Opportunity, Alice and the Queen

May 15, 2009

A quote from Alice in Wonderland “There is no use trying,” Alice said. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice, ” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Getting [...]

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Self Esteem

May 13, 2009

I really need to start a post page where I can add those great little one liners folks in the program share with me. Here is one I heard today: If you want to raise your self-esteem, do esteemable acts. Pretty simple really. Yet I found that to be a pretty profound statement. I also [...]

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Good Times

March 31, 2009

I encourage you to list things that make you feel happy. Cause I think we could use to divulge a bit more of the things that we enjoy doing. So says the end of Wizbang’s blog post. I woke up this morning and started the coffee pot. Having the coffee finish, pouring a cup and [...]

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Getting out, physically and figuratively

March 22, 2009

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela Last Sunday I got away from myself. Finally. I have been living in fear and letting it run my life. I’m [...]

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Feb 16, 2009 Just for Today

February 16, 2009

The easier, softer way. I have come to understand that my good life, in general, is not easy. By that I mean having good things – like being sober, having a happy marriage, being employed in a fulfilling job, etc. takes some doing on my part. If I don’t put the effort I am just [...]

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Feb 13, 2009 Humility

February 13, 2009

Friday the 13th? No problem. I was born on a Friday the 13th so I think it is a lucky day for me. Today the meeting was a reading and discussion about the seventh step from the 12 x 12. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. My quick take on all that….. I have [...]

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Sunday February 8, 2009

February 8, 2009

I just went for a wonderful walk with my wife. It is a blessing to be sharing my sober life with someone I love, respect and enjoy being around. An added bonus with a walk today was a break in the cold weather. It was in the mid 40′s which is the warmest it has [...]

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Saturday February 7, 2009

February 7, 2009

A nice morning with a day of possibilities ahead. I’m grateful to be alive, married and have love around me. I’m grateful to be sober, relatively sane and have an interesting life. Challenge. That is my immediate sense of the day. I need to go to a meeting, the library, finish a paper, sort through [...]

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