Mike Sansone

To Love, Live, Learn, and Lauch

Whats My Why?

To be a friendly face among strangers who travel through a wearisome land: Giving a reason for hope, lending an ear, sharing a smile, or by offering a hand.

It is my strong desire to give people a season of love, a reason to laugh, and both of my ears to listen to them. By doing so, I learn more about living daily.

In between the short and long of it, I've created this space to capture and share thoughts, images, videos, or other items of interest that don't fit neatly elsewhere (either in size or scope).

I am a writer, a watcher, a waiter, and a wonderer. A Coach, Servant, Connection Maker, and Action Taker.

To Be a Good Samaratin

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Should the opportunity arise,
that a Good Samaritan I can be,
May I always remember,
credit shouldn’t be given me.
(1 Peter 4:11)

Make Today Your Masterpiece.

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Yesterday is over. Tomorrow is out of your control until it becomes a “today”. Today is a blank canvas.

Why wait to work or play or give or (whatevs) more tomorrow if such is in your power to do today. Really, tomorrow is in large part determined by what you do today.

Make today your masterpiece. Give today your all.

#DieEmptyDaily

Vain Thoughts

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I hate vain thoughts,
They sneak up into my brain
Too often, I notice them for what they are
Late. After they’ve grown, but hopefully
Hopefully before a decision or action.

I hate vain thoughts.
Who am I to think like that or compare
Ego and envy are sneaky opponents within
I so love God’s Word, to my rescue and refuge
The Gospel in my pockets left and right.

A KJV paper in my left thigh, a device in my right hip
So when I recognize my longing or languish
I can reach and refresh and re-realize
God’s gifts and grace and truth.
“I hate vain thoughts
But thy law do I love.” (Ps. 119:113 KJV)

A Deeper Dive

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For me, it is in the early morning, before dawn, that I feel the freedom to go search the depths of thought and feeling.

Giving myself time to go deep – rather than waking up “just in time” – so that I can study or pray or write or research or read. The “just in time” leads to shallow skimming of the surface of each quiet thing I can do more fully in the pre-dawn.

Doing so while others sleep insist on my being quiet, slow, and soft. And deep.

I would rather ponder and pray,
Than in my bed I might rather stay,
So that I can approach the depths of my soul.

And if I take time for rest,
May the next time I better invest,
A deeper dive to quietly know myself whole.