Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
We have included Mark Pearson’s music in this post. Please click on the link above in your email, or Click Here A while back I introduced you to Mark Pearson, a fraternity brother of mine. In his sixty years as a singer and songwriter he does in music what I’ve attempted to do in words. As a member of the folk group The Brothers Four, … Continue reading The Way of Everything
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly. That is the first law of nature.” ~ Voltaire I’d like to share my story of how I learned a new language — the language of the heart. Not long after I sobered up I bought a cabin on the Swinomish … Continue reading How I Learned A New Language
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here Jean-Jacques Rousseau claimed that children were by nature good and learned best through their own unfettered life experiences. It wasn’t either good or necessary for parents to interfere. Rousseau also said, “The first thing a child should learn is how to endure.” Endurance is needed to successfully … Continue reading Enduring Together
In 1918 the photographer Eric Engstrom wanted an uplifting picture for a nation at war. He found a subject in Thomas Wilden, a local food peddler, at his dinner table in solitary prayer. I’ve kept the picture close to remind me of how, when, and where I first understood prayer. In an earlier post, I shared the story about an event that occurred in September … Continue reading A Prayer, or a Plea
“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