With a nod to Carlos Colón aka Haiku Elvis. Hopeless… Silkwood. Ebby. Jigsaw thoughts. Why recall sot’s odd epitaph decades later? Drunks discard stunning news that’s changing me you guys didn’t nor did I write it but […]
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Continued
The tenth step begins with the word “continued,” our first clue that perseverance is about to become a key aspect of our recovery program. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 963-964). Daddy always said, “There’s […]
Continue reading »Willing. Not Wanting To.
We need to remember, however, that we can be willing to do something we don’t want to do. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 872-873). Willing to make amends, to admit my fault, to make […]
Continue reading »The Lord’s Prayer Incarnate
We’re the Lord’s Prayer incarnate. We have certainly trespassed against each other. ~ Pete Townshend about Roger Daltrey Offensive. Blasphemous. Sacrilege. Won’t God be offended? Don’t we wear our offenses, our trespasses, around our necks, a fetter to our past, to our sins? […]
Continue reading »The Joy of Jumping In
I have experienced the joy of jumping in without self-consciousness and rising to my own and others’ expectations. ~ For Today (Kindle Location 2703) Standing on the sidelines is safe, protected, unobtrusive… disappointing. Jumping in is fearsome, intimidating, terrifying, unnerving… exhilarating. […]
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