Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
“For he will do ~ As he do do ~ And there’s no doing anything about it!” ~ TS Elliot The picture of Charlie Brown picture pretty much sums up my experience of a life fueled on self-will and alcohol: soon to be laid out – ass end down. I would swear there was a conspiracy by the powers that be to deny me a break! My own story … Continue reading A Boy Grows Up
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” ~ T.E. Lawrence In my early days of sobriety as a twilight dreamer I was like … Continue reading Open Mind
“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the popularity of dogs.” ~ Napoleon Why is it so easy to spot the other guy’s illusion and not our own? I find this to be particularly true when matters of religion come into the picture. I remember as a child being quite certain that my Baptist friend was misguided in his thinking because he was not a … Continue reading Illusions
I traveled to India last November I flew a polar route through Dubai. I was lucky enough to have sitting next to me a 29-year-old economist from the UK named Chris. He was going to Abu Dabi for a conference on famine relief and since we had a 16-hour flight, we struck up a conversation that was for me both fascinating and a bit disturbing. I … Continue reading Am I Pilgrim or Tourist?
o Alice Bailey and Lessons on Friendship Mom and dad were social people and our home was a focal point of all sorts of gatherings and get-togethers. These were the days of no locked doors, where everyone shared one long back yard. Every neighbor was a teacher and parenting was a pooled activity. It was a world where children were NOT the center of attention and very often NOT … Continue reading A Thought on Friendship