Massive storm, the street a river, rain abated but lightning, thunder linger. Power out, candles, batteries, darkness. God. Time, excuses gone, just us. Why does it have to come to this to pull me to contemplate, to visit, to sit […]
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Molding a Mind
One date six decades ago shaped my life, my thinking, my future. The day a nine-year-old me moved from the only home I knew, from friends, playmates, Brownies, church buddies to a small town so small the other fourth graders […]
Continue reading »The Bane of Excess
Excess kills the very qualities I seek in anything, be it possessions, activities or food. ~ For Today (Kindle Location 2440). I know how to quit a stupid game, be it Angry Birds or Spider Sol, Shisen or Sudoku, crossword […]
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“God willing, we … may never again have to deal with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (Kindle Locations 6456-6457) They call them dry drunks, the ones not working a program […]
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…in OA there are no laurels. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Location 1544). Imagine resting on laurels. If resting is sitting, balance would be difficult, prickly, or would crush the leaves to future compost components. If resting is leaning, how […]
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