Category Archives: Sobriety

Sobriety

Helplessly Hopeful — Celebrating 40 Years of Sobriety

To read today’s post in its optimal format and listen to the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here.  This week I celebrated 40 years of sobriety. In remembrance of when this journey began I’d like to share what I call my helplessly hoping.moment with you, They are one person.    They are two alone.   They are three together. … Continue reading Helplessly Hopeful — Celebrating 40 Years of Sobriety »

Sobriety

An Ode to Wokeness

To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. “Your mind is a garden; your thoughts are the seeds. The harvest will bring either flowers or weeds.” ~ Robert Thomas Jacobs  Maybe the most formative moment in my young life was the day I ~ WOKE UP ~ I woke up to the world beyond … Continue reading An Ode to Wokeness »

Humility, Peace of Mind, Sobriety

Our Shared Lifeboat

To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. I recently came upon this headline in the Seattle Times: “It’s Breathtaking: Entitled Behavior on Flights is Getting Worse” It went on to say….. “There’s a societal trend toward selfishness; it’s ‘me-first’ and ‘me-only,’ says Lori Freemire, a Denver-based flight attendant. ‘There’s little regard for the gate … Continue reading Our Shared Lifeboat »

Love, Meaning Making, Sobriety

Why Compassion?

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? »