“If you’re truly determined to succeed you will! Those that NEVER give up transform dreams into realities!” – Anonymous I love the depiction of the frog in the throat of the bird. It is so true for me personally, I am determined to win each and every day of my life. Some days are better … Read more
“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we have learned here. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.” — Marianne Williamson When I think of fear I start with the idea that it is a natural occurrence, “fight or flight” is what … Read more
Watch what direction the feet point, when the mouth stops. You want a consistency between mouth and movement. –James Dignam I often talk about action but not often in this context. When I was sober about two years I was dating. In the past I had girlfriends and I had been married previously but I … Read more
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” — Mary Pickford Most of us look at failure the wrong way. To be honest it truly stinks to fail, trust me I have done enough failing for all … Read more
Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future. — Tony Campolo I am constantly reminding people that they are not their past, their past played a role in their current situation. However, that is not who they are, that is what they … Read more
“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” Leonardo da Vinci I am never amazed when I hear the question, “do I have to do this forever”? or the statement, “I am not going to meetings forever”! The … Read more
“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.” – Isak Dinesen Rome wasn’t built in a day. Many of us in the early days of our recovery process are impossibly impatient. We … Read more
I’ve never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn’t have the right attitude, didn’t give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn’t prepared and didn’t have the whole program worked out. — Ted Turner Getting prepared, having an attitude of gratitude, … Read more
“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.…forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” – Hannah More Forgiveness starts with me 100% of the time. The spiritual axiom that when I am frustrated, angry, jealous, or any other emotion of negativity I must look at myself first. I must … Read more
“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.” – Benjamin Mays I have a busy week that started for me on Friday. I went to visit my cousin Bill and his wife Beth in Northern Florida. Drove back on Saturday night and then … Read more