Merry Christmas everyone! Joy to the world… I have spent Christmas in 3 different Countries over the past 4 years. All 3 are extremely different! But one thing stays constant, that is JOY. It is a time of celebration. In my early years of recovery I would dread the holidays. Today I love the holidays … Read more
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ~William Temple If you read this blog you know that humility is one of our Joy principles. How does one actually acquire … Read more
Life is meant to be enjoyed and not to be endured. Jack Jackson 1) To truly enjoy life you must change the way you think. We must become possibility thinkers. We need to look for the positive first! How do we accomplish this in such a negative world? One way is to study, read, and … Read more
“Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.” – Charles Caleb Colton It is always a wonderful thing to hear from our friends especially those people that helped you weather the … Read more
We become what we think about. Earl Nightingale. In 1998 I was 10 years abstinent from drugs and alcohol. My Spiritual relationship, my family life, my recovery, my career, all seemed from the outside to be clicking! Yet I continued to have an emptiness inside. Don’t get me wrong it was not a depression or … Read more
I could not help but reprint this. I recently had a lengthy conversation with a group of Christian men that felt strongly about topics such as these. I of course will not argue whether they are right or wrong. It is what they believe, to me that is the gift of Spirituality, the freedom to … Read more
“The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” Marcus Aurelius When we are ruled by alcohol and addiction we seem to have great ambitions yet never follow through. We look nothing in the eye, we see it all … Read more
“In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.” – John Ruskin Put another way, Tony Robbins states that “Success leaves clues”. It is not about being a chameleon it is simply … Read more