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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIf she thinks my tractor\u2019s sexy, wait till she gets to my combine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love is all there is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smite me with those problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throw me another bone. Even the marrow is better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve never been good at keeping my guard up. I\u2019ve been sucker-punched once or twice, but I\u2019m willing to go a few rounds with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turned around in Memphis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kinda feeling like Moses, looking at the Promised Land where I will never be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do I need a hunting license or a lawyer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may get me in the wash, but you won\u2019t get me in the rinse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fly high, Mom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It helps if you\u2019re able to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And to those I hurt along the way, I owned it all, but it owned me, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Row, row, row your boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every man has his share of heartache. Every man has his share of pain. Everyman has his share of losing. Every man has his share of gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want you to cry. I want you to laugh. How else will I know that I have lived?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a Post-Truth world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have to dress for the kind of weather you want it to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Run to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jerry Merrick, the last munchkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The globe is wobbling like a belly dancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A happy person enjoys the scenery on a detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are no Band-Aids in heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will in Arkansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Living with an open heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My life\u2019s been vanilla. Coulda used some tutti fruity along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drink responsibly. \u201cLove, you steer. I\u2019ll make sure I drink it all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your statues and your flags are drenched with the blood of the oppressed. There are museums for such things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I swallowed your heart and it went down easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Broken in three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Living in the in-betweens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are on our way to getting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love\u2019s ripening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just cute enough to destroy your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Jesus waved a flag\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Gospel According to Judas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You raked my heart with a razor-sharp fine-toothed comb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I got a bobcat-lined guitar case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, yeah. I\u2019m in recovery but I ain\u2019t happy about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes Satan does G_d\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus, make me squeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let go of the person that was, and accept the person that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doing wrong is what I do best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m popular in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t feel like chasing that buzz tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave me the hell alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You give me one of the greatest gifts I\u2019ve ever been given: permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Assumption of Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laugh without light in your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The best journeys are those that answer questions which in the beginning you did not even know to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next issue: \u201cNotes in My Phone: Part Two\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026and that\u2019s the View from The Balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Randy Weeks is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Life Coach. He can be reached at randallsweeks@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I currently have 371 notes in my cellphone. While there are a few old grocery lists and reminders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":39753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11902],"tags":[10286,10878],"class_list":["post-110098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-randy-weeks","tag-randy-weeks","tag-the-view-from-the-balcony"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-5-11-View-from-the-Balcony.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"