Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
“The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.” – Aristotle Words tend to lose their meaning over time. When Donald Trump describes himself as “hugely successful,” I walk away shaking my head muttering, “not by my definition.” So I’ve been reminded that the word virtue has been redefined for me in sobriety. There was a sobriety meeting at the Washington State Prison at … Continue reading The Virtuous Life (plus 300)
For Mothers, wherever we find them. “Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy. We can none of us … Continue reading Mother India Claims A Son
“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