God is a river, watering my life, nourishing the dormant seeds of creativity and confidence, of love. God is the bubbling spring and the endless ocean, the beginning and the end. When I open myself to know what is within, […]
Continue reading »Too Much in My Head
Inside my head, insane, unable to cope, unwilling to admit a lack of power, an incapacity, a self-proclaimed failure — but only in my mind, proclaimed to shame, declared to reinforce. To the world, I must appear perfect, indefatigable, invincible. […]
Continue reading »Keep on Walking
Sometimes it’s good to know you don’t have to turn your life around. You are on the right road and simply need to keep moving forward. ~ Maureen G Stasis. Standing still, resting on the promises… or my laurels? Benches […]
Continue reading »Lying Optimism
Half our misery comes from our lying optimism about ourselves. ~ Bill Pittman, Dick B., Courage To Change (p. 61). As a child I pretended to be a princess, part of Queen Elizabeth’s children, the adopted one. Other times I […]
Continue reading »Judgmental
The fattest abstinent person at a meeting is in a better place than I am if I don’t have abstinence. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition (Kindle Locations 2834-2835). Arrogance. Pretty darned high on that list of character defects, my shortcomings, […]
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