Brothers - Friends for Life

My brother, Andy (right) and me running the Melbourne Music Marathon. He is one of the most decent people I have ever known.   Above all, to be decent is one of the greatest things to be ever.

The Warrior's Path

Today, I had a meeting with a client not in recovery and I love the opportunity to see the differences between others and myself.  I do not know what will become of my plans and dreams, but they are mine and I don't need to evaluate those of others.

Anything is Possible

Our bodies

God does provide...

from my friend, Rafa.

 

My sponsor says "God does provide..." all the time.  "Don't worry; God will provide.  Of course, I need to do the work and take action, but I need to first be still and pray...pray and listen for the results of my prayer.  I will not get a text message from God or an email. But I can get a knee-mail if I am humbled to ask God for direction and then listen, listen for the signs.

 

 

 

 

 

 



Broke. Busted. Disgusted and not to be trusted. That's how I felt in the end.  Today, fine?  Forgetting I'm Not Everything.  F'd-up, Insecure, Neurotic, Egotistical.   Free, Inspired, New, Energetic.  I'm not fine, I am ok.  We have the right not to be happy all the time. But I have to be hopeful and grateful most of the time...because the truth is that I have made a mess, but I get the opportunity to clean it up. For that, I am really, really grateful.

This evening, I was listening to "This American Life" on NPR; it was last week's episode and the third time I heard it. The first time was last Saturday when I was driving from Naples to Orlando; then again last Sunday working out at the Gym Downtown. However, the story of conflict between the prisoner and the guard; then the Mexican-American couple in Juarez, Mexico; then the Palestinian family living among Israelis in West Jerusalem. Out of nowhere, it just had me crying at my powerlessness over these things. I am in the middle of man stressful things - waiting.  In the last few years, working with addicts and alcoholics trying to get sober, I am usually too exhausted helping 20-30 adults trying to get clean and sober to have any energy left from the other problems of the world. Now, I am not used to not being exhausted.