One day at a time. Don’t dredge up yesterday, don’t borrow from tomorrow. One day begun by looking at what’s scheduled, by stopping at the beginning seeking guidance, asking willingness, surrendering. A day spent doing the next right thing, using […]
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Goodbye, Buffet
When “all you can eat” feels like a challenge, a dare, a commitment to gorge on, stuff down, try it all… When you feel that value requires you to make a hole noticeable in the feast set out, a deep […]
Continue reading »The Yellow Brick Road
Have I followed Dorothy into Oz? I find myself in the midst of a people, odd somewhat but oh, so friendly, praising me when it feels like I’ve done nothing worthy, when I come confused, befuddled, lost, desperate… They point […]
Continue reading »Settled
Settled. As in stodgy. I never would have thought such a state would seem a state of bliss. But compare! A constant state of agitation, of fear, of anxiety, of guilt of hatred, of jealousy… or all of them flung […]
Continue reading »Cookie Monster, History Amended
Jim Henson came up with a blue fuzzy character, one who gobbled cookies, growled “Me want cookie!”, “Me eat cookie!”, and “Om nom nom nom.” The Muppets may first have put googly eyes with the voracious appetite but generations before […]
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