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 [...]
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 [...]
All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts…. Although I strive throughout the years of awareness (this is what I call my sobriety, considering I was painfully unaware of so many things prior to [...]
I have the time, the space and the ability to change and although I do not hold the key to everything on my path… I can illustrate a desired map…. So how does one draw a map to the future? The first suggestion would be to use a pencil. Decisions based on emotion with a [...]
There is nothing like a mind with a 360 degree availability. I have always considered myself very open-minded. Those who have known or spent any time with me for any period or phase are aware of the diversity of my upbringing and experiences. I have, much like contemporaries, evolved and sometimes morphed from character to [...]
Truthfully everyone is… but most are not aware or trusting of the gift. Why do I mention it today? More than likely because I am in a heightened stage of that awareness and I am listening like I have never listened before to things that I not only understand but heed as practical advice and [...]
Nothing concrete to report quite yet… but I know what I know. We all know that change is constant. Where we are… what we think… what we do and know… it is all constantly in flux. Even through the routines of our day the changes are everywhere. New people, new challenges, new knowledge, new hopes [...]
And not about anything specific. We humans have a tendency to look longingly for answers and escapes… at least this human does. I figured out many moons ago that I am a dreamer with problems of understanding or recognizing the “now.” What this has meant to me in the past is that I look harshly [...]
One of many in a lifetime. There is no reason for me to believe that I am going to obtain the dreams that I have had for most of my life. That could be a set up for an expectation that is unrealistic. Perhaps, I tell myself from time to time, I should tame the [...]
I figure I’ll get more accomplished if I do. So what brought this on? Well… the most common sense path for me towards happiness is the knowledge that my life is a classroom. I have always been a student with a desire to retain and excel. On the days that I am learning, growing, achieving [...]