss.  No sooner did I complete that thought did his lips move across the base of my neck in the back.

“Don’t be afraid,” He said.

“This isn’t right,” I told him, moving forward and away from his tender, moist lips.

“What are you frightened of?”

“Nothing,” I said, annoyed by his correct assumption.

“You walked away from that relationship last year because you knew you deserved better.  You knew that he could never completely give himself to you because he was still lodged inside of another soul’s heart,” he told me.

“Okay, that did it.  How do you speak of things about my life with such certainty as if you were there witnessing what took place?” I said, spinning around to face him from a distance.

He smiled.

“Because, I am love…” was all he said.

I was dumfounded.

His beauty exceeded his exterior…

What shone from within his interior intrigued my spiritual base.  It was as if he was revealing to me some ancient secret sought by many, but only found by some.  I knew that I would allow him to show me whatever it was he was sent to show me, because my hunger for love seemed to be overshadowing my senses.

“You are love?” I asked, rhetorically.

to be continued….

 

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Seal’s “Love’s Divine”

“Intuition’s Foresight” (reflections of a writer) GD

Recognizing that, sometimes, destiny places us where we are because there is something we missed the first time around. My intuition’s foresight keeps allowing me to peek into the future and I’ve seen an image that has calmed my spirit and added fuel to my ambition. Though I wasn’t able to see the entire vision, within I’m sure. Shorter are they, the days, but light will always find its way (reflections of a writer) GD

 

 

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I Have Only Myself To Blame (reflections of a writer) GD

A deep longing can really alter perception and wound the spirit.  Over the years I have learned a great deal about myself and know that I have the tendency to wear my heart on my sleeve — and it’s out in view far too often.

Susceptible to roving eyes that are interested in seizing an opportunity to benefit either emotionally or monetarily, we wander into situations out of curiosity in search of whatever it is that is missing within ourselves, trying to fill that void in our lives.

What I had to grasp onto, eventually, is that sometimes we allow ourselves to be in the role of “victim”, and we wallow around in self-pity, immersing ourselves in despair and cluttering our spirits with the aftermath of heartbreak, but our depression really is self-inflicted.

If we let our hearts lead us during every encounter then we are really setting ourselves up to be disappointed, however, if we lead with an understanding that is fueled with courage and strength, then we walk into these situations fully equipped and prepared for any outcome.

When I learned to confidently say, “I have only myself to blame,” that’s when I gained full control of what I call, my life.

(reflections of a writer)

GD

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