Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. This thought remembers an old friend I wrote about on the first Sunday in January 2016: Alice Bailey. Alice was a tiny English woman who played a very important role in the early life of my family. She was a surrogate mother to our mom and a surrogate grandmother … Continue reading Half Empty or Half Full?
“I write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ~ Anais Nin On the morning of December 31, 2015 Marsha and I published our first post.. I want to share a few thoughts on turning 10. First, a little history. What gave rise to JAT were heartbreaking losses: my brother Steve in 2009 my brother Kevin in 2015 Their deaths left me … Continue reading 10 Years of Just A Thought
Friends, On Thanksgiving Day weekend, as I stopped to consider what I was grateful for, my thoughts quickly went to the natural beauty that surrounds us everywhere — if we remember to stop and notice. These images, in their exquisite detail, caught my attention. I invite you take a few minutes to look around, whatever the season where you live, and take in the activity … Continue reading Unspeakable Beauty
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. “How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss I recently heard from a person I hadn’t spoken with in 50 years. Someone once dear to me and with whom I shared my first great adventure my first great failure Our parting left me with a broken memory … Continue reading On Mending Memories
To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. “The haughty man strides like a peacock, his shadow stretching long behind him—yet it vanishes the moment the sun sets. His words are thunder without rain, loud and empty, leaving only echoes of his own name.” ~ Author Unknown My heart yearns for connections with people who possess open … Continue reading A Delicious Serving of Humble Pie