Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
For a better reading experience (better text formatting), please click on the link above in your email, or Click Here For a whole host of reasons these days feel a little dark and foreboding — just like it is when a hurricane is ready to make landfall. Who doesn’t feel a little: exposed vulnerable endangered unsafe\ We need to remind each other these days are … Continue reading Finding Your Safe Place
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly. That is the first law of nature.” ~ Voltaire I’d like to share my story of how I learned a new language — the language of the heart. Not long after I sobered up I bought a cabin on the Swinomish … Continue reading How I Learned A New Language
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL AND JOIN US ON OUR HOME PAGE, or click here. “It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never … Continue reading Good Endings Aren’t Necessarily Happy
Who was the first person who helped you set your internal compass to true north? It’s a question I’ve given a lot of thought to since I’ve become a grandparent. I remember how difficult it was for me as a kid to find a positive direction. Life seemed to pummel me with a never-ending barrage of rules and regulations. The way I remember it: On … Continue reading Fixing a Broken Compass
TO ENJOY THE VIDEO IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here. A life story can never be written alone for the simple reason we don’t live alone, and because we don’t ~ we need the help of others to make sense of our experience. Editors collaborate with us in the telling of the story of: who we are … Continue reading Who Edits Your Story?