Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
The first real job I ever had was as a Seattle Times paper boy. I delivered papers seven days a week to homes on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Working my route, I learned a few things about my neighbors: many were lonely many felt isolated many were without family I learned just showing up made a difference in their … Continue reading What I Learned as a Paper Boy
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. ***** “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” ~ Eldridge Cleaver In 1968 I read Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver, a book that, in my college days, would move me like few others. He said, in describing 1968, “The destiny of the entire … Continue reading Mark Pearson Remembers 1968
To read today’s post and hear the recording, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. For Americans, and perhaps many others, it is easy to get swept away by what’s been happening in the news these days. It’s as though a giant tsunami has swept over us. We have endured any number of tsunamis in our history. 1776 1861 1929 1941 … Continue reading Remembering 1968
To read this post in its optimal format, click the link above, or click here. I’ve consumed hundreds of books on a wide range of topics including history, philosophy, religion, politics and government. I have studied the lives of many of the significant leaders of the past three hundred years. Plus, I worked in Washington DC for ten years and lived half my life in … Continue reading The Struggle of Being Moral
To read today’s post and hear the recording, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. I would like to thank my cousin Sue Owner for her permission to share her remarkable story — a story well worth telling on the amazing power of forgiveness. “Fools,” said I, “You do not know – Silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might … Continue reading A Lesson in Forgiveness