Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
TO ENJOY THE VIDEO IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here On June 14 I began my 40th year of sobriety. For the past 30 years I’ve shared that walk with Marsha. How grateful I am. Today I’m reprising her story from an earlier post… ***** I’m Marsha, and I’m not an alcoholic. When I got together … Continue reading Why I Love Sobriety (by Marsha)
A while back I came across an article that shared an interesting statistic. Sixty percent of today’s school-age children see themselves as exceptional, compared to the 8% who saw themselves exceptional in 1964. Today, being average is unacceptable. An Interesting situation when you consider most of us, in most things, are — average. But this statistic opened me up to the larger question of how … Continue reading Righting An Upside-Down World
I wonder sometimes what kind of friend I am. Will I show up when it really counts? What effort am I really ready to make to sustain a friendship? Am I just a fair weather friend? Then I came upon this story from an unknown author: Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his … Continue reading What Kind of Friend Am I?
TO ENJOY THE MESSAGE ATTACHED IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here In the 15 years Marsha and I have published Just a Thought we’ve asked nothing from our readers, other than to share music, and submit your own post, should you be so inclined. Our work has been a labor of love is, as it rightly should … Continue reading It’s Time to Act
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here From the Just a Thought archives we present this beautiful thought from Joe Nagy, composed in remembrance of the tragic incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School. When my son was growing up, we lived next door to the elementary school that he attended. In the afternoons we … Continue reading The Sacrificial Life (by Joe)