Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
In order to enjoy the music in today’s post please click the link above in your email. Or click here. I’ve taken great delight in listening to your Voyager selections for our journey through space and time. Music has such a magnificent way of stirring up memories. We will be sharing more of your music in upcoming posts. Recently, a ballad from singer/songwriter … Continue reading Grit ~ Gratitude ~ Grace
We got wind over the holidays that a number of dear friends have have had a rough go of it. One friend said it was like having the lights go out, then living in darkness with no way to turn them back on. Living in darkness may be the ultimate experience of powerlessness. I remember when such a darkness hung over me. It was June … Continue reading The Beauty of Borrowed Light
In the journey of self-discovery perhaps the most amazing revelation is just how improbable it is that you ever got to be a self at all. What are the odds of ever being born? One in 400 trillion. Wow. Indeed, we did win the lottery the day we were blessed with the opportunity to take our place on the tree of life. For me, once … Continue reading Our 1 in 400 Trillion Shot
[This post includes a short video best experienced from the Just a Thought website. Please click the link above.] “Our country’s honor calls upon us for a vigorous … exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world.” ~ George Washington The same can be said of America in the current moment. If Washington were to return to our … Continue reading A Portrait of Honor
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” ― Martha Washington And yet in places like Gaza and Ukraine and the Sudan it’s impossible to believe that anyone could find happiness in such harsh, brutal and terrifying circumstances. But miraculously, people do. And it is one of the great miracles of life. We see it … Continue reading The Flutter of Happiness