Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
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?
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here. “To love at all is to be vulnerable.” ~ C.S. Lewis NOTE FROM MARSHA: Eileen and I have been friends since we were 10 years old. Today, she shares her poignant story of learning to receive care and support from others. As someone who shares the kind … Continue reading Vulnerability and Grace (by Eileen)
On Saturday, August 31, 2024 we laid to rest Tucker McHugh, one who will be forever remembered as a sunny day spirit. We reprise this thought from 2021. “The Sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” ~ Galileo Galilei For those who’ve … Continue reading Sunny Day Spirits
[Reprised from 2016] NEWS BULLETIN ISTANBUL: “Hundreds of sheep followed their leader off a cliff in eastern Turkey, plunging to their deaths this week while shepherds looked on in dismay. Four hundred sheep fell 15 metres to their deaths in a ravine in Van Province near Iran but broke the fall of another 1,100 animals who survived, newspaper reports said yesterday. Shepherds from Ikizler village … Continue reading Beyond a Rock and a Hard Place
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here. Plato describes humans as coming into the world “naked, unshod, unbedded, and unarmed,” needing the gifts of fire and practical wisdom to compensate. That pretty much sums up my growing up experience, naked unshod unbedded unarmed electing to being burned to a crisp by the fires of … Continue reading Meeting the Moment