Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
This post is best viewed from the Just A Thought website. Please click here. “Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Compassion recognizes in another what we recognize in ourselves.” ~ Pema Chodrom In all my years no virtue has come to make more sense to me than compassion, the willingness to act for the well-being of … Continue reading Why Compassion?
On the 14th of June of this year, 2025, God willing, I will complete my 40th year of sobriety. I thought during the coming weeks and months I’d share a few memories of sobriety with you. One of my first and most memorable moments occurred at the old Fremont Hall with a woman I came to know as Helen B., who chaired the late night … Continue reading The Miracle Of Showing Up
To hear the music in today’s post, please go to the Just A Thought website. PLEASE CLICK HERE In life, sometimes, we tumble into a crevasse, deep enough, dark enough, dangerous enough, to reorder our priorities and change how we live the rest of our lives. My tumble taught me three things about crevasses: They’re almost impossible to avoid, They’re terrifyingly consuming, They’re virtually impossible … Continue reading The Great Crevasse
Recent events of which we are all aware have reminded me how easy it is to reject the truth while enraptured in a distorted reality. This is a hard memory for me but one that is right for this moment. Thirty years ago I sponsored for a short time a young crack addict. I met him at a meeting in Chicago and I said I’d … Continue reading Leaving the World of Distorted Reality
This post is best experienced from the Just A Thought website. PLEASE CLICK HERE “Monday brings last sunny 70s forecast in Seattle for now; clouds ahead” ~ Seattle Times: Oct. 7, 2024 at 11:19 am We are entering the time in the Pacific Northwest when sunny days are at a premium. Soon the panoramic view of the Olympics and the Cascades will be but a … Continue reading Becoming A Lamplighter