Even when I get around to meditating God’s assigned to his place, his time, his role… Oh, I ask that he direct my actions, that he lead me, that I manage to surrender control to him, not my will but […]
Continue reading »Hug a Redwood
I need to hug a redwood. ~ Dexter How do you be happy? Just do it. Live happy, breathe free, accept he bounty offered by the universe, there for the taking. Grab hold of joy, dance with abandon, bask in […]
Continue reading »No Magic
There is no magic…but there are miracles. ~Voices of Recovery (Kindle Location 3007). Just wishing for — praying for – leanness, painless weight loss, miracle beauty… it doesn’t work. Nothing leads to giving up, to rewarding self, to comforting with sugar, to […]
Continue reading »I’d Rather Have Joy
I can wallow in mire, in guilt, in obligation, in doubt. I can carry the weight of the world, worry, feel obligated to fix all. I can love, help, serve with no desire for recognition, for repayment, just for pleasure. […]
Continue reading »Circumspect
Wary and unwilling to take risks… stuck in the past, in the survival mode a niche carved out of escape, of avoidance, of the behaviors that once upon a time in la-la land met some need… though the need no […]
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