It was plain to see that my wife was radiantly happy. All of the differences that we seemed to have been having, all of the tenseness, the worry, confusion, the hectic days and nights that my drinking had poured into […]
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Enough
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. ~ Meister Eckhart Three kinds of prayer. Give me, help me, use me. Good prayers, each in its way. Give me serenity […]
Continue reading »Laughing at Me
I’ve tried laughing at myself and I like it. ~ For Today (Kindle Locations 417-418). I hung back, a wallflower, hiding in the open, hoping you wouldn’t see me unless you wanted to praise, to build up, to boost me. […]
Continue reading »Not Defiance
Belief meant reliance, not defiance. ~ Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 31. Belief. An opinion, a view, an achievement of logic to accept a premise. Shall we discuss, debate, analyze, flesh out? Colleagues collaborating, equals scrutinizing. But […]
Continue reading »Simple as Porridge
Haiku, as Jack Kerouac once said, should be as simple as porridge. ~ Michael Dylan Welch How simple is porridge? As familiar as nursery rhymes and mysterious as hasty pudding — which turns out to be about the same. Speak of […]
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