I bought a 70th birthday card… and didn’t send it, a silly card declaring a desire to not grow older. She was in the hospital on the birthday. Forty-nine days later she was gone. Who but a lawyer would think […]
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Simple
Simple as uncarved wood. ~ Tao Te Ching They say the steps are simple. Not easy. They’re not easy because we want to mess with them, to interpret them, to clarify them, to improve them. They take commitment, surrender, dedication, […]
Continue reading »Shadows of the Soul
Nightmares haunt my sleep, anxieties plague my days, regrets burden my leisure as guilt drives me to escape, to find such peace as once I knew, to behaviors in times past that comforted my fears. The world remains the same. […]
Continue reading »Not a Lifetime
If I had to do anything for a lifetime I would never start today. Oh, if that’s my intention — a lifetime — I see the advantage, the benefits. But especially if it’s good for me, a right step, a new direction, […]
Continue reading »Layers
We start with Step One. Our lives are unmanageable. By that we mean we’re miserable, perhaps suicidal, depressed as heck, at the end of our rope. We work the rest of the steps and find it so much better, a […]
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