I have been struggling with faith and the future these days. It would appear that I am in a very long (and sometimes arduous) crossroads. It isn’t the first time I have realized transition and if I am lucky it will not be the last. What it does to me personally, however, is create inner [...]
Hey wait… is that code for a control freak? The question is whether or not I am already directing. How much control do I actually have on my own life… and destiny? How wise would it be for me to make snap judgments and decisions that would pull me into a new chapter? Sometimes taking [...]
Patience, dear…. patience. I am sure you have at one time in your life been on the receiving end of the practical joker who comes to pick you up. There you are approaching the vehicle when all of a sudden, as you go to grab the door’s handle, the car suddenly jerks away and leaves [...]
Sometimes I think that people aren’t aware of this. But that isn’t a complaint. I actually don’t mind being a bit other-worldly from time to time. I like to provide an air of mystery and a spark for conversation. They do say that it’s worse when people stop talking about you… I have always wondered [...]
Experience might dictate that there is a storm brewing… but that is not what I believe is happening. When I returned from my last trip to London I made the decision to change how I was balancing (or perhaps NOT balancing) my personal life. The work world is all encompassing… that has not changed… but [...]
Action is key, without it there are no results. I once heard a story about Hockey player Wayne Gretzky and an answer he gave to the question about how many goals he had been able to achieve. His answer: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” So true. I spent earlier years of [...]
I hope you all had a very nice Valentines day. Although I am not one to buy into crass commercialism and its manipulation to purchase what should, realistically, be something from the heart… I do tend to nod my head in agreement with those who find this holiday a bit overwrought with guilt factors and [...]
Unfortunately I am not always virtuous. I remember when I was first sober and my sponsor told me that I needed to pray for patience. Knowing that this man had experience and knowledge that I desperately needed I did not think twice about the suggestion and found myself on my knees nightly praying for patience [...]
… of faith, naturally. This could have been the paragraph where I drop subtle hints about the plans that I am making and the reasons that I am coming to the conclusions about needed changes in my life… but that would be too easy. The truth is that there is still fog on the path… [...]
I surrender. For me life is a series of battles between taking an overly focused control of all aspects and surrendering the results. Were the surrender an easy lesson that could be maintained to avoid the other side of the battlefield it is entirely possible I would not be writing a blog chronicling the journey [...]