X is for X-Ray

Having X-Ray vision to trudge towards the horizon each and every day brings with it joy.  Staying focused on keeping the main thing the main thing for me has been a Blessing.  I learned a long time ago that worrying about things only brings fear and fear paralyzes.  I am grateful for the lessons of … Read more

H is for Helper

“You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.” Isabel Allende I am grateful today for being a helper.  In the audio The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale, explains that we are all paid in direct proportion to how we serve others.  We earn money by serving others.  But more … Read more

E is for Enough

E is for Enough. Enough love in my life. I just can not say it enough, I have the greatest loving children in all the world.  It is amazing because I am not half the father that they are the loving children!  I am so grateful for all four of them, Sean, Kristin, Liam and … Read more

When God is with you…

“The miracle is this – the more we share, the more we have.”  – Leonard Nimoy As we progress through Recovery Month I am reminded more and more that I can only keep it if I give it away.  During our campaign to develop an effective scholarship program we face an uphill battle.  We are … Read more

Self Help or Self Improvement?

Is there a difference? There certainly is and it is big. I was in a Network Marketing Company and I heard a speaker at a conference say “This is a self-improvement program with a high compensation outcome!” It was my first exposure to this way of thinking. Honestly, I was immediately attracted to the approach … Read more

Hope

I am fortunate to have the honor to spend time with a friend that has been living the principles of recovery for nearly 50 years. He has been sober for as long as I have been alive. We usually have lunch together on Thursday. This week we discussed two issues that I have decided to … Read more

Drug and Alchol Rehab: Diana Nightingale Conversation

I am honored and joyous to have recently had the opportunity to speak with Diana Nightingale, “The First Lady of Transformation”. Diana is the widow of the late Earl Nightingale, Author of “The Strangest Secret”. Diana has continued the legacy of Earls message and the key to success, “We Become What We Think About”. Diana … Read more

Drug and Alcohol Rehab: The Law of Attraction

During the first decade of this millennium the DVD “The Secret” hit the world by storm. The author of The Secret hinted at a grand historical conspiracy to keep the information or more specifically “The Law of Attraction” secret from the world. Well that may be what Rhonda Byrne believed but the truth is it … Read more

The Strangest Secret Success System for Free…

On a daily basis I have what I call creative time. I am always looking for avenues to serve our friends in recovery. In the audio by Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret, Earl states that we tend to take for granted the things we get for free. If we pay for something we tend to … Read more