Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
I heard it said long ago it’s not that the way is narrow, but narrowness is the way. For years I played by my own rules. That worked well for me until it didn’t and my life was consumed with dragging myself out of a ditch. It’s easy to forget in these days of aloneness there are lots of great lessons out there, available for … Continue reading Wisdom to Keep Us Out of the Ditch
“You peer into my life to find a lingering past, but I tell you it was sunken thousand fathoms deep and weighted down with my dead self. You look into my breast to find that old, old open wound, but I tell you I seared it with my hot tears and only the cicatrix is there. You look into my eyes to read that oft-told … Continue reading Pushing Through
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer Our perceptions are as consequential to us as our ability to think, breathe and feel. They have the power to dictate: how we see the world, how we treat other people, how we feel about ourselves. Our perceptions have the power to lift us … Continue reading It Matters How We See Things
After my recent accident I spent a restless night in the hospital. Almost being run over by my own car had left me shaken and nearly a whole day had been wiped from my memory. I found it impossible to sleep and I lay awake most of the night reflecting on what had happened. Strangely, it turned into a kind of Charlie Brown moment. You … Continue reading A Thought After My Accident
“A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. Oh, the comfort – the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person – having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, … Continue reading Your Forever Friend