If you are looking for trust, where is it that you look?
Do you trust a person, the internet, an app, or a book?
Trust is about predictability, and believing it is true.
This might connect with something, you already knew.
You trust something, when you always know the result.
You know what the outcome will be, without any consult.
You trust something when it’s logical, and it makes sense.
You agree with, and can always follow, all of the contents.
You can trust something, when you get a feeling in your gut.
Like when you don’t try to eat the chocolate, with the walnut.
You can trust something that is open, honest, and that is fair.
Those are not three components, that you’ll find everywhere.
We trust someone when they are reliable, credible, and true.
We trust them, when they are focused on themselves and you.
People trust you when you’re honest and honorable, as well.
You admit wrongdoing, and are clear with everything you tell.
You are vulnerable, and show people that you always care.
You stand up for what you strongly believe in, everywhere.
You are always helpful and honest, sometimes to a fault.
If you do these things, a trusting relationship is the result.
Written by: Craig Dunkleberger
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THE RULES DON’T APPLY
Nick Shockney, the current CCPS Assistant Superintendent broke the law and it was covered up. This poem odd to blow the whistle on this behavior and hold him accountable for his actions, once and for all B
PERSPECTIVE AND IDENTITY
If I see a six, and you see a nine; No perspective, needs a redefine. Perspective, lies in the beholder. Each is found, above the shoulder.
FREE TO LIBERATE
Every American has the liberty to simply choose. Too many give that right up, for too many views. Your choice might not be the same, as my choice. Your choice isn’t better, making me lose my voice.
CENSORING MY VOICE
Don’t silence my voice, if it’s different than you. My opinions are many, they are not just a few. How can I stay quiet, when i was mistreated? The silent, give it permission, to be repeated.
EFFORT ITSELF
Any effort starts with the decision to just try. Effort requires energy, for us to then apply. A decision of effort, starts inside of our brain. The brain’s nueroplasticity, is what we’ll gain.
GET A GRIP ON YOUR GRUDGE
It is a hard feeling, when you hold a grudge. You can’t let go of the past, and won’t budge. All of the future is blurry because of the past. They blur together, as time has then amassed.
THE COLORS WE ALL SEE
You will always see color, and me, will just the same. Our eyesight doesn’t need adjustment, or reframe. Color is something, we all see, with some emotion. The colors we see, set our emotions, into motion.
OPEN YOUR MIND
Everyone has different beliefs, all felt in the heart. First, you have beliefs, they make you fall apart. Untrue beliefs, are confronted from the very start. Understanding your current thinking, plays a part.
PARENTS AS ARTISTS
When your child is born, they are simply a blank slate. They are but a canvas, for your artwork to demonstrate. Artwork, is not a duplication, but an opportunity for art. No formula or directions are given, right from the start.
WHO AM EYE?
Always be humble, kind, happy and proud. Be the man in the arena; in front of a crowd. Funny how we view “pride”, as a deadly sin. I’m about to dismiss that belief, as we begin.
GROWING COMPARISON
Feeling envy, is chosen as a deadly cardinal sin. Being jealous, puts you back where you begin. Envy is wanting what someone does possess. Jealous is the intimation; of a lack of progress.
MORE THAN BEFORE
Never less, or never more. Never equal, out the door. Compare to some, to all. Making everyone then fall.
Good to Great Leadership
A leader inspires passion, and motives others to follow. You must follow before leading, a hard pill to swallow. A leader can see into the future and knows the pathway. Creating actionable steps, to not make any go astray.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Sides and corners, are for push and pull. Making some right, making others a fool. Dots connect, if they can just remain still. Disconnecting, if moving, causing a thrill.
Dots are hard to connect, when in motion. Water still connects, like waves in an ocean. We have nothing to fear, but that of a shove.…
BE YOUR TRUE
All the same, the different, and the in between; Are making the choice, to show up and be seen. Sometimes questioning, what’s the best result. A choice that is yours, without any more consult.
X-RAY VISIONS OF HOPE
Turn on your x-ray vision, and then lets look inside of anybody. The differences outside, the same inside for us all, to embody. Our skin color, is just the melanin, that our skin must possess. The color of our shell and human interiors, make us all digress.
DESPISE THE DISPUTE
At some point in our life, we have all been in a dispute. A dispute with a loved one, shouldn’t be trivial pursuit. When we disagree on anything, it’s never about the win. It isn’t even, about making, the other person your twin.
DIVIDED AND UNITED
The Republicans and Democrats, both think that they’re right.Standing up for what we all believe in, always worth, the fight.Through this fighting, this disagreement, they miss the purpose.Not choosing to make things better for all, but making it worse. At the core, each of them is completely different, not ever wrong.It is these differences, not…
TAKING BACK CONTROL
When you turn eighteen years of age, you are finally in charge. An impetuous rush toward someone or something, to enlarge. No longer a child, you’re an adult, in charge of your own fate. You are given the right to stand up against injustice and hate.
THIS IS U.S.
This is me, I’m a United States Citizen, hear me roar. As of late, I have been treated differently than before. The constitutional rights of some, should be ones for all. Using liberty to deny freedom, democracy will then fall.
OUR TWO TRUTHS
When comparing our two truths, they are different or the same. Withholding or compromising your own truth, will cause pain. For your truth is yours, and my truth is mine, that’s accepted. Never let anyone convince you that your truth, must be rejected.
THE STATE OF THEM VS U.S.
Some people, in this world, are hanging on by a thread.Hard to live by the punishment, given to them instead.Hateful, spiteful, and revengeful behavior, are the cause.Degrading and lying about other people, gives pause. Some hateful people, didn’t get what they wanted done.So the torture and harassment that ensues, has just begun.Unable to forgive their…
MORE WITH LESS
You can be happier, confident, and fulfilled by actually doing less. Contradicting what many believe, who think more makes progress. You shouldn’t add another level if there are cracks in the foundation. You can improve the appearance of your structure with self-regulation.
BEING CONFLICTED OR RESISTANT
we see things that don’t match; It is our head, that we then begin to scratch. Things we know or believe, not what we see. We then must give ourselves, the third degree.
100% JUICE
Apples to oranges, then pears, just the same.Loving whom you love, without any refrain.Those who excite and thrill you, always right.Fight for love equality, on every single fight. While the apple is forbidden, with temptation.Temptation of admiration, on every vibration.The waves are in sinc, when finding true love.Making regard for affection, meet the above. Apples…
POINT OF YOU
In unison, like beats atop the drum, with that thumping pound. See with me, using a movie camera, recording the latest scene. Stopping and pausing, making sense of the camouflaged green.
ACCOUNTABILITY OVER PUNISHMENT
Let me start off by saying, that punishment will never be effective. It does horrible things to you, from mistakes, making you defective. It is easy to see, that not much logic, can be applied in the defense. Punishment and incarceration, will make every human, feel tense.
LET LOVE GROW
Love is a feeling, that comes from emotions we all feel inside. The combination of trust, respect, kindness, and even pride. Affection we feel for others, must always start with ourselves. Love doesn’t come from any gift, packaged by Santa’s
CALMING OUR CHOICES
When I’m feeling overwhelmed, give me the power to raise me up. Don’t let the water start to rapidly overflow, from inside of my cup. These feelings, overcome me, making it almost too much to bear. The panic, doom, and terror, I feel inside, outside, and everywhere.
DESTINATION: PLEASANT
All the good things in life, are found on the other side of fear. Enduring difficult emotions, can always be, a pain in the rear. Most people hate feeling difficult emotions, wanting it to go. Not truly understanding, they gave up, what they can bestow.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
When comparing anything, we must also, then contrast. Making the joy, that we feel, no longer continue, or last. When comparing to conform, we betray our difference. Seeing, being unlike or dissimilar, as a criminal offense.
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
Too many of us our living our fears, instead of our dreams. Living or perusing our dreams, never really what it seems. Always pulling the emergency brake, fearing that we’ll fail. Only reaching our dream, by believing that we will prevail.
TWO CENTS
The most powerful word, in the English language, is choose. Humans beings always choose something, to gain or to lose. Choices, that we make, are based on knowledge or on belief. The results of our choices, will either bring joy or
OUR SECRET SKELETONS
The secrets of the skeletons, always remain, in our closet. Some will try to take a withdraw, or even make a deposit. Like a cobra’s snake skin, they will always leave a thin trail. The skeletons, that have been shown and removed, prevail.
THE FIGHT IN THE BRIGHT
You might have thought, that you knew what it meant, to be smart. Thinking it’s a number, a quotient, that is only the beginning, a start. Intelligence and smartness, are two very different things, we possess. Our numbers and quotients, all different, will never make us, any less.
SHADOWS OF A SHADOW
My shadow, is scared, of everyone, but not, me. Following me around, giving me the third degree. He chases me, whenever I run, at a great speed. Always with me, it is me, who must, then concede.
SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS
o every problem, it is a solution, that we will always, seek. It does not matter the year, month, or the day of the week. Solutions, are not always found, inside of our very our mind. The best solutions, are always the ones, that are combined.
REPLACING THE TURKEY
Habits that are hardest to break, always have a purpose. When quitting these habits, they always come to surface. Risk must exceed reward, creating validity, to finally quit. Risks and rewards, will always make it easier, to commit.
AGAINST THE CURRENT
You are the captain of your ship, sitting on the sea. Having the ability, only you can overcome adversity. Adversity the waves, you’re just the entire wood ship. Always traveling on the high tide, before ever t
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